73 Heartfelt Romance Quotes

Romance has a timeless allure, capturing the hearts of lovers and dreamers across generations. Whether you're experiencing the flutter of newfound affection or cherishing the deep bond of a long-lasting relationship, words have the power to express the nuances of love like nothing else. In this collection, we've gathered 73 heartfelt romance quotes that beautifully articulate the emotions of passion, devotion, and tenderness. Whether you're seeking the perfect words to pen in a love letter or simply looking to be inspired by the voices of poets, writers, and thinkers, these quotes offer a glimpse into the wondrous and profound nature of love. Join us as we explore the sentiments that make romance an enduring part of the human experience.

1. “Runaways are romantic. The girls are waiflike with dyed ratty hair and baggy pants. They usually own a stray dog of the mutt variety and drag it along by a rope, plopping down in front of storefronts to beg for money from passersby. They're a mess. It is likely they'll charm you, make you think you're their best friend and savior only to end up using you and then they'll disappear. That's why they're romantic. They're there and then they're gone. Romance is always about people appearing in a flash out of nothing or people who are there and then suddenly are not. A magic trick.” - Bett Williams

2. “He wanted to be a poet,' someone else put in while Maggie hugged Tim and patted his back. 'Said he'd only lacked the words to be one.” - Nora Roberts

3. “A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces.” - Elizabeth Bowen

4. “[novan]: bassists are very good with their fingers[novan]: and some of us sing backup vocals, so that means we're good with our mouths too...(~ IM chat with Novan Chang, 18, bassist)” - Jess C. Scott

5. “but love is not fashionable anymore, the poets have killed it. They wrote so much about it that nobody believed them, and I am not surprised. True love suffers, and is silent. I remember myself once-but no matter now. Romance is a thing of the past.” - Oscar Wilde

6. “I'm not too heavy?" she asked. He had just come off crutches, after all.Sophie, you're practically a midget," he reminded her.” - Sarah Mayberry

7. “I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away.” - Colleen Houck

8. “cinta itu punya dua sisi” - dewie sekar

9. “I often wish I'd got on better with your father,' he said.But he never liked anyone who--our friends,' said Clarissa; and could have bitten her tongue for thus reminding Peter that he had wanted to marry her.Of course I did, thought Peter; it almost broke my heart too, he thought; and was overcome with his own grief, which rose like a moon looked at from a terrace, ghastly beautiful with light from the sunken day. I was more unhappy than I've ever been since, he thought. And as if in truth he were sitting there on the terrace he edged a little towards Clarissa; put his hand out; raised it; let it fall. There above them it hung, that moon. She too seemed to be sitting with him on the terrace, in the moonlight.” - Virginia Woolf

10. “my good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasion for teasing and quarreling with you as often as may be...” - Jane Austen

11. “We're all the same in the dark.” - J.J. Murray

12. “There was a lot about Kim and J.P. he didn't get.... he was confused by their lack of romance. As a father, he was at times grateful for that missing intensity, but as a man who liked to surprise his wife with flowers, it baffled him. Maybe he was old-fashioned, but to him a couple meant a strong bond, with positive and negative charges constantly arcing between them. He'd never seen Kim and J.P. kiss, let alone argue.” - Stewart O'Nan

13. “I invited a few people to help celebrate your birthday," Cameron said sheepishly. She threw up her hands. "Surprise.""We sort of come with the package," Collin explained. "Think of it as a collective gift from all of us to you: five bona fide annoying and overly intrusive new best friends.""It's the gift that keeps on giving," Wilkins said.Jack grinned. "I'm touched. Really. And since it appears I'm going to be moving in, let me be the first to say that all of you are always welcome at my and Cameron's house. Subject to a minimum of forty-eight hours prior notification.” - Julie James

14. “I've been noble since they took you to the hospital," he said through his teeth. "I'm tired of it. I don't eat, I don't sleep, I can't even work. I remember your voice moaning in my ear like the cry of the damned while I was having you," he bit off, bending to her mouth. "You couldn't get enough of me. You couldn't get close enough to me. Your face when I fulfilled you....I ache every time I think about it.” - Diana Palmer

15. “Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck.” - Margaret Atwood

16. “‎"You want more?" she asked a bit breathlessly. "Even after what we did?"His mouth took on a sardonic twist. "I'm afraid quantity usually matters for me . . ."--THE PRINCESS'S ASSASSINS” - Emma Holly

17. “But no one can predict of a certainty what will happen. And none of it will change how I intend to spend the rest of my life. I will live it on my terms. And you... you can have all of me or nothing. I won't be an invalid any longer. Not even if it means losing you.” - Lisa Kleypas

18. “He understood that she needed some time to get used to "them." He didn't. He knew exactly what was happening, and he didn't need another week, another month, another year, to get things in perspective.He loved her. It was that plain. That simple.” - Cindy Gerard

19. “We were hooked when we woke.We had arms for each other.But I yearned to resumeMy dreams of another.” - Roman Payne

20. “If a castle gets destroyed, you just build a new one. If you wanted me to I'd build them over and over. Let's build them together.” - Fuyumi Soryo (惣領 冬実)

21. “Men's eyes were made to look, let them gaze, I will budge for no man's pleasure.” - William Shakespeare

22. “Yet I am stuck in the idea of romance, a dreamer; I want to actually fall in love with a man, then marry him” - Ottilie Weber

23. “Love is not jealous.” - Brian Jay Corrigan

24. “Aku tidak percaya akan cinta pada pandangan pertama. Tapi harus kuakui, aku menyukai apa yang kulihat pada pandangan pertama.” - Francisca Todi

25. “Your life is a book; make it a bestseller.” - Shanon Grey

26. “Angel clicked on a few more pictures on the screen, and Alex made small talk about the place. Then he finally walked away. He stopped just before walking out.“Did Valerie say anything else to Sarah?”Angel glanced back at him. “About what?”“You know about that guy she’s seeing.”Angel turned his attention back to the computer. “No, not really.” Alex frowned. He wasn’t one of those guys, so he wasn’t about to keep asking. If Angel knew anything, he’d tell him. He’d just have to wait until the rehearsal dinner.He started back out when Angel spoke up. “I’m not sure, because she didn’t actually tell me, but I overheard Sarah on the phone last night. It sounded like Valerie was telling her about him.” “Yeah, what did you hear?”Angel looked up trying to remember. Something seemed to come to him but he hesitated. “I don’t think you wanna hear it, Alex. I know I wouldn’t.”Alex squeezed the doorway with his hand. What the hell could he have heard? “Tell me.” Angel shook his head and looked back at the monitor. “Only reason I caught my attentions was because I overheard Sarah ask her something about wearing lingerie.”Alex felt the hair on the back of his neck rise and his gut tightened. He banged his fist against the doorway. He didn’t need to hear any more. Angel had been right that’s the last thing he needed right now. He charged back out of the office, infuriated with himself. Why the fuck had he asked?” - Elizabeth Reyes

27. “And they were quiet but their blood and nerves and butterflies were not—they were rampantly alive, rushing and thrumming in a wild and perfect melody, matched note for note.” - Laini Taylor

28. “She opened her eyes. "Is this real?""Very real." I brushed the soaked strands off her cheek, wondering if I was lying or not and if I should care if I was. "Angel, let me kiss you.” - Jennifer Armentrout

29. “Stumbling closer, I held up the manuscript, the pages flapping frantically in the wind. “I take it this is a murder mystery? You killed the ex-fiancée and thanked her in the dedication? Mighty dignified of you, I must say.”“Nah. It’s a horror novel. But yeah, the bimbo dies in the end. Bob Hall says it’s going to be a bestseller, so I figured I owed her some thanks for the inspiration.” He edged a few feet closer, his smile spread from ear to ear. The glimmer in his eyes flickered toward the ocean, breaking our connection. He hung his head, licked his lips, then returned his eyes to mine, restoring the connection with an intense smolder. “Are you gonna get over here, or what?”Letting out a soft chuckle, the tears began to blind me. “Make me.” - Rachael Wade

30. “Now she had to pretend not to love the man she was pretending to love while pretending she wasn't sleeping with him.” - Shannon Stacey

31. “Fiction is very, very important," he said, his voice is rising. "Storytelling is how people learn. You get people to understand new cultures and other lives through stories. Made-up stories. Fiction.” - Kristine Grayson

32. “I wait, with some impatience in my pulse, but no doubt in my breast.” - Charlotte Brontë

33. “No, I don’t think you’re gonna be single forever, and also I don’t understand your obsession with romantic love. There are other ways to have fulfilling relationships that can sustain you and make your life great and fun other than having a sexualized relationship. It’s not the only kind of fulfilling human interaction. So, even if you are single forever, that doesn’t mean that you’ve had some kind of failed life.” - John Green

34. “She did it, though she hated opera. She hated everything about it. The overblown sense of drama. The violence and lewdness. No one had ever died of heartbreak in Reverie. Betrayal never led to murder. Those things didn’t happen anymore. They had the Realms now. They could experience anything without taking risks. Now, life was Better than Real.” - Veronica Rossi

35. “I didn’t know what to call it, what was happening between us, but I liked it. It felt silly and fragile and good.” - Ransom Riggs

36. “If someday you should ever think of me and miss me, know in your heart that I'd want you to find me once again. No matter how distant in time or space... FIND ME.” - Sebastian Cole

37. “I smile at you, hinting at the pleasures ahead, and silently point to the zip at the back of my dress…” - James Lusarde

38. “It was crazy. One minute my arms were around him in a very platonic friendly hug, the next, I was on fire, and no matter how he much touched me, it was not enough.” - Somi Ekhasomhi

39. “Blaire, even if all we do is kiss or just lay there and talk, I'm okay with that. I just wanted you up here. Close to me.” - Abbi Glines

40. “If I were being honest with myself, he lit a blaze, not just a blush, but that’s too much reality for me to admit.” - S.L. Scott

41. “Without hesitation but with a sense of entitlement, he lifted my hand to his lips. He was gentlemen-like in every way... I don’t know why I wondered if it was an act or for real.” - Laura Albright

42. “Even then his thoughts did not turn to prayer but to Abbie and to what she would think about his lack of prayerfulness and that surely she would have immediately broken out in prayer. “Doesn’t matter now,” he whispered and felt that he could not cry out to God.~William Drexler the Third” - Gwenn Wright

43. “It is no wonder lesbians love women.” - Gilbert Sorrentino

44. “Because I don’t believe that you are a slave to what you’ve become. I don’t believe that you simply can’t.” - Bella Forrest

45. “In every letter, in every line, she saw him. He hadn't changed - he'd only grown into the man he'd meant to be.” - Diana Peterfreund

46. “Right. Because if you have trouble putting ketchup and mustard on a hot dog, you should totally move on to saving lives.” - Huntley Fitzpatrick

47. “No bikinis on a first date.” He nods. “I’m sure that’s a rule. Or should be. For my sisters anyway.” - Huntley Fitzpatrick

48. “Do they still hurt?" she whispered in anguished surprise."No," Jason said tautly. Shame washed over him in sickening waves as he waited helplessly for her inevitable reaction to the stark evidence of his humiliation.To his utter disbelief he felt her arms encircle him from behind and the touch of her lips on his back. "How brave you must have been to endure this," she whispered achingly, "how strong to survive it and go on living..." When she began kissing each scar, Jason rolled to his side and jerked her into his arms. "I love you," he whispered agonizedly, plunging his hands into her luxuriant hair and turning her face up to his. "I love you so much...” - Judith McNaught Once and Always

49. “Even though you distance yourself,you always look out for me,it makes me want to get into more trouble” - Dahlia Lu

50. “Love is the unification of two equal opposites to create new love." ~ Amunhotep El Bey” - Amunhotep El Bey

51. “Sitting down on the stairs, Cheyenne watched Behr through the slats in the railing. She liked what she saw. Covered in a fine sheen of perspiration, muscles swollen from what was clearly a grueling workout, Behr’s toned physique was a serious distraction from her worries, making her content to just sit and watch. Each thump of his fist into the bag resonated in her bones. Each kick of his leg thundered in her ears. Every move seemed to be in time with the harsh sounds of the music pumping through the room, until he was a frenzy of movement. It was frighteningly beautiful. Standing, Cheyenne called out to him. “Behr? Are you hungry?” She was feeling a little peckish herself, and she needed something to keep her hands busy. Between a combination of brutal punches, knee jabs and the music, Behr didn’t hear a word she said. So she decided to go to him. Winding her way through equipment and stepping over the discarded sweaty T-shirt, Cheyenne approached him. Waiting for the right moment to interrupt, she tapped him on the shoulder during a brief pause. Big mistake. Huge.” - Brandi Salazar

52. “He glanced at Dehstroy, covered from head to toe in leather, courtesy Behr’s closet. He was still on the light side, his body still recovering from decades of torture and being held in a constant state of near starvation while being kept virtually immobile, chained to a dirty, rat feces-covered floor, but he was beginning to fill out now. His muscles were definitely more defined, he thought, catching a hint of pectoral outline through the black cotton T. But, Behr thought, he didn’t compare to his own thick, robust frame. “What are you grinning about over there?” Dehstroy asked, and Behr wiped his expression clear. “Were you just checking me out?”“What are you babbling about?” Flipping back his duster, Behr double checked his-hip holster, counting his blades, making sure everything was in its place. Definitely not trying to avoid the question. “Something you need to tell me?” Arching a thick brow, Dehstroy flashed a toothy, mocking smile his way. “Yeah, I was just wondering if you were an A cup or a B.” He shrugged. Looking down at his chest, Dehstroy adopted a thoughtful expression, then lifted his hands and cupped his pecs. “Nah, you’re way off. Definitely a C cup.” - Brandi Salazar

53. “He’d pushed it back, where he’d kept the thought for weeks, but it wouldn’t stay. Wouldn’t stop. Wouldn’t let him go.” - Veronica Rossi

54. “Erotica is not porn. It's explicit romance.” - Tammy-Louise Wilkins

55. “Can you put your hands on my crotch?”“Why, hell no, I cannot.” I didn’t remember anything like this happening in Pride and Prejudice.” - Jennifer Echols

56. “Allie,” he said. “You told me once I had a white-knight complex. You said I saved you.”He was going to say I saved him. It was going to be so romantic.“But the truth is,” he said, “I didn’t save you—I stole you. I wanted you and I knew I didn’t deserve you, but I didn’t care. And for some reason it seems like youdon’t either, so it seems to me that I should make it permanent before you come to your senses. Will you marry me?” - Amber Lin

57. “I barely brushed towards her cheek as I moved towards her mouth, her nails tickled my chest, driving me insane. Kissing her became my single reason for breathing.” - Katie McGarry

58. “Terkadang kita lebih baik melepas seseorang atau sesuatu yang kita cintai tapi belum tentu dapat membuat kita bahagia, untuk seseorang yang belum tentu kita cintai tapi dapat memberikan kita kebahagiaan.” - Nurilla Iryani

59. “Don’t try and make me feel better, Alex. I hate you.”“I hate you, too.” - Simone Elkeles

60. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to be a dickhead. Well, I did.” - Simone Elkeles

61. “He pries me from his chest and drops his hand from the back of my head, tracing my ear, along my jawline. He snatches his fingers a moment before they press into my lip.” - Rebecca Berto

62. “Maybe kids are the only ones capable of love. As good as it gets, before you get all fucked-up.” - Katey Hawthorne

63. “I've never felt as happy as I've been for the past month. And I've never loved anyone like I love you right now.” - Natalie Ansard

64. “That night as they slept in each other's arms neither Alistair nor Sophia had any nightmares.” - Cristiane Serruya

65. “I love you enough to keep you from dying with me... ~ Dane de Falaise” - Gayle Mullen Pace

66. “It's easy to fall in love among the winding cobblestone streets and snow-covered castles of Prague, but is it a good idea?” - Dana Newman

67. “They still had sexual relations with another, slept in the same bed, shared kisses and intimacy and matrimonial fluid, however both were not married to each other in that sense, although there was a piece of paper that said otherwise.” - Keira D. Skye

68. “But I understood, now, that we don’t live only for ourselves. We’re connected by millions of shared experiences and dreams and nightmares, all tied together with compassion. I learned that even when we’re going through our darkest winter, spring is waiting to appear.” - Laura Anderson Kurk

69. “I had sex with Jett because I was attracted to him. Jett hired me because he wanted me. It was lust at first sight.” - J.C. Reed

70. “She realised she was whimpering. Sir held her closer, his hard grip reassuring. This wasn't a dream; he really was here.” - Cherise Sinclair

71. “There’s something different about him, and I don’t have to think hard to see it. Something about the way he takes over a room, the way he looks at me, like he has already identified and can disarm every one of my defense mechanisms with no effort, like he sees through them to the disaster lying beneath. And he wants it.” - K.A. Tucker

72. “That situation is a broken heart just waiting to happen" I said, shaking my head. "I dont think he's capable of being faithful." -Beautiful Disaster” - Jamie McGuire

73. “What will we be doing, when everything that can be done, can be done better by robots?” - Humberto Contreras