Contemporary Romance Quotes

Pretty great view. You think they’d do something about the sharks.

Turns out rolling your eyes in a bar when ‘Land Down Under’ plays is like someone belching during the Star Spangled Banner in America.

Oh, yeah, that goatee is really unattractive. That definitely belongs on a much fatter man.

Didn’t you read the invitation? There’s going to be a game in a little while--the big Twister game in an hour. Make sure you eat plenty of bread.

Don’t worry, little bunny, we only use our triplet telepathic powers for good.

Alice, I am the game, and trust me: you don’t want to play me.

Would you like to hear about the fascinating things lizards can do if you chew off their tails?

Remember that rabbit-proof fencing you told me about? You get that at a hardware store or is it special order?

So…while we’re sitting here on this luxury yacht enjoying our bread and water, why doesn’t someone tell me the plan?

Well, Faye, dear, I’m sure Harlow’s sorry she didn’t think to ask if you’d been eaten by a shark. That’s totally on her.

I think I can say with confidence that it’s a lot funnier if you haven’t actually been attacked by a shark.

Are we turning back? Because if you’re just trying to solve my post-traumatic stress problem by exposing me to rock sharks until I’m desensitized, trust me—that ship has sailed.

So ‘fatal’ only kills you two out of three times these days? That’s good to know.

His words made me aware that the heart in my chest is a muscle like any other. It can hurt.

But he was here. In my bed. His body warm and hard and feeling so much like home that I ached.

She was damaged and broken and there wasn’t any kind of glue in the world that could fix her.

If you were ready to sleep with me we wouldn't be in this bar, but in my room not wasting any more time.

Your room or mine?

He said they've literally set up a camp across the street from the hotel and they have signs and bullhorns and the kind of Christian attitude that makes God puke.

Kitty waved her free hand to show that she was ok, although she was very tempted to stand over one of Adam’s window-washing puddles and pretend her waters had broken just to see what he would do.

People don’t really have much of a choice when the heart falls. I’m lucky enough that mine just so happened to fall for you, Misty.”—Dylan to Misty in, When the Heart Falls

I think of it like a caterpillar--a wrinkly, ugly worm with traces of dull colors on it. But when the worm metamorphoses, it becomes something truly beautiful.” Charli

First of all, I’m not a ‘military type.’ Second, I never proclaimed to be a gentleman of any kind. I just like the facts straight up. There’s no bullshit to wade through to get to the truth." Dylan

Getting involved with someone was complicated enough, but with the boss’s daughter? Probably not a good idea.

Full of intrigue, tangled pasts, and raw emotions, [Gambling On A Secret by Sara Walter Ellwood] is guaranteed to keep you turning pages from start to finish and then wishing for one more chapter!

The ferocity of her passion was what he'd been waiting for night after torturous night. He wanted her to hunger the way he hungered. To need like he needed.

I grimace, thinking someone should come up with a new phrase for 'I left the ocean without a kiwi-sized chunk of my lower-left butt cheek' to replace the rather nebulous term 'exploratory bite.

Hey…you don’t look like a rabbit.

Locals. They’ll eventually get out. They’re annoyed. Like when Americans go to the lake. And it’s closed. ‘Cause some kid pooped in the water.

I try not to laugh too loud, afraid a bark-like noise will be mistaken by any great whites lurking in the area as the distress call of a juvenile seal.

Mouse likes to drag you to uninhabited areas with no cell signal—all those places perfect for dying of exposure.

Samantha, you're in my world now. We have standards here."-Jesse

You can pay for whatever you want, but I just want to warn you that I prefer to stay at places that don’t start or end with the word ‘motel.

I’ve found that lifting the lid with your foot is the most thorough and least gross path to two minutes of peace of mind.

I’m almost afraid to tell you. Let’s put it this way: clean toilets are the least of your problems in this country.

Don’t make me Alice-nap you, Alice. Because you know I can carry you.

I’m busy trying not to look like anything edible.

My butt has a maximum drive time of seven hours.

Did you think your boyfriend was going to stick around and watch you do THAT? If we weren’t related, I would’ve left too. Actually…is it already too late for me to leave?

Now see, if it were me, I wouldn’t have led with that. I would’ve gone with something like ‘G’day’ or ‘Wow, aren’t you a little hottie?

I don’t think Australians ever use a couple of words when twenty will do just fine.

Oh, I have plenty of problems with Rabbit, it’s just that my comfort level with his name is standing in line behind about a hundred more important things.

I’m good at being vague and unpredictable. It’s sort of a hard habit to break.

Did you forget a dentist appointment or something, big guy? Where the hell did you hop off to?

I hear they’re all infected with chlamydia, which just goes to show that you really can’t tell who’s got the clam. I mean, look at a picture of a koala…tell me you’re not shocked.

Did the Ancient Greeks ever write anything funny—like slapstick? I mean, I think I speak for everyone when I say that there’s nothing wrong with a little bit of well-written physical comedy.

This is from the queen? And you say it’s for a mouse? I’m sorry, sir, but the Pyramid Hotel doesn’t allow any pets except for service animals.

What if it’s a shy fish? Is that a 'coy koi?' What? Don’t hate me because I’m asking the important questions.

He’s a guy. We’re easy and stupid. Just go bat your eyes at him and beg for forgiveness. It’ll take five minutes…three if you wear something low-cut.

You keep right on building that fence, Faye. See what good it does you.