Victorian Romance Quotes

You may not know this, but talking about mathematics eliminates any possibility of being kissed in the first place. ~ Lisa Kleypas

I'm asking you to tell Lady Cassandra about my good qualities as well as the bad ones."
"What good qualities?" West inquired sharply.
Tom had to think for a moment. "How rich I am? ~ Lisa Kleypas

When they shook hands, it felt like a promise had been made. A commitment.

"Now," Ethan said, "where do you keep the guns?"
Ravenel's brows shot upward. "Ransom, if you don't mind, I prefer easing into a new topic with a transitional phrase or two. ~ Lisa Kleypas

We men had a meeting a long time ago, and we all decided, 'It's trousers'. And that's what we've worn ever since. ~ Lisa Kleypas

I enjoyed our time together today very much. Truly I did. But no one can make anyone else happy. Not really. We all of us are responsible for our own happiness. Our own contentment. We can't seek it in other people. ~ Mimi Matthews

Courting sometimes has the unpleasant side effect of marriage. ~ Lisa Kleypas

Don't mistake softness for weakness. Only a strong man can be soft with a woman. ~ Lisa Kleypas

I'll marry you," Tom told her. "Any time. Any terms."

West gently nudged Cassandra toward the door. "Go, darling, while I talk with the insane man. ~ Lisa Kleypas

There are all different kinds of smut," Pandora said, warming to the subject. "Smut balls, loose smut, stinking smut - "
"Pandora," West interrupted in an undertone, "for the love of mercy, stop saying that word in public. ~ Lisa Kleypas

I do appreciate, Ernestine, that your first instinct is not to prevent me from doing something scandalous, but to help me get away with it. ~ Lisa Kleypas

The next time someone shoots at you… try ducking. ~ Lisa Kleypas

You know, most things, people say when they're drunk are more accurate and honest than the things they say when they're sober. ~ Colleen Hoover

She was everything he loved about a woman wrapped up in a cute little package. Golden blonde hair was secured to the top of her head in a ponytail, he bet it would reach her waist when it was loose. Her body was curvy in all the right places, her breasts more than filled out the T-shirt she was wearing and those hips, dang he could just imagine holding onto them while she rode him, instead of Big Red. ~ Tamara Hoffa

Bobby's back yard hadn't changed since she was knee-high. It was still littered with bicycle bits and pieces of engine that he was always tinkering with. It looked like the same relentless weeds bravely struggled through the cracked flagstones; the same array of socks and T-shirts flapped on the washing line, though somewhat bigger, and even the same wasps droned around the dustbin. That's how it seemed – a place immune to time. ~ Bernie Morris

The Seduction Factor was a very hot and romantic series." - Colorado Cowgirl ~ Scarlett Avery

With him, I've become like putty- rendered powerless by his magnificence- and his to mold into whatever he desires. ~ Giorge Leedy

She was asked, "What do you see in him?"
Taken aback, she replied, "What does he see in me?"
Others too wondered why she chose him – not as handsome as the others, not one with a lot of possessions or even status, but little did they know, as
little minds go, that she chose the one who wanted her most. ~ Donna Lynn Hope

She was a grown-up, divorced woman now, on her own. She'd gotten herself this far, she could get herself around Italy too. ~ Carol Grace

I've never watched The Notebook either. Not big on romance flicks," I admitted, opening the huge cartons.
"Really? I thought every girl has seen that movie and can quote it at a drop of a hat. ~ J. Lynn

My safe word?
Fuck.Me. ~ Alexandra Iff

You cannot discover new oceans until you are willing to lose sight of the shore. ~ Sharon Leaf

You got the list?" Lewis asked.
"What the hell is the deal with the temperature?"
"Razel is not allowed to sweat," Maximo answered. "If she does,
fanatics will appear from nowhere like mischievous sprites and bottle
each drop and then sell it on eBay for millions. ~ Elizabeth Morgan

Take off that darn fur coat! ... Or maybe you'd like to have us open all the windows. ~ F Scott Fitzgerald

Why can't I find someone who loves being with me, as is, as much as I love being with them? ~ Claire Kann

In today's world, human desires far supersede human needs. Waste, as you can see, is the result of that disparity. ~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando

Out there do'in it in the mountains...

I might not be a notable author for my quote, but the column I write is just that... surviving all Mother Nature can throw at you. ~ Abrams & Elliott

He had been held to her by a beautiful thread which it pained him to spoil by breaking, rather than by a chain he could not break. ~ Thomas Hardy

I'm afraid I'm in love with you and that's not the best thing that could happen. ~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

The bed we loved in was a spinning world
of forests, castles, torchlight, clifftops, seas
where we would dive for pearls. My lover's words
were shooting stars which fell to earth as kisses
on these lips; my body now a softer rhyme
to his, now echo, assonance; his touch
a verb dancing in the centre of a noun.
Some nights, I dreamed he'd written me, the bed
a page beneath his writer's hands. Romance
and drama played by touch, by scent, by taste.
In the other bed, the best, our guests dozed on,
dribbling their prose. My living laughing love -
I hold him in the casket of my widow's head
as he held me upon that next best bed.

- Anne Hathaway ~ Carol Ann Duffy

I'm familiar with the myth, I'm merely surprised that a female
would be familiar with the classics."
"You must have a very limited experience with my sex," Alexandra
said, surprised. "My grandfather said most women are every bit as
intelligent as men."
She saw his eyes take on the sudden gleam of suppressed laughter
and assumed, mistakenly, that he was amused by her assessment of
female intelligence rather than her remark about his inexperience
with women. ~ Judith McNaught

Conjoined twins simply may not need sex-romance partners as much as the rest of us do. Throughout time and space, they have described their condition as something like being attached to a soul mate. ~ Alice Dreger

Ruth understood a man's character to be more important than youthful romance ~ Vikki Kestell

I watched him with wonder like the stars watch the moon, falling in love with every crescent, dark side, and dream. ~ Piper Payne

Faith leaned closer, inches from his face, her loips a hands breadth from his. She shook her head side to side a bit faster than the average metronome and waggled a finger back and forth. "They not going to find out though, are they?
He stared into merry eyes almost as dark as his coffee. The devil was a woman and Faith one of her most beautiful minions. ~ Chris Karlsen

Would you like more sauce, sweeting?"
His fingers strangled the stem of his wineglass. She could practically hear the grapes calling for help. She hoped that was a good sign. "If you don't cease that nonsense," he said, "you will regret it."
"Is that so, my heart?"
"What about 'precious'?" she suggested.
"No."
"'Angel'?"
"God, no."
"'Muffin'?"
In response to that, he hit the shuttlecock so hard, it sailed all the way to the back wall and thwacked one of his ancestors right in the powdered wig. She cheered. "Well done, my precious angel muffin."
"This stops," he said. "Now. ~ Tessa Dare

My work is a fusion of personal experiences and influences - moody atmospheres, victorian-inspired couture, and timeless elements all laced with clandestine symbolism. The figures I paint exist in their own esoteric realm and time, and each painting offers a glimpse into their anomalous world. ~ Lori Earley

I'm probably getting too familiar with him, but there's something about him that makes me feel like I would tell him anything. He asks these incredibly direct questions, things that some of my closest friends have never even thought to ask, and I'm inexplicably compelled to share all these deeply personal thoughts. He's like human Xanax or something. ~ Lisa Daily

Pride filled him. He'd put that soft look in her eye, the purr in her voice, and given her loose limbed ease. ~ Avery Flynn

You want me at your mercy, Princess. Question is, why?"
"No," she whispered. "Question is, do I? ~ Meg Hennessy

116. "I have heard that on the day the world was born,
the bird of love was released to fly.
It searched all the three worlds
but could not find a fit resting place.
So it turned and entered the inmost heart,
favoured it and never flew elsewhere.
The three worlds asked it then,
'Why are you attached to the human heart?'
'Suffering," it replied, "is the only hope for humans.
Where there is sorrow, there I dwell.'
Where there is grief in the world, love has its dwelling. ~ Mir Sayyid Manjhan Shattari Rajgiri

To love someone is easy. To keep it is a risk ~ Natasja Hellenthal

Miss Bridgerton," he said, "the devil himself couldn't scare you."

She forced her eyes to meet his. "That's not a compliment, is it?"

He lifted her hand to his lips, brushing a feather-light kiss across her knuckles. "You'll have to figure that out for yourself," he murmured.

To all who observed, he was the soul of propriety, but Hyacinth caught the daring gleam in his eye, and she felt the breath leave her body as tingles of electricity rushed across her skin. Her lips parted, but she had nothing to say, not a single word. There was nothing but air, and even that seemed in short supply.

And then he straightened as if nothing had happened and said, "Do let me know what you decide."

She just stared at him.

"About the compliment," he added. "I am sure you will wish to let me know how I feel about you."

Her mouth fell open.

He smiled. Broadly. "Speechless, even. I'm to be commended."

"You - "

"No. No," he said, lifting one hand in the air and pointing toward her as if what he really wanted to do was place his finger on her lips and shush her. "Don't ruin it. The moment is too rare. ~ Julia Quinn

His grip on my shoulder tightens. His other hand behind my head caresses me softly and I sigh.
"Touch me, Skye."
His voice is rough, almost sounding like a groan. ~ Stephanie Witter

My first and lasting impression of the Connecticut River Valley is its serene beauty, especially in the autumn months. Deep River was a near picture-perfect New England village. When I arrived there, the town was a typical working-class place, nothing like the trendy upper-income enclave it became. The town center had a cluster of shops, a movie theater open only on weekends, several white-steepled churches (none of them Catholic), the town hall, and a Victorian library. It was small, even by Ansonia standards. ~ John William Tuohy

Family isn't always blood, baby," he said, I was lucky enough to have a woman take me as her child and teach me what family really is. We didnt have much, but we had each other. ~ Christine Feehan

I'm stronger today," I said, hoping that by saying the words out loud it would make them true. I leaned across the sink, resting my palms against the mirror's surface. My reflection fogged over. As I began to disappear, I wiped the steam from the mirror, just like I'd temporarily wiped away all the ugliness that stained my soul. ~ Linda Oaks

I feel like I'm always searching for someone, or something. ~ Makoto Shinkai

She had been waiting for someone to notice her, like, really notice her. She felt that that was the key, that she would go from the duck to the swan the minute someone recognized her potential. And they would look into her like they were trying to pierce her eyes with theirs, like they were trying to make her heart stop, and the whole world would become background noise and she would take her first breath after all of these years of nothing but existing. It would be like a coronation, or a star exploding, and then she would be born. She would be alive, and she would be loved. ~ Rose Fall

Love is as hard to hide as hate. ~ Jennifer Hudson Taylor