#blake

Raising the dead was easy; love was hard. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#love

Life doesn't often turn out the way we think it will, does it? ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#life

I stared at Jean-Claude and it wasn't the beauty of him that made me love him, it was just him. It was love made up of a thousand touches, a million conversations, a trillion shared looks. A love made up of danger shared, enemies conquered, a determination to neither of us would change the other, even if we could. I love Jean-Claude, all of him, because if I took away the Machiavellian plottings, the labyrinth of his mind, it would lessen him, make him someone else. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#jean-claude #love #beauty

True love means you love the real person, not an ideal that you have in your head and superimpose over them. That's illusion and lies to me. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#love #love

Sometimes love isn't about being smart. Sometimes it's about being stupid together. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#love #love

You should be cuddling with her. I can’t believe I just said that. Cuddling makes me want to vomit a little, but apparently women like it. ↗

— Lexi Blake

#lexi-blake #the-men-with-the-golden-cuffs #men

I’ll never forgive myself if I don’t ask this, but knowing everything that you know, do you still want that kiss? ↗

— Daniele Lanzarotta

#mermaid #new-adult-contemporary-romance #forgiveness

Sometimes you deal with the devil not because you want to, but because if you don't, someone else will. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#cerulean-sins #inspirational #inspirational

Hello, beautiful Livia," Blake answered. "How did you know it was me?" Livia saw her wide smile in the rear view mirror. "The phone looked sexier when it rang. ↗

— Debra Anastasia

#debra-anastasia #homeless #love #poughkeepsie #beauty

Blake is damned good to steal from. ↗

— Henry Fuseli

#damned #good #steal