Mermaid Romance Quotes

“You're watching me, princess." His soft lips spread into an appreciative smile.
"People might get the wrong idea."
"What, that I actually like you now?" I tease.
He shakes his head and leans toward me. "No, that you're trying to see past me to get an eyeful of Benson."

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I shift my gaze to the board and fix an innocent look on my face.
"What makes you think that's the WRONG idea?"
Quince leans even closer and says, "Because you came back for me.”
― Tera Lynn Childs, Fins Are Forever

“You'll do fine."
"What, you're psychic now?"
"Didn't you know?" he asks seriously. "Must be an aftereffect of the bond.”
― Tera Lynn Childs, Fins Are Forever

“Are you going to distract me by playing footsie?"
"Absolutely, princess," he says with a wink.
"Then I won't remember a thing."
"It's a samurai training technique," he teases, spinning the test prep book toward him. "I distract you as much as possible right now." He slides the book into his lap. "And you'll learn how to test through anything.”
― Tera Lynn Childs, Fins Are Forever

“Pleased to meet you," Tellin says, shaking me out of my reverie. "Lily told me much about you last weekend."
"Funny." Quince throws me a questioning glance. "She didn't mention you at all.”
― Tera Lynn Childs, Fins Are Forever

“Maybe I’m still the mermaid.
Maybe the ocean is your hand.”
― Kelli Russell Agodon, Hourglass Museum

“You'll get in," Quince assures me, proving once again that he can read my mind, even without a magical bond. "And if you don't," he adds, slinging an arm around my shoulders, "you can always take over for me at the lumberyard."
"Ha ha," I reply, sending a sharp elbow into his ribs.
"Lighten up, princess.”
― Tera Lynn Childs, Fins Are Forever

“What kind of woman was she anyway to give herself to a man just because of some mangroves and a few birds?”
― Tula Neal, Mermaids Mission

“That should have been my first kiss and every kiss after that.”
― Daniele Lanzarotta, Insatiable

“In grave danger of suffocation, the mermaid peeled away from him and emitted a sonar wail that woke drowned sailors from their oyster beds.”
― Kevin Ansbro, The Minotaur's Son & Other Wild Tales

“Vampires were myths, childhood stories– as were werewolves, mermaids and dragons. I believed none of it.”
― Ashley Madau

“Maybe the choice to love is magic everyone has.”
― Brianna Tibbetts, Head Over Tails

“His fingers brush the palm of my hand as he gives me the gift. Interlocking silver chains sparkle with chips of sapphire the same color as my hair, and my smile is as wide as a fringehead's when I look back up at him.
"It's an anklet," I say.
"Wear it," he says. "Make all the other Mermaids wish for a pair of legs.”
― L.E. Richmond, The Mermaid's Tale

“A mermaid who somehow shared this woman’s face and name had betrayed him once. But this was not the same woman. And he was not the same man.”
― Alexa Rowan, The Mermaid's Curse: A Merworld Story

“Magic has a price... and so does paradise." - Pearl Dale, Mermaid Island #1”
― Alexa Wayne, Memory Remains

“When the denizens of the land arrive in the depths of the blue waters, aquatic love takes them into its shelter, they forget the sound of the anklets of the daughters of the land, they sleep with the mermaids, and afterwards, they sigh with regret for the warmth they have lost, they long for weeping, and awaiting a reed flute player, they stare at the far-away surface of the water.”
― Moniro Ravanipour, The Drowned

“You are my moon amongst parting clouds, guiding me through the storm, a light that breaks through my darkest waters, the song of the sea always calling me back . . . you, you are my horizon, offering me a hope I never knew existed. I need to know there’s hope for us. Even if it’s just a single drop, barely enough to taste, without that drop, I can’t survive.”
― J. Strelou, Sea of Evil and Desire

“Slowly rising from the fire, she went down to the shore, and not wanting to frighten him off again, she squatted on a rock above the water, looking down at him where he sat on the wet sand with his long blue-green tail disappearing into the lapping waves. He shyly offered the bag up to her, which had been woven of seaweed, and she took it with a whispered thanks and opened it, staring in delight and surprise at the sheer amount of oysters that were inside.
The siren made a trilling noise and whispered, “I-I hope it is well enough. I do not know what land women eat.”
― Ash Gray, Tales of Talithia

“She snuggled close, nuzzling her hair beneath his chin. “Never leave me,” she whispered back.
The siren chuckled sadly, the sound vibrating up through his chest and pleasantly against her ear. “But I must return to the sea every now and then or I will die.” He sighed. “Some part of me believes it would be a good death.”
― Ash Gray, Tales of Talithia

“You will come back to me tomorrow? To your place?"
Linnea gaped at Mren, her expression so hopeful, and a new feeling seized Linnea's heart and drove the air from her lungs.
"Yes." It was more of a breath than a word. "If the water's not angry."
Mren smiled at her. "I will make the water happy for you.”
― Christin Haws, Come to the Rocks

“I, Pearl Dale, take on the task of Alton and will honor the Treaty of Atlantis as we will hunt those who bring injustice on the water. With all of you, I will plunder the treasures of those who mock the sea! With all of you, I will bring death to those who think they are above us! With all of you, I will make us legends worthy of songs! We will become immortals! What say you!” - Pearl Dale, Mermaid Island #1”
― Alexa Wayne, Memory Remains

“Pearl Dale, the fabled corsair of Atlas who escaped the royal fleet of Sherwood and intervened in the private affairs of the foreign people of Agra to save one Squid crew from being tortured to death... you too have a reputation that is worthy of songs. Let it not draw a line between you and I.” - Claudio Drago da Venezia, Mermaid Island #1”
― Alexa Wayne, Memory Remains

“As long as you wear that medallion you are bound by The Order Of Pirates’ rules and trust me, you don’t want any of us against you.” - Pearl Dale, Mermaid Island #1”
― Alexa Wayne, Memory Remains

“Her arms wrapped around me in a hug. Her skin was cold as always, but her embrace was soothing, so I buried my face in her hair that smelled of seawater.”
― Tiana Warner, Ice Massacre

“His voice, like the pluck of a bass guitar, reverberated through her, sending a shiver up the back of her neck. Irma quickly revised her assessment of Ezra from confident to dangerous.”
― Tricia O'Malley, A Good Soul

“He consumed me like a wave crashing against the shore, devouring my body, running over every inch of me . . . I let myself drown.”
― J. Strelou, Sea of Evil and Desire

“She is in my bones, my blood, the spaces between every breath. No force in the sea or sky could pull her from me now.”
― J. Strelou, Sea of Evil and Desire