Romance has a unique way of inspiring our hearts and minds, capturing the beauty of love in just a few words. Whether you’re looking for the perfect phrase to express your feelings or simply want to bask in the warmth of heartfelt sentiments, these carefully selected romantic quotes offer timeless inspiration. Dive into this collection of 89 quotes that celebrate love’s many forms and let your heart be moved.
1. “I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.” - Diana Gabaldon
2. “LinesI die but when the grave shall pressThe heart so long endeared to theeWhen earthy cares no more distressAnd earthy joys are nought to me.Weep not, but think that I have pastBefore thee o'er the sea of gloom.Have anchored safe and rest at lastWhere tears and mouring can not come.'Tis I should weep to leave thee hereOn that dark ocean sailing drearWith storms around and fears beforeAnd no kind light to point the shore.But long or short though life may be'Tis nothing to eternity.We part below to meet on highWhere blissful ages never die.” - Emily Brontë
3. “I'd heard of Evergreen Care Center before. Cass and I had always made fun of the stupid ads they ran on TV, featuring some dragged-out woman with a limp perm and big, painted-on circles under her eyes, downing vodka and sobbing uncontrollably. "We can't heal you at Evergreen", the very somber voiceover said. "But we can help you to heal yourself." It had become our own running joke, applicable to almost anything. "Hey Cass, "I'd say, "hand me that toothpaste." "Caitlin," she'd say, her voice dark and serious. "I can't hand you the toothpaste. But I CAN help you hand the toothpaste to yourself.” - Sarah Dessen
4. “Sensuality often hastens the "Growth of Love" so much that the roots remain weak and are easily torn up.” - Friedrich Nietzsche
5. “A woman could be as beautiful as she felt herself to be.” - Laura Lee Guhrke
6. “Mom," Nathan called to her.Daisy pulled her gaze from the tent and the fleeting glimpse of Jack's bare back, the smooth planes and indent of his spine, the sliver of the white elastic just above the blue waistband of his jeans..."Hmm?""What's a faaar ant?" he asked just above a whisper."Fire." She chuckled and shook her head. "Fire ant. They have a nasty bite that burns."Nathan smiled. "Well, why didn't he just say fire?""He thinks he did.” - Rachel Gibson
7. “The moment-when I could no longer face myself in the mirror-wasn't easily explained; nor was the oppressive misery I experienced once I finally became the person I was meant to be but then realized with terrific horror how much I still hated her.” - Jodi LaPalm
8. “New hair, new clothes-the classic relationship break-up makeover," Jake said.Delaney stared at him for a beat. In a way, he was right. She was breaking up with Sam. He just didn't know it.” - Sarah Mayberry
9. “Did you miss me?’“A little bit,” she said with a shrug.“You have tears running down your cheeks,” he said with a grin. “I think you missed me more than a little.” - Robyn Carr
10. “Advising Mrs. Harris was the least I could do," David said smoothly. "After all, she was the one who brought me and my late wife together."That was stretching it a bit, since all Charlotte had done was give Sarah lessons in how to avoid fortune hunters, thus ensuring that the recalcitrant girl went right out and married the first one who approached her.” - Sabrina Jeffries
11. “A handsome prince, such as yourself, deserves someone who is no less than one hundred percent dedicated to him.” - Colleen Houck
12. “I feel…and I have reason to believe…that we could come to mean something to each other.” - Colleen Houck
13. “Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that,” Garrett said gruffly. “You’ll have me convinced I’m going to die.”“You’re not?” - Maya Banks
14. “I knew from the moment I heard you, the moment I saw the gun and realized that this lovely, petit woman was the executioner, that you would never die waiting for me to save you - that you would save yourself.” - Laurell K. Hamilton
15. “Blake took a small roll from the tray on the table, then put it back in favor of a larger one. And maybe a little butter. It certainly couldn't hurt. And jam...no, he drew the line at jam. She was a spy, after all.” - Julia Quinn
16. “Roarke: You'd enjoy flying more if you'd learn the controls.Eve: I'd rather pretend I'm on the ground.Roarke: And how many vehicles have you wrecked, had blown up, or destroyed in the last, oh, two years?Eve: Think about that, then imagine it happening when I'm at the wheel at thirty thousand feet.Roarke: Good point. I'll do the flying.” - J.D. Robb
17. “He pulled me toward him, and all I could do was stand there with arms at my sides and head against his chest. Broken, I feared even the slightest movement would cause pieces of me to snap off and fall to the gritty pavement.” - Jodi LaPalm
18. “With the world securely in order, Dain was able to devote the leisurely bath time to editing his mental dictionary. He removed his wife from the general category labeled "Females" and gave her a section of her own. He made a note that she didn't find him revolting, and proposed several explanations: (a) bad eyesight and faulty hearing, (b)a defect in a portion of her otherwise sound intellect, (c) an inherited Trent eccentricity, or (d) an act of God. Since the Almighty had not done him a single act of kindness in at least twenty-five years, Dain thought it was about bloody time, but he thanked his Heavenly Father all the same, and promised to be as good as he was capable of being.” - Loretta Chase
19. “David,you’re my true love, why did we wait so long to get together? I don’t care what the world says. Let’s defy them all, my darling.- Maddy” - Hailey Abbott
20. “Memories were fine but you couldn't touch them, smell them or hold them. They were never exactly as the moment was, and they faded with time.” - Cecelia Ahern
21. “Look," Grace said. "How strange! In spite of the rain, you can still see the stars. How bright they are tonight." She pointed, but Lorcan didn't look. His eyes remained fixed intently on her."I can't think of a finer sight in the whole world than the one I'm looking at right now," he said.In spite of being drenched, Grace flushed at his words.Lorcan's eyes sparkled at her, brighter than ever before. It was as if the rare blue gems of his iriseshad been washed by the rain amd buffed by the moonlight to a new intensity. "Grace, there's been something I've wanted to do for a very long time now, but things have kept getting in the way." He reached forward, bringing a hand to the side of her face. Then he gently but firmly drew her wet face toward his. He gazed at her, as if seeing her for the first time. Then he brought his soft lips down to hers and kissed her.” - Justin Somper
22. “Do you know how many ways love can hit you? So it makes you happy, or miserable? It makes you sick in the belly or hurt in the heart. It makes everything brighter and sharper, or it blurs all the edges. It makes you feel like a king or a fool. Every way love can hit you, it's hit me when it comes to you” - Nora Roberts
23. “ A woman with romance in her life lived as grandly as a queen, because her heart was treasured.” - Nora Roberts
24. “You're wearing a lace thong?" Dolly clapped her hands. "That's absolutely perfect for romance.” - Peggy Webb
25. “I generally find subtlety a waste of time.” - Cindy Gerard
26. “I think I love you, Bennett. Probably not relevant at the moment so no need to say thanks.” - Helene Young
27. “Do not be so ridiculous, I can more easily find you someone else.” Gripping the bars of his prison so strongly that the bones of his knuckles showed prominently through his pale skin, the monster growled again, “I will have no other.” Nearing the end of his patience, Klaus demanded, “Why? Why are you being so impossible?” Turning to the diminutive creature beneath the blanket, he smiled nastily, his light red eyes gleaming, “Because he wants her.” - Gwenn Wright
28. “James - "Are you paying attention or just trying to make me look like an idoit?"Elizabeth - "Oh, I'm definately paying attention. If you look like an idiot it has nothing to do with me.” - Julia Quinn
29. “The saddest line you scraped in your diary was not that you cried but those moments when we both shared smile.” - Santosh Kalwar
30. “...what is romance, but a mutual pact of delusion? When the pact ends, there's nothing left.” - Zoe Heller
31. “When they see us dance. When they see how you look at me. When they see how I smile at you.” - Philippa Gregory
32. “No, Susanna, " he said. "I cannot love you just a little. If that's what you want, you must find a different man." His green eyes were breathtaking in their intensity. His thumb brushed her bottom lip. "Because I can only love you entirely. With everything I am, and everything I ever will be. Body, mind, heart, soul.” - Tessa Dare
33. “A punching bag. The guy was pounding on a punching bag. That realization took about a nanosecond to register in her brain before the real important information came to the forefront: LoriSue, God bless her slutty little soul, had been absolutely correct. He was male-stripper material, and he’d been thoughtful enough to strip to a pair of athletic shorts on his very first night in the neighborhood.” - Susan Donovan
34. “I miss you more than Michael Bay missed the markWhen he made Pearl Harbor. I miss you more than that movie missed the pointAnd that's an awful lot, girl. And now, now you've gone awayAnd all I'm trying to say, is: Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you.I need you like Ben Affleck needs acting schoolHe was terrible in that film. I need you like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger partHe's way better than Ben Affleck. And now, all I can think about is your smileand that shitty movie, too. Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you. Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies? I guess Pearl Harbor suckedjust a little bit more than I miss you.” - Trey Parker
35. “Víš jak chutná sníh?" "Ne.""Tak zkus chytit vločku na jazyk." Předváděl jsem ti jak. V tu chvíli jsi stála u mě. "Dáš mi ochutnat?” - Nikki Finn
36. “Time will make it worse! You're...the other half of his soul. He's never going to get over you. And no matter how much you hope that you will... you'll never get over him. You're going to wake up one day and realize what you've done, and you're going to regret the time you wasted apart from him for the rest of your life.” - Jamie McGuire
37. “It does. This is how it should have been anyway.' I caught my breath as he kissed my neck, teeth grating my skin. 'And I'll take back what's mine.” - Richelle Mead
38. “Huwag mong ipangako ang habang-buhay Meredith. Ipangako mo sa akin ang walang hanggang. - Tristan” - Martha Cecilia
39. “Then I speak to her in a language she has never heard, I speak to her in Spanish, in the tongue of the long, crepuscular verses of Díaz Casanueva; in that language in which Joaquín Edwards preaches nationalism. My discourse is profound; I speak with eloquence and seduction; my words, more than from me, issue from the warm nights, from the many solitary nights on the Red Sea, and when the tiny dancer puts her arm around my neck, I understand that she understands. Magnificent language!” - Pablo Neruda
40. “So, how is it that you don’t have a girlfriend?” I asked boldly.Joel shrugged.“Have you ever had a girlfriend?” There was no way that he’d never had a girlfriend.He shrugged again.“You’re not serious.”“You’re surprised?”“I’m sorry, do you own a mirror?”Joel laughed in that I’ll-never-understand-women kind of way. “I’ve never wanted one,” he admitted, though it seemed that there was more to it.“What? A mirror? Or a girlfriend?”He laughed again, even harder this time. “A girlfriend.”“Are you gay?” He smiled. “No, I’m not gay.”“Oh.” I blushed. Why was I being so nosy all of a sudden?” - Shawn Kirsten Maravel
41. “A first kiss is the demarcation line: the same information that a moment ago felt private, all of a suddens seems unfair to withhold. And with that exchange came more.” - Francesca Marciano
42. “You deserve someone better than me. Someone young and idealistic…someone who can experience things for the first time along with you. I'm not always kind, and I have more faults than I'd care to name. All I can promise is that I'll want you until my last breath.” - Lisa Kleypas
43. “I'm ready for something private, private and real” - Simone Elkeles
44. “Was it enough to wear the night with me just once? I am unsatisfied.” - Saundra Mitchell
45. “Take care. If you do not speak – I shall claim you as my own in some strange presumptuous way. Send me away at once, if I must go; – Margaret! –” - Elizabeth Gaskell
46. “The northern star changes its position every ten thousand years, but friendships can last for all eternity.— RJPeters” - R.J. Peters
47. “Love isn't something you take from one to give to another. Love is to be shared among all; the more people we have in our family, the more love there will be to share.” - P.A. Minyard
48. “He tugged my zipper down like he was unveiling a gift, spreading my pants open. “Yeah. There it is. You have a nice fat dick. I would have never guessed it."“I’m Italian,” I said inanely.” - L.B. Gregg
49. “I've loved him for a decade. And I had him for one day before I made a complete and utter mess of things. Or he did. I'm still not sure about that.” - Sarah MacLean
50. “He rolled his eyes. "Fiction lies for the truth.” - Kristine Grayson
51. “He must have seen her shock, because he said, "You can't defeat the power of the book. But you can make it work for you.” - Kristine Grayson
52. “On a ship that's made of paper, I would sail the seven seas. (Just to be with you.)” - Scott Spencer
53. “I felt tears prick my eyes as I looked down at the model again, looking at that girl and boy on the curb. Forever in that place, together.” - Sarah Dessen
54. “Maar als je genoeg kikkers kust, kom je vanzelf wel een prins tegen.” - Shanna Swendson
55. “Slut. I’m a dirty-The sound of a hand hitting flesh was simultaneous with the shocking sting on her bottom. “Ow!”“You don’t think those nasty thoughts about my sumisita, Kimberly.” - Cherise Sinclair
56. “The world is dyed with the color of blood. It will never be able to go back to the way it was before.” - Matsuri Hino, Vampire Knight
57. “A vampire's thirst can only be quenched by the blood of their loved ones.” - Matsuri Hino, Vampire Knight
58. “It is possible to compromise in certain areas when choosing a partner for life, but never on a cravat.” - Amanda Grange
59. “We laughed together. It’s so lovely laughing with a man. It feels positive. Relaxed…” - James Lusarde
60. “I smile at you, hinting at the pleasures ahead, and silently point to the zip at the back of my dress…” - James Lusarde
61. “Still, it’s almost too natural to rekindle Jongin’s smile with a tiny “Hello,” and somehow the syllables are perfect on his tongue, perhaps because he’s said it a thousand times already. Perhaps because they’re meant to be.” - Changdictator
62. “He raised his hand to brush a stray hair from her face. Instead of dropping his hand, he slid it behind her neck and drew her closer. His earthy pine scent enveloped her. When his lips touched hers, she lost any hope of control.” - Lia Davis
63. “Tess, will you marry me?" Toby laughed.” - C.J. Duggan
64. “When you knock off work tonight, go looking for Toby, because, trust me, he will be looking for you.” - C.J. Duggan
65. “Hurricanes couldn’t remove you from my mind. You’re my world and I’m incapable of not loving you.” - Billie-Jo Williams
66. “Wisdom Is The Principal Thing” - kayode Infomart
67. “Ian, man, I didna tell ye because I didna wish to lose you too. My brother was gone, and my father. I didna mean to lose my own heart's blood as well. For you are dearer to me even than home and family, love.'She cast a lopsided smile at Jamie. 'And that's saying quite a bit.” - Diana Gabaldon
68. “What can I say? I've never met a cupcake I didn't want to get to know better.” - Jasinda Wilder
69. “اتمنى لـو أتنفـس واستنشق عـبير وردة حمـراء اللون ، رائعة المـظهر والرائـحة ، تــأخذني إلى عالم الجمـآل والسحر والهدوء ، عالم ذو مذاق مختلف ، أتمنى أن أبتعد عـن العالمـ وأصـير وردة تــآئهه وسـط الـورود تكـفيني الشمس والـماء وهذا الغاز من الهـواء ...أحــلامـي كـأحلامـ الــوردة ~-------------” - ابتسام مصطفى
70. “Something was bleeding… and something was broken. It was my heart… because I had to leave you. (Chase to Rayne)” - Kimberly Brockman
71. “-I think you are inhuman. If I leave you, who will you go to? Would you find another lover?I said nothing.-Deny it,damn you!” - Michael Ondaatje
72. “You think too much," she said."OK, no more thinking.” - Caliente
73. “I dont know why i'm so afraid to lose you when you're not even mine ---Karin” - Nurilla Iryani
74. “Suatu pagi nanti, saya dan kamu akan berbagi telur dadar. Dengan dada berdebar, dan cinta yang berpendar.” - Hilda Nurina Sabikah
75. “You know I've always wanted someone to sing to me, but now I know that what I want more is to sing to you.” - Marlena De Blasi
76. “I’m not saying it will be perfect, it seldom ever is, BUT what’s wrong with giving love another chance? I want to make new memories with you, Chase. I want you to show up at my house for a date. A real date. I want to stress over what to wear. I want to miss you when you’re not with me. I want to get all giggly whenever you call saying you need to hear my voice one last time before you can go to sleep. I want get jealous because some girl realizes what I’ve got and tries to convince you … you can do better. I want to smile when you tell her that she doesn’t have a chance….” -Chasing Memories” - Adriana Law
77. “You are a Queen. Let mine be the joy of giving you your kingdom.” - Katherine Mansfield
78. “Seeing the transformation in Aaron made me wonder how it would feel to have someone-even a not-so-nice guy like Aaron- look at me the way he looked at Anjali.” - Polly Shulman
79. “Her beauty is the least of her dower-and she is the most beautiful woman I've ever known. That laugh of hers! I've angled all summer to evoke that laugh, just for the delight of hearing it.” - L.M. Montgomery
80. “After all, in the very casualness of Gatsby's party there were romantic possibilities totally absent from her world.” - F. Scott Fitzgerald
81. “Reaching out, I grab his hand and intertwine my fingers with his. And I move into his space until we're not even an inch from each other. Laying my forehead on his chest, I take a deep breath and feel his whole body relax, as if tension is rolling off his body in waves.I was always the kid who loved the smell of gasoline.His free hand comes up, and his fingers slip through my hair before his hand settles between my shoulder blades."Ben," I say into his shirt."Janelle," he whispers back, and I can feel his mouth against my hair. I can feel him smile.” - Elizabeth Norris
82. “If the shining sun blinds the eye,it makes sense. But to be blinded by gold and silver!” - I.R. Shankar
83. “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
84. “I'm a poet and you are poetry” - Dylan Anders Porter
85. “Death doesn’t always want your eternal sleep. Sometimes Death just wants your eternity.” - Jacquelynn Gagne
86. “En el amor no hay palabra segura.” - Lena Valenti
87. “No one compares to you, but there's no you, except in my dreams tonight.” - Lana Del Rey
88. “He has this connection… a pull of sorts, unearthing the very life of me and sucking me in to his own soul. -Morgan” - Ƹ̵Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ♥✫Melisa M. Hamling♥✫Ƹ̵Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ
89. “I know who you are...I've fallen hard for that person, and I sure as hell am not going to let you fade into your past.” - Cassandra Giovanni
