Romance Quote by Jill Shalvis — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Okay, first of all, I didn’t sleep with you to make amends. I slept with you because I wanted to.”

“How about we give each other everything we can and not blame each other for what we can’t.”

“Honest to God, she was the noisiest woman he'd ever been shot at with.”

“Who’s there?”

“Sounds like you kids have some talking to do. I'll be eavesdropping from the kitchen.”

“Ben was in his truck, window down, idling at the curb, dark lenses hiding his eyes from her, looking effortlessly big and badass.”

“It is possible,” said Miss Marling stiffly, “that Frederick and not Mary will have the ordering of the journey.”

“I'm infatuated with you, I cannot deny it. Physically speaking, you're a very attractive man. But I don't like you, the vast majority of the time. So far as I can gather, you behave abominably in public and are only marginally better in private. I only find you remotely tolerable when you're kissing me.”

“I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. Some seem to have but one vulnerable point, or door of access; while others have a thousand avenues, and may be captured in a thousand different ways”

“Good evening, Miss Steele. You are the ninth-loveliest woman at this ball.”

“See what love does? It makes you weak. Kills you.”

“Brick walls towered over her. Decrepit staircases crowded about her. Nothing had changed. The line there, the lessons there, the rape there. Shouldn't the place be crimson with blood and black with shame?”