Harlequin Books discussion

What’s the most romantic line you’ve ever read?

I know. Tough question. If you can't narrow it down to just one you're welcome to share a few.

Those old Presents line with Charlotte Lamb. I will always have a place in my heart for those. :-D

No fair! This is an impossible question. I love too many lines to list. :)
~Kelli Ireland

Do movies count? "I came across time for you, Sarah." From The Terminator

“When the day shall come that we do part,” he said softly, and turned to look at me, “if my last words are not ‘I love you’-ye’ll ken it was because I didna have time.”
—Diana Gabaldon, Outlander

One line I still remember is from an early Harlequin Intrigue by Patricia Rosemoor. The hero goes after the heroine and says, "I just saw the woman I love walk away like she means it." (He was a great hero!)

"And in that moment, everything I knew to be true about myself up until then was gone. I was acting like another woman, yet I was more myself than ever before.” ― Robert James Waller, The Bridges of Madison County

You make me happy,
Whenever you’re
around I’m safe inside
your smile,
You make me
handsome,
Whenever I feel my
nose just seems a bit too
round,
You make me special,
and God knows I’ve
longed to be that kind of
guy to have around,
You make me love you,
And that could be the
greatest thing my heart
was ever fit to do.…

You make me happy …
You make me special …
You make me lovely … Finch from the book All the bright places its cheesy but hey its cute

I have way to many to list but I love the Historicals and Presents the most for my most romantic reads. As for narrowing it down to the single most romantic line from a book, impossible! I do love it when the hero asks permission for the first kiss or gentle cups/caresses her cheek when moving in for the embrace. ~ Kim

oh! Yes, Kim. Best line ever. Can't believe I forgot it!
~Kelli

Another romantic moment in a book is when either the H or h realizes they are in love and even though they are on the other side of the room, they mouth "I Love You," not caring who sees and the gesture brings tears or that special smile to their partner.

My husband and I came together through our love of Raymond Chandler. ;-)

So this is one of *his* favorite romantic lines - the final line from the short story "Red Wind" :

I flipped her pearls out into the water one by one, at the floating seagulls.

They made little splashes and the seagulls rose off the water and swooped at the splashes.

Beautiful lines. Did the flipping of the pearls have a deeper meaning to the short story?

Harlequin Books wrote: "Beautiful lines. Did the flipping of the pearls have a deeper meaning to the short story?"

Yes. Of course that's the problem with the last line of anything! :-D It makes zero sense when you haven't read the story!

Josh wrote: "Harlequin Books wrote: "Beautiful lines. Did the flipping of the pearls have a deeper meaning to the short story?"

Yes. Of course that's the problem with the last line of anything! :-D It makes ze..."

LOL I was hoping or else I would wonder if your husband knew romance and that would just be sad if true. Everyone needs romance in their lives, even if they don't always recognize it. My in-laws were in town on a visit a few years ago and my FIL asked if I had any books he could read. He likes westerns, Zane Grey mostly. I thought I had maybe one or two in my collection but no.

I did have some Harlequin Historicals though. So, I gave him a copy of The Commander by Kate Bridges. He really liked it and wanted more and was surprised when I told him he could get them anywhere that romances are sold when he gets home or I could send him some. He didn't have a clue the book he enjoyed was a romance, he just thought it was a good story. :)

Harlequin Books wrote: "Josh wrote: "Harlequin Books wrote: "Beautiful lines. Did the flipping of the pearls have a deeper meaning to the short story?"

Yes. Of course that's the problem with the last line of anything! :-..."

:-D

Some of those old Louis L'amours and Zane Greys were pretty romantic as I recall.

Josh wrote: "Some of those old Louis L'amours and Zane Greys were pretty romantic as I recall. "

Yes. Of course that's the problem with the l..."

Which is why I felt safe giving him the romance, as long as he didn't realize what he was reading until after he got into the story. I knew he would be hooked. He writes to many love songs and poems not to be a romantic at heart. He plays in a Country Western band in Arizona and writes most of their original works.

Difficult, Erin Morgenstern's "The Night Circus" has a beautiful flirt scene between her main characters, that always makes me sigh when reading it:

„I forgive you for stealing my shawl.“
She smiles as he laughs.
And then she vanishes. A simple trick of distracting his attention long enough to slip out through the hall, despite the lingering temptation to stay.

And naturally, though not having read Harry Potter at all, but having learned about its context:

"After all this time?"
"Always."

One of my favorite unexpected romantic lines comes from Douglas Adams in his Hitch Hiker series.

To set the scene a bit, Arthur, the human, is about to have his head drilled by the alien, Lunkwell, who believes his head contains the ultimate question in the universe with the answer of 42. Why 42? Read the book or search google for that answer, if you don't know. And, Trillian, is a female human, currently fighting sedation by poisoned food, the focus of Arthur's surprisingly romantic quote :)

Arthur Dent: Just wait a sodding minute! You want a question that goes with the answer for 42? Well, how about what's six times seven? Or how many Vogons does it take to change a lightbulb? Here's one! How many roads must a man walk down?
Lunkwill: Hey, that's not bad!
Arthur Dent: Fine. Fine, take it. Because my head is filled with questions and I can assure you no answer to any one of them has ever brought me one iota of happiness. Except for one. The one. The only question I've ever wanted an answer to - is she the one? The answer bloody well isn't forty-two, it's yes. Undoubtedly, unequivocally, unabashedly yes. And for one week, one week in my sad little blip of an existence, it made me happy.
Trillian: That's a good answer...