Best Contemporary Romance Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Sometime I am disappointed with love. I thought that when you were in love, it would always be right there, starting you in the face, reminding you every moment that you love this person. It seems that it isn't always like that. Sometimes I know that I love Jamie, but I don't feel it, and I wonder what it would be like to be with someone else.”

“Love doesn't ask permission to complicate your life. It just shows up, uninvited, and dares you to be brave enough to let it stay.”

“Falling in love with you was not happenstance”

“Only time will tell, as our memories fade into a past that isn’t meant to be a part of the future. Eventually, we have to find a way to let them go, to move forward and accept what’s to come.”

“What are you doing here?”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t love me right away,” he said. “Just give me a chance.”

“Hey Kate, you coming to our show Friday night?" He leaned in close and touched my shoulder. "The guys would love to see you there.”

“Well, in the meantime, Carter and I have been discussing the matter of Ryan." This time it wasn't the clang of a pan I heard, but instead a messy smack--the contact of Carter's backhand with Dean's head, I presumed. "Just hear me out. You have options. I have an Italian uncle. He'll make sure Ryan is sleeping with the fishes by next week.”

“I better go," Carter squeezed me once more and stood, grabbing his wallet from the coffee table. "I need to hit up the lottery if I want to get you out of this mess. Will you let me buy a monkey if we win, though?”

“What do you see when you look at me?”

“You never know, just by looking, what a person is hiding.”

“Whew,” he said. “You clean up”

“Is there a problem, Ms. Parker? Something you want to say to me?" Reaching for his tie, he began to loosen it, unraveling it with his fingers, angry eyes still locked on mine.”

“I winked and locked my arm in Carter's, and we stood there, watching Dean stroll away.”

“Stumbling closer, I held up the manuscript, the pages flapping frantically in the wind. “I take it this is a murder mystery? You killed the ex-fiancée and thanked her in the dedication? Mighty dignified of you, I must say.”

“However, I have to warn you, I kind of like that you find me irresistible.”

“No man would ever hold me this well.”

“Suddenly he caught his reflection in the mirror behind her. His face was twisted into a dark scowl, and he was standing there naked, with a boner, and another man’s business card in his hand.”

“He tends to go for girls who are-Shelby, honey? Put your hands over your ears for just a sec.” Back into the phone he said, “He likes the real slutty ones. Ow!” he yelled when he received a whop to the back of the head.”

“We’ll make out for a while and you’ll feel better.”

“How do you know?”

“Wow,” she said. “Do you realise how wonderful you sound?”

“He has the body of a professional athlete, chiseled to perfection in all the right places.”

“You love me.”

“Put me down, I’m too heavy.”

“If I let you go are you going to hit me again?”

“I don't know what the future holds. I only know that I want to be with you. You and me. Everything else is negotiable.”

“Did you miss me?’”

“You don’t put pressure on me to be something I’m incapable of being. You accept me exactly how I am.”

“And when you love someone, seeing them sad also makes you sad.”

“Innocence invites protection, yet we might be smarter to protect ourselves against it...”

“Tucked away in my mind, in my heart, a glimmer of faith remains. If I just say the right words, play the right song or poem, perhaps recite a key memory.”

“Because that was the problem with society. It cared too much about who you fell in love with but never about why. The why matters.”

“They say money talks, but all mine ever says is 'good-bye sucker.”

“I don't want just a night or a week or a month with you. I want you all the time. I like you better than calculus, and math is the only thing that unites the universe.”

“She was an idiot. An adorable, gorgeous, feisty, funny, sweet, sexy idiot.”

“Let me rephrase.” He took a seething step toward me. “When it comes to you… I don’t like to share.”

“You can fall in love: someone will catch you.”