Lovestruck Quotes

“He loved her in spite of her unlovableness. Armande had many trying, thought not necessarily rare, traits, all of which he accepted as absurd clues in a clever puzzle.”
― Vladimir Nabokov

“It was a good picture. You could tell by the amount of time I spent staring at it.”
― Cary Attwell, The Other Guy

“Whether it was the power of suggestion or whether her eyes really hadn't deceived her, I began noticing too that my face was occasionally going rogue the rest of the afternoon, smiling when I had little reason to smile. Maybe my facial nerves were developing a neurological condition; I resolved to keep a close eye on it.”
― Cary Attwell, The Other Guy

“He loved her in spite of her unlovableness. Armande had many trying, though not necessarily rare, traits, all of which he accepted as absurd clues in a clever puzzle.”
― Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things

“If there was anything he’d learned in his life, it was to fight fire with fire, and if that didn’t work, piss on the fire to put it out.”
― Marissa Clarke, Neighbors with Benefits

“How did you know the dog was a boy before you read the tag?”

Looking up at him with her cinnamon-colored eyes, she stated very matter-of-factly, “Boys have penises.”

At that moment, Michael was very aware that he, himself, was a boy.”
― Marissa Clarke, Neighbors with Benefits

“Claire, if you don’t move, I will have served two tours of duty only to die in this bed.”
― Marissa Clarke, Sleeping with the Boss

“She came out of nowhere like a two-by-four against the skull, knocking all common sense out of him and turning him into a walking woody.”
― Marissa Clarke, Sleeping with the Boss

“She was magic, a direct light—the kind that seeps through in places that didn’t exist inside him anymore. The light he thought he lost forever, but Nick realized we don’t lose the light, we absorb it, and with Olivia he wanted to absorb every small speck of it.”
― Maria La Serra, The Proverbial Mr. Universe

“He stood there watching for a moment, not able to move. Even with her mascara running down her face and her hair beginning to frizz, she was still by far the most beautiful girl he’d ever laid eyes on. It was quite simple, wasn’t it? This great affection he had for Olivia was so overwhelming he chose to walk away instead of being brutally honest with himself.”
― Maria La Serra, The Proverbial Mr. Universe

“He knew that look and that feeling—like heartbreak, everyone knows it. It only takes the briefest of moments to recognize. After all, the unbridled sense of attraction is nothing less than extraordinary.”
― Rhett Downing, Crocodile Tears

“Alosa Kalligan is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen.”
― Tricia Levenseller, Riden's Chapter

“She had no doubt in her mind what he was going to do. And while her ever-elusive shred of common sense squealed, “no,” every thing else in her shouted, “Bring it on.”
― Marissa Clarke, Neighbors with Benefits

“She had a purple shawl wrapped around her shoulders and her hair was loosely tied at the nape. Hill stepped back and examined her from several angles before announcing that he was content. He implored her to remain as still as possible, looking pointedly at Raven.

Sarah exhibited no similar difficulty, remaining entirely immobile as though she had fallen into an open-eyed trance.

She was not the only one. Raven found himself gazing rapt at her face, the paleness of her skin, the golden highlights in her hair. A sense of tranquility settled upon him, as though the serenity of her stillness had somehow been transferred to him.

‘You seem transfixed,’ observed Hill quietly, walking past. ‘A pity you could not have held such a pose earlier.”
― Ambrose Parry, The Way of All Flesh

“Ich libbe in love-longinge
For semlokest of alle thinge
[Sh]e may me blisse bringe;
Ich am in hire baundoun”
― Anonymous