{"quotes":[{"text":"Two days after my dad's funeral, my mom went on a mission. I never understood it until then--that sometimes a spy doesn't need a cover so much as she needs a shield.","author":"Ally Carter","tags":["breaking-up","broken-heart","hurt","love","romance-funny"],"id":4464,"author_id":"Ally+Carter"},{"text":"Gannon came from loud, passionate Italian stock that wasn’t afraid to smash a plate to make a statement. Paige, on the other hand, systematically choked down any temper and, with frosty efficiency, made him dance like a fucking puppet.","author":"Lucy Score","tags":["contemporary-romance","reality-tv","romance-book","romance-funny","standalone-book"],"id":70698,"author_id":"Lucy+Score"},{"text":"So why are you so mad at me for kissing you?”“Because you took too long. If you'd done that, say, three years ago, we wouldn't have only had one kiss before we both get horribly mutilated.","author":"Rusty Fischer","tags":["paranormal","romance-funny","romantic","ushers","vampires","werewolves","young-adult","zombies"],"id":89497,"author_id":"Rusty+Fischer"},{"text":"Maybe I shouldn't scare off my date so quickly by shooting guns and telling stories about vomit, but, hey, the sooner he knows the real me, the better.","author":"Vicki Lesage","tags":["dating","humor-relationships","paris","romance-funny"],"id":102690,"author_id":"Vicki+Lesage"},{"text":"This was now officially the most inane conversation in which Griff had ever been a participant—and that included a drunken debate with Del over ostrich racing.“The color isn’t too awful?” She twisted a fold of the skirt. “The draper called it ‘dewy petal,’ but your mother said the shade was more of a ‘frosted berry.’ What do you say?”“I’m a man, Simms. Unless we’re discussing nipples, I don’t see the value in these distinctions.","author":"Tessa Dare","tags":["historical-romance","romance-funny","tessa-dare"],"id":163173,"author_id":"Tessa+Dare"},{"text":"He dropped his head and kissed her. He kissed her and it was a kiss of utter certainty, the kind of kiss during which monarchs die and whole continents fall without your even noticing. When Jess extricated herself, it was only because she didn't want the children to see her lose the ability to stand.","author":"Jojo Moyes","tags":["kiss","kisses","kissing","kissing","love","love","love-and-sayings","love-story","lovers","quirky","quirky-character","romance","romance-funny"],"id":178772,"author_id":"Jojo+Moyes"},{"text":"The Dictionary defines Soul Mate as: A person who is perfectly suited to another in temperament. Before I met mine, I didn't know I was bonkers!","author":"James Hauenstein","tags":["attraction","attraction","companion","companions","companionship","companionship","company","connection","connection-to-others","connection-with-people","connections","connections-and-attitude","connections-with-people","drawn-together","heart-s-desire","kindred","kindred-soul","kindred-spirit","kindred-spirits","life-partner","life-without-her","life-without-him","love","love-at-first-sight","love","love","lover","lovers","marriage","marriage-life","married","married-life","one-another","partner","people","people-in-love","people","people-relations","relationship","relationship","relationships","relationships-love","romance","romance-funny","romance-humor","romance-love","romance","romantic","romantic-comedy","romantic-love","romantic-partner","romantic","secure-and-protected","secure-attachment","soul","soul-mate","soul-mates","soulmates","spousal-love","spouse","spouse","spouses","temperament","togetherness"],"id":198406,"author_id":"James+Hauenstein"},{"text":"I’ve never heard a girl say a diamond was too big.”“I just think when they get too big they look fake.” He leans down. “I say the same thing about breasts.","author":"Allie Everhart","tags":["romance","romance-funny","romance-love"],"id":218993,"author_id":"Allie+Everhart"},{"text":"Late twenties, single, female. Do the math.Flirty flings were fabulous until you hit the big three-O, all downhillfrom there. Biological clocks started ticking like time bombs waiting todetonate, gravity exerted more force on your life than your mom, andsuddenly, the dog-ugliest creep looked like Jake Gyllenhaal.","author":"Nicola Marsh","tags":["contemporary-romance","funny","humor","romance","romance-funny","romance-novel"],"id":238179,"author_id":"Nicola+Marsh"},{"text":"Kyle, you are a mellow dude...You can’t be with an agitator. And that’s what she is. An agitator. She’s a Jackson Pollock and you’re a Thomas Kinkade.","author":"Genevieve Dewey","tags":["romance","romance-funny","romance-love","romance-novels"],"id":257833,"author_id":"Genevieve+Dewey"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":23,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}