Romance Quote by Stephanie Laurens — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Love wasn't a happening one decided on---to indulge or not, to partake or not. To feel or not. When it came, when it struck, the only decision left to make was how to respond---whether you embraced it, took it in, and made it a part of you, or whether you turned your back and let it die.”

“I'm going to hell. I'm pretty sure she'd going to drag me there herself.”

“... you've experienced the single scene out there - it's blood test and background checks and references and 'Please pee in this cup before we can go on a date' screenings, all clinical and stripped bare of any romance.”

“I fell for her like a suicide from a bridge.”

“Brigid O'Shaughnessy: “I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.”

“No, Mary had no illusions about romance. Falling in love was a pretty name for it, that was all. Jem Merlyn was a man, and she was a woman, and whether it was his hands or his skin or his smile she did not know, but something inside her responded to him, and the very thought of him was an irritant and a stimulant at the same time. It nagged at her and would not let her be.”

“People tend to criticize their spouse most loudly in the area where they themselves have the deepest emotional need.”