City Romance Quotes

#1. Evie narrowed her eyes. "A time limit. Four weeks of the swooniest, swellest romance New York City has ever seen. And then, kaput. Over and out. Off the air."
"Golly, when you say it like that, it sounds as if our love's not real, Lamb Chop.

Libba Bray

#2. Was it just her, or did lovers look more adoringly at each other in this city? Especially in the springtime.
'Die, bastards.'
She sighed. It wasn't their fault that they were bastards who should die.

Kresley Cole

#3. The city was alive, and so was he...

Kassandra Cross

#4. We don't want your kind in this city.
Take your pack of animals and go back to where you came from.
Mark my words
if you open this club, it will be the last thing you ever do.
Blood will run.

Sara Humphreys

#5. Let the park live in you until it sings you a song.

Zack Love

#6. My thighs and hips are on fire. I don't know where I end and you begin.

Amanda Carlson

#7. She shivered as a blustery wind rushed past. She'd made a mistake in returning to the city. She should've stayed in the castle with Antoine. She'd be warm in his arms right now, instead of being held prisoner.

Lisa Carlisle

#8. He had an overwhelming urge to take possession of her lips, silencing any mention of another man's name.

Tamara Hughes

#9. It was early spring, 326 BC, in the beautiful city of Chersonesus protected by a haunting deep blue sea and a giant wall. Today was the second day of the Festival of Dionysus.

Destin Bays

#10. This is so funny," said Ellen, noticing the seating arrangement. "Isn't this funny? Tom, come sit next to Robin. Griffin, sit next to Laura."
I stood up and sat next to Robin while Griffin brought his chair over to Laura.
"That's better," said Ellen. "Isn't that better?

Daniel Amory

#11. The smell of hyacinths in the summer night air. At this moment, standing here with a boy I just met who already feels like home, I am overwhelmed with city love.

Susane Colasanti

#12. She now saw that she wanted a boy to do more than follow her in blind devotion. She wanted a boy to challenge her, to tell her about things she'd never thought of, to show her new points of view.

Anna Godbersen

#13. LEXI: I feel like I belong here. Hell, maybe I always did belong, and I just needed to leave to see how good I had it. This place is home, and I love my job.......Maybe that means the big city defeated me.....

RYDER:Nah, you just figured out what you want. There's no defeat in that.

T.S. Joyce

#14. Good luck, Oretsev. Find the firebird, and when this is over, I'll see you well rewarded. A farmhouse in Udova. A dacha near the city. Whatever you want."
"I don't need any of that. Just ... " He dropped Nikolai's hand and looked away. "Deserve her.

Leigh Bardugo

#15. He turned to face me. "Not all of us can be talkers like you. Besides, I'm better with my hands."

I dropped my eyes. Damn my overactive imagination.

Belinda Williams

#16. Sometimes people do misguided things for the most honorable of reasons.

Tamara Hughes

#17. My mind wanders and I drift off into La-La Land. I dream about Thalassic City. About opportunity. And second chances. About actually living.

Siobhan Davis

#18. Chase shook his head, his jaw set stubbornly. "You say that our responsibilities to the city have to come first. Not for me. My mate has to come first, every time.

Zoe Chant

#19. What was he thinking falling in love with her again, opening himself to another world of hurt when she left - knowing she would leave? She was a lawyer, working in the big city, used to fancy things, a fancy life. She didn't fit in his world anymore.

Leah Braemel

#20. Jason woke to a feeling of fear, borne from a dream that he couldn't remember when waking. But as his mind focused, he found the dream right before him. The half-woman lay perfectly molded against his body, her wings draped down her back.

Derendrea

#21. His lips brushed my ear. "In case you were wondering, this dress is better than the towel. But just so you know, I liked the towel too.

Belinda Williams

#22. He looked longingly out the window at the towering skyline of New York City and thought about jumping. It would hurt less than following orders.

Kelly Moran

#23. No, this was Philly. Drunks here boo Santa and get in more trouble than a dog with an Easter basket, and like the dog, they usually end up either sick or dead. Ah yes, another lovely eve in the big city.

Kym Grosso

#24. You are an exceedingly beautiful mystery, one that intrigues me and one that I plan to solve.

Tamara Hughes

#25. I love coming back into Chersonesus in the afternoon; the city is lit up by the sun beginning to set. The sound of the water rushing past the hull, and the sky is as blue as Helena's eyes."
"Did I hear a woman's name?

Destin Bays

#26. I've officially turned into a loser," she whispered cynically. "I'm looking forward to going home and having cereal for dinner and walking Mitchell and studying a little and then going to sleep. I've had my 'going out and having fun' quota for the year, I guess, and it's June.

Daniel Amory

#27. Two people, one city, different times; connected by a memoir. Can love exist in a city destined for decades of misery?

Ahmad Ardalan

#28. And so they stood on the walls of the City of Gondor, and a great wind rose and blew, and their hair, raven and golden, streamed out mingling in the air.

J.R.R. Tolkien

#29. I don't think I've ever referred to any girl I dated as my girlfriend. I think that would freak me out. Even the girl that I dated for two years in college I don't think I ever referred to her as my girlfriend."
"How would you introduce her?" I asked.
"I'm just going to say her name," he said.

Daniel Amory

#30. It feels like the city is telling secrets down here, privy only to those who think to listen.

Gayle Forman

#31. We promised we'd all stay in touch. Even joked about a yearly reunion. These kinds of goodbyes are the scary goodbyes. The goodbyes where you know the chances of seeing each other again are very slim.

Estelle Maskame

#32. How did pretty little Anna go from Westchester suburb brat to New York hooker? Now that's a story.

Stacey Trombley