#v

you will always be my favorite hello and hardest goodbye. P.S. i will always love you ↗

— Cecelia Ahern

#love

For some reason, the despair that's welling up in me is transforming into white-hot rage. I feel it working its way up from my toes, winding around my legs, and burrowing into the pit of my stomach. It spears its razor-sharp tendrils through the pieces of my broken heart. It's crippling, and devastating, and unrelenting. I have only one choice to survive this; I turn that rage outward. ↗

— Michelle Figley

#romance-novels #young-adult-novels #romance-novels

It's one thing to give out excellent advice, but quite another to personally swallow it. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#counsel #encouragement #guidance #help #opinions

Artistry exists in everyone. What makes it blossom is a soul's personal desire to find an outlet for expression. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#author #creativity #expression #personal-expression #richelle

Brazen it out! Throw away the scabbard! Grit your teeth, buckle down, and die with your boots on! Or in other words......be determined and resolved until you accomplish the thing you set out to accomplish. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#determination #eena #endurance #patience #persistance

During an especially noisy elementary school assembly I witnessed a common marvel.  Someone spoke,"Once upon a time..." into the mic, and the room hushed.  Such magic never ceases to amaze me. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

#magic #marvels #richelle #richelle-goodrich #stories

This wasn't love. It was hate. And love. That fine line had been destroyed. Mutilated. ↗

— Madeline Sheehan

#ripper #love

What do you see when you look at me?” My eyes narrowed and I pressed my lips together, weighing my thoughts. All of his bimbo admirers aside, what did I see? What did my gut tell me about this man? What did it say that allowed me to wind up here with him, under such impulsive circumstances? “You’re a sad man,” I swallowed. “You’re arrogant and set in your ways, but that creates a fortress for you. It’s your safe haven. Behind the moat is someone who has lost something he loved, only I’m not sure what, or who. You’re afraid of something and your loyalty is hidden away in a cell, wounded by betrayal.” I rested my head on the pillow. “That’s what I see.” “On second thought,” he exhaled, letting his head drop next to mine. “You’re psychic. ↗

— Rachael Wade

#instinct #kate #love #perception #preservation

You make velocity look good. ↗

— Melissa Cutler

#contemporary-romance #romance #romantic-suspense #suspense #romantic

The male gender remembers only the things that entertain them. ↗

— Dante Burroughs

#my-lord-raven #romance #contemporary-romance