Slowburn Quotes (17 quotes)

“ The moment Lena storms back into my life, I know I’m screwed. She’s not just my new employee—she’s my best friend’s little sister, the girl I swore I’d never touch.”
― Tricia Newlan, Echoes of One Night: Forbidden Love Romance

tags: bestfriendslittlesister, booklovers, contemporaryromance, forbiddenromance, morallygray, protectivehero, romance, slowburn, tension, workplace-romance

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“That kiss didn’t start something. It ended every version of me that came before her.”
― Aya Canicosa

tags: bookquotes, girlslove, messy, philippines, queerfiction, raw, sapphic, slowburn, wlw

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“I can’t look away from his perfect face, from the heat in his eyes. From that intoxicating darkness in them.”
― C.N. Crawford, Vale of Dreams

tags: enemies-to-lovers, morally-grey, slowburn

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“Well, lucky for you, I like impossible problems.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth

tags: angelcore, banter, chaotic-good, found-family, magical-realism, nerdy, otherworldly, slowburn, soft-romance, whimsy

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“He glances up at me, searching my eyes, as if he’s seeing right into my soul, discovering my secrets, taking me apart one piece at a time.”
― C.N. Crawford, Vale of Dreams

tags: enemies-to-lovers, slowburn

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“Affection. Longing. The kind of feelings that made human lives both wonderful and unbearably complicated.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth

tags: angelcore, awkward, cozy, found-family, introvert, magical-realism, slowburn, soft-romance, yearning

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“We’re mostly assigned to babies and children, especially those who… might not stay long in this world.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth

tags: belief, celestial, connection, introspective, longing, magical-realism, slowburn, soft-romance, soulmates, vulnerability

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“I don’t get it. I keep praying. I keep asking for help. And yet, no answer.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth

tags: celestial, chaotic-faith, fire, found-family, heroism, magical-realism, revelation, sacrifice, slowburn, soft-girl

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“So humans decide who to love based on appearances first?”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth

tags: angelcore, awkward, heartbreak, introspective, jealousy, online-dating, protectiveness, slowburn, vulnerability, yearning

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“Why do humans use words that don’t mean what they actually mean?”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth

tags: aliencore, asexuality, awkward, emotional, first-love, miscommunication, slowburn, soft-romance, vulnerability, yearning

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“I think I’m starting to like you. You’re not so bad, for a celestial ball-swallowing hellhound.”
― Arabella Sveinsdottir, Do Not Be Afraid: A Whimsical Urban Fantasy About a Stranded Angel, a Hellhound Puppy, and a Second Chance on Earth

tags: belonging, comfort, companionship, emotional, found-family, introspection, quiet-love, slowburn, soft-romance, vulnerability

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“Because something in me already knew, Love doesn’t always show up with a warning.

Sometimes it just lands, and everything before it stops making sense.”
― Aya Canicosa, Of Chasing Raindrops

tags: bookquotes, favoritequotes, fiction, lgbtq, lovequotes, queerlit, sapphic, slowburn, wlw

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“Outside, the rain hadn’t let up. I watched her cross toward her building, hood low, shoulders sure.
My forever, I thought. Like saying it might make it true.”
― Aya Canicosa, Of Chasing Raindrops

tags: bookquotes, fallingforher, favoritequotes, heartbreakquotes, lovequotes, messyromance, queerfiction, sapphic-love, slowburn, unapologetic

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“He grins, then drawls, “With all these observations of yours, are you sure you’re not just obsessed with me?”
― Kaitlyn Allred, The Shadows of Swords

tags: book-quote, book-recommendations, enemies-to-lovers, fantasy, fantasy-romance, love, romance-book, romantasy, slowburn

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“Everywhere the cameras reached, he had stopped a half-inch short of me for thirteen months.”
― A.D. Levenson, Soft Erasure: A Dark Romance

tags: darkromance, forcedproximity, obsession, slowburn

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“—Iré a por ti. Voy a encontrarte. Da igual dónde te lleven, eres mi Rhysa. Siempre.

—Las distancias pertenecen a los cuerpos. Nunca a los vínculos.”
― Noni Diamant

tags: connection, destiny, fatemates, forced-proximity, love, romance, slowburn, spice

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“Why are you here."

Aron lifted his eyes from the screen. Looked at her directly for the first time since he walked in.

"Because your name is on it.”
― Karsa Luna, The Way You Say Their Name

tags: bookquote, emotional, literaryfiction, politicalthriller, quote, secondchanceromance, slowburn, tension

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