“On that night, as on many other nights, he pulled up the tangled sheets so that she could join him on the bed again. And soon Vanna Vane was grinding her damp bottom against his chest, belly, and mouth and strands of her dyed blond hair came slipping down between their lips as they kissed. Then she…”— Oscar Hijuelo, amazon.com
“He had lifted her skirts as she stood with her back to the wall and now had his fingers between her legs. 'Come to me,' she whispered, her breath hot in his ear. 'Into me now.' He removed her fumbling fingers from his trousers and freed himself.”— Sebastian Faulks, amazon.com
“And he was kissing me again, and slipping the shorty nightgown over my head. His strong and gentle hands began to stroke me, his hands, his lips, his tongue. Gentle. Not frightening. Knowing what he was doing. I felt my nipples rise, and it startled me.”— Madeleine L'Engle, amazon.com
“He kissed her ear, as he said, "I don't want either of us to ever forget this night." She answered by plastering her mouth on his and kissing him in a way she'd never thought possible, her hips moving against him, knowing there must be more. Ben settled himself between her legs. She cradled his hips…”— Cathy Maxwell, amazon.com
“You’re the one I want beside me for every little thing—from Tuesday nights after work to Saturday mornings curled up on the couch, from trips to the corner store to vacations across the world, from nights when I startle from bad dreams to afternoons when I come home from a run, glistening with sweat…”— Marisa Donnelly, thoughtcatalog.com
“Somebody loves you if they assume the role of caretaker when you’re sick. Unsure if someone really gives a shit about you? Fake a case of food poisoning and text them being like, ‘Oh, my God, so sick. Need water.’ Depending on their response, you’ll know whether or not they REALLY love you. ‘That’s…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“Somebody loves you if they don’t mind the quiet. They don’t mind running errands with you or cleaning your apartment while blasting some annoying music. There’s no pressure, no need to fill the silences. It’s a damn dream when you find someone you can do nothing with. Whether you’re skydiving togeth…”— Ryan O'Connell, thoughtcatalog.com
“You’re the person I want to dive headfirst into life with. When I go out on the weekends, it is you I want shutting down the club with me. When I plan an adventure it is you I want holding the map. When I speculate about the future, I want to see you in every outlandish fantasy I plan for myself.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“I want to do everything on earth with you. I want to float down rivers, traverse deserts, scale mountains and submerge ourselves into the sea. I want to take on a lifetime worth of challenges alongside you but most of all, I want to come home to you.”— Heidi Priebe, thoughtcatalog.com
“Home wasn't a set house, or a single town on a map. It was wherever the people who loved you were, whenever you were together. Not a place, but a moment, and then another, building on each other like bricks to create a solid shelter that you take with you for your entire life, wherever you may go.”— Sarah Dessen, amazon.com
“I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart for so long. If we’re in each other’s dreams, we can be together all the time.”— A.A. Milne, amazon.com
“Relationships are built on small, consistent deposits of time. You can't cram for what's most important. If you want to connect with your kids, you've got to be available consistently, not randomly.”— Andy Stanley, amazon.com
“I say it's over. But how do I say goodbye? When you are the man that I love And can't live without.”— Mirtha Michelle Castro, amazon.com
“Sometimes all you can do is hug a friend tightly and wish that their pain could be transferred by touch to your own emotional hard drive.”— Richelle E. Goodrich, amazon.com
“Hugs should be available at the medical stores 24/7. Sometimes, they are the best healers for almost everything.”— Minhal Mehdi, goodreads.com
“You can't fix things with a hug, but you can't make them any worse either.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together in the most innocent sense of the phrase.”— John Green, amazon.com
“There are two sensations of skin you will always remember in your lifetime; the first time you fall in love-and that person holds your hand-and the first time your child grasps your finger. In each of those times, you are sealed to the other for eternity.”— Alyson Richman, amazon.com
“I want him to touch me again. I want to feel his hands, as soft as clouds. But I’m afraid if he touches me, all seven billion billion billion atoms that make up my body will blow apart and scatter across the universe.”— Rick Yancey, amazon.com