At times he could be charming and gracious, which was what had made it so hard to leave him. His ability to be tender and loving was equal to his capacity to be deceptive and underhanded. He could rip out my heart and then be the first one to pick it up and hand it back to me.
—Debbie Macomber in A Girl's Guide to Moving On
I think sometimes we love so deeply, so profoundly, that anything else pales by comparison.
—Debbie Macomber in The Trouble with Angels
How many people can you claim truly care about you? I mean, not just the people in your life who are fun to hang out with, not just the people who you love and trust. But people who feel good when you are happy and successful, feel bad when you are hurt or going through a hard time, people who would walk away from their lives for a little while to help you with yours.
—Lisa Unger in Beautiful Lies
So little time. We have so little time on this earth with the people we love.
—Tess Gerritsen in Harvest
Shame is always easier to handle if you have someone to share it with.
—Craig Thompson in Blankets
I refused to lose my heart to someone who was incapable of giving me his.
—Helen Hardt in Craving
One of the hardest things to accept when someone you love dies is that life goes on.
—Linda Castillo in Long Lost
If a man loves you, you'll never question where his heart is. He will never place doubt in your mind. You'll actually feel the love he has for you, not because he has told you, but because his actions show and prove it every single day.
—Leslie Braswell in Get the Guy
Maybe money can't buy love—but it can get you practically everything else.
—Debbie Macomber in The Perfect Christmas
You are loved. Massively. Ferociously. Unconditionally. The Universe is totally freaking out about how awesome you are. It's got you wrapped in a warm gorilla hug of adoration. It wants to give you everything you desire. It wants you to be happy. It wants you to see what it sees in you.
—Jen Sincero in You Are a Badass
Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
—Maya Angelou
I believe in love. I believe in hard times and love winning. I believe marriage is hard. I believe people make mistakes. I believe people can want two things at once. I believe people are selfish and generous at the same time. I believe very few people want to hurt others. I believe that you can be surprised by life. I believe in happy endings.
—Isabel Gillies in Happens Every Day
Maybe that was how it was with all first loves. They own a little piece of your heart, always.
—Jenny Han in We'll Always Have Summer
My life wasn't horrible, but I didn't see any passionate reason to love it.
—Shannon A. Thompson in 2013: A Stellar Collection
Leaning against him, feeling the warmth radiate off him, listening to his breath go in and out, she knew she was exactly where she belonged.
—Cindi Madsen in All the Broken Pieces