romance: laughs and loves
a little lightness, a lot of heart, all the magical mess of love
by Abby Jimenez“The best kind of love doesn’t happen on moonlit walks and romantic vacations. It happens in between the folds of everyday life.” Yours Truly
by Abby Jimenez“There is nothing more beautiful than being a witness to someone's life. To know them inside and out and be with them through everything, share the same memories.”Yours Truly
by Abby Jimenez“We are all a little broken. We are a mosaic. We're made up of all those we've met and all the things we've been through. There are parts of us that are colorful and dark and jagged and beautiful.” Say You’ll Remember Me
People We Meet on Vacation
by Emily Henry“I still have a lot to figure out, but the one thing I know is, wherever you are, that’s where I belong. I’ll never belong anywhere like I belong with you.”
by Emily Henry“Falling’s the part that takes your breath away. It’s the part when you can’t believe the person standing in front of you both exists and happened to wander into your path. It’s supposed to make you feel lucky to be alive, exactly when and where you are.” Beach Read
by Emily Henry“When people we love leave, they take a piece of us with them. We can’t get it back. We just have to learn to live without it.”Book Lovers
by Lauren Connolly“If I have one day left, or thousands, I want you to be in every one of them.”PS: I Hate You
by Laura Wood“I hope wherever you are you can feel the sun on your back and the air under your wings. I hope you are happy and free.” Under Your Spell
by Christina Lauren“When we care about someone, they deserve the benefit of the doubt. We have to consider not only what they did, but also why they did it. Intent matters.”The Paradise Problem
by Ali Hazelwood“We talk about love as if it’s the grand, sweeping moment we’ve been waiting for—but more often, it’s just another day you choose each other.”Love, Theoretically
by Ali Hazelwood“Carry yourself with the confidence of a mediocre white man.”The Love Hypothesis
by Ali Hazelwood“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a community of women trying to mind their own business must be in want of a random man’s opinion.”Love on the Brain
by Brynne Weaver“You have never been unlovable. You were just waiting for someone who will love you for who you are, not for who they want you to be. I can do that, if you'll let me.”Butcher & Blackbird
by Brynne Weaver“We live our lives in expectation of something beautiful… of something terrible… but rarely do we stop riding the wave we’re on to acknowledge the life we already have.”Leather & Lark
by Brynne Weaver“It’s okay to love your darkness and still love yourself. It doesn’t make you a bad person. It makes you a whole one.”Scythe & Sparrow
by India Holton“Angel was too feeble a word for her. She was heaven entire, embodied in a woman’s body. She was every superlative in every ridiculous emotional dictionary printed in a man’s heart.”The Ornithologist’s Field Guide to Love
by B.K. Borrison“I don’t want something perfect; I want something honest. Something that can be mine.”First-Time Caller