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Quotes About Romance

I commend lovers, I am enheartened by lovers, I am encouraged by their courage and inspired by their passion.
~ Maya Angelou
Though I prided myself on tender sensitivity, I have never known when a great love affair was beginning. Some barricade lies midway my mind, and I'm usually on my back scrutinising a ceiling before it is borne in on me that this is the man I fantasised in my late-night fingering.
~ Maya Angelou
she'd find a hidden meaning in every pair of pants, then hurry home to be alone and write about romance
~ Maya Angelou
Some kind of love, Some Say Is it true the ribs can tell the kick Of a beast from a lover's fist? The bruised bones record it well The sudden shock, the hard impact Then swollen lids Sorry eyes spoke not of lost romance But of hurt Hate is often confused Its limits are in zones beyond itself And sadists will not learn that Love, by nature, extracts a pain Unequalled on the rack
~ Maya Angelou
Soft you day, be velvet soft, My true love approaches, Look you bright, you dusty sun, Array your golden coaches. Soft you wind, be soft as silk, My true love is speaking. Hold you birds, your silver throats, His golden voice I'm seeking. Come you death, in haste, do come, My shroud of black be weaving, Quiet my heart, be deathly quiet, My true love is leaving.
~ Maya Angelou
Tis a well-known fact that a man is either skilled in matters of loving or matters of war. 'Tis obvious that fighting is your skill.
~ Maya Banks
Said to Mairin; There's little decency to good loving Maddie said. If 'tis decent, it isn't much fun!
~ Maya Banks
I want him to burn for me, to not be able to go a day without touching me, holding me, caressing me. He'll be an excellent lover. I want a man who knows how to please me
~ Maya Banks
God, you have a beautiful laugh, and your smile. Jesus, it knocks the breath out of me. You can't talk to me like that, nobody says things like that to a woman he just met. It's insane. I just did. And I plan to keep saying them until you believe every word.
~ Maya Banks
Whoa, wait a minute, Coletrane. Are you proposing to me?" "Well I would if you'd let me finish," he grumbled.
~ Maya Banks
You're my dream, Alaric McCabe. And I love you. I've loved you from the moment your horse dumped you at my cottage. I spent so much time being resentful and lamenting the circumstances of my life, but 'tis true that I wouldn't change a single thing because then I would have never known your love.
~ Maya Banks
Impulsively, she leaned across the truck and kissed him on the cheek. He glanced over in surprise when she pulled away, but pleasure glowed in his eyes. What was that for? Just seemed like the thing to do, she said. Well, feel free to do it more often, he encouraged. I assure you I won't mind.
~ Maya Banks
Bold words, befitting the mistress of the Montgomery clan," Graeme said in approval. "Come, wife. Let's go home. I have a need to show my lass just how much her laird loves her.
~ Maya Banks
He wrapped one arm around her waist, and cupped her nape with his other hand. This time when he kissed her there was none of the restraint she'd seen in the past. It was like kissing an inferno. Hot, breathless, so overwhelming that her senses shattered.
~ Maya Banks
My heart is in your hands.
~ Maya Banks
You knew she was the one. I mean, the moment you saw her. Yeah. Kind of a cross between an 'I'm fucked' and a being struck by lightning sort of thing.
~ Maya Banks
I would love her and care for her all of my days," Bowen said quietly. "There is no other man who would ever love her more.
~ Maya Banks
Instead of answering her, he moved over her in a powerful rush. He took her mouth roughly, devouring her lips as his tongue plunged inside, tangling with hers. Her body surged to life, arching up into his. She wrapped her arms around his neck as he gathered her tightly against him. Their bodies were as fused as their mouths. Between her legs, she could feel him so hard. Hot.
~ Maya Banks
I'm going to take a shower, I want you naked and in bed when I get back.
~ Maya Banks
Damn, but the man was sexy in a disdainful, you-annoy-me kind of way.
~ Maya Banks
Tisn't decent, surely!" Bertha rolled her eyes and Maddie laughed. "There's little decency to good loving," Maddie said sagely. "If 'tis decent, it isn't much fun." Bertha nodded, her lips compressed as her head bobbed up and down. "Nothing wrong with a nice, dirty romp.
~ Maya Banks
Looking at someone else's relationship for the answers was like reading about a romance novel hero and expecting to find a carbon copy in real life
~ Maya Banks
Tisn't decent, surely!" Bertha rolled her eyes and Maddie laughed. "There's little decency to good loving," Maddie said sagely. "If 'tis decent, it isn't much fun.
~ Maya Banks
God, but she loved it. His tongue
~ Maya Banks