Romance Quote by Josh Lanyon — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Sable hair bisected his pecs and arrowed down to the straight and unequivocal statement of his returned interest. Forcing my gaze to his face, I said, "I really don't think we have time for that.”

“All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall.”

“People loved you in the way they knew how - and often it was not the way you knew. Or needed.”

“The problem with a life spent reading is you know too much.”

“I liked you the first time I saw you. You were sitting on the floor surrounded by books, and you looked up when I opened the door and smiled right at me. It felt like you had been waiting for me, like you were welcoming me home.”

“There's nothing you want more than to want -- you'll obsess over something, and convince yourself that so long as you get it, you'll be happy, but then once you do, you're immediately dissatisfied and want something else.”

“What do you fear so much, that you would run so hard from what you want?”

“That's something I've always fond odd, people smile when they're sad. There's no such thing as a sad smile.”

“Sex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets”

“She leaned against the bridge’s warm marble balustrade, and looked as far down the darkening canal as the setting sun would allow. She wondered if others appreciated Venice’s beauty and fragility as deeply as she had come to or if, like a raging fever, the city infected some while avoiding others. She sighed at the grandeur and at the resilience that surrounded her, and she promised herself she’d try to be more like Venice.”

“I don't deserve you. I'm not made for relationships. I know I'm going to fuck this up. I'm going to drive you away or do something to hurt you, and you'll be added to my list of people I screwed over. You should walk away now.”