Romantasy Quotes

“She is the embodiment of a bad decision. The twin of danger and desire. The fine line between deadly and divine. And I can feel myself drowning.”
― Lauren Roberts, Powerless

“There is no me without you.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“My smell. Do I smell like…?”
“Mine.” It’s a rumble in his throat. “You smell like you’re mine, Misery.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Bride

“Some broken things stay broken”
― Holly Black, The Prisoner’s Throne

“In fact, once I have retaken my throne, you will not have to do anything if you do not wish it. If you desire to sit in some corner of the castle hunched over your books and notepaper, bestirring yourself only to demand a tour of some brownie market or bogle den, then it will be done."
I let out a trembling breath. "And what sort of queen would that make me?"
He looked perfectly earnest as he leaned in to kiss my cheek. "Mine.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales

“That scar you flaunt is beyond hideous. I suggest you wear a scarf or a large necklace at the very least, to provide a distraction from such a glaring flaw.”
“Ah, now your rumoured exceedingly large collection of scarves and enormous necklaces makes sense.”
― Jane Cousins, The Beast Of Gloomenthrall: A snarky, hot and fun romantasy.

“I don’t like to be one to say I told you so.” Perri nudged her sister, as Alia stifled yet another yawn. “But the two of us would have made dreadful nuns.”
― Jane Cousins, The Beast Of Gloomenthrall: A snarky, hot and fun romantasy.

“They stared at each other, and just for a moment, it was like no one else was there. Just them. No dreks. No soldiers. He looked at her like she was the beginning and end of his world, and he smiled-”
― Alex Aster, Nightbane

“Between the temple’s influence and the public’s anger against the death of their beloved priestess, along with his two previously failed engagements, the crown prince was finally branded as none other than…

The Prince of Sorrow.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Cruel and harsh judgments cast by high society, this is where Kit and Esme stood firmly together, side by side. The heartless villainess and the prince of sorrow. What a field day the press would have, if these two villains ever united!”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Instead, their storybook marriage had a dark chapter. A villainess side character, who remained stuck in-between the pages of their beloved fairy tale, and a blemish to their epic love story.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Maybe, his grandparents were not the saints that they were painted out to be by the public. Especially, if his grandfather could so easily go on to marry another woman so quickly after a long engagement.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“As a man branded by society as a cruel and heartless prince himself, Kit saw so much of himself in Esme. Even though he didn’t know her personality first-hand, nor her true motivations for her past crimes; however, he did, on the other hand, understood only all too well as to how it felt like to have the entire world paint a villainous portrait of oneself.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“Kit had hardly known Esme for no more than a single day; and yet, he mourned for her past injustices, greatly. For the first time in his life, he truly felt responsible for another human being. Not as a prince looking out for the general welfare of his people; but as an individual, inheriting a lost soul, whom he felt that only he alone, could nurture and care for.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“He might have been the crown prince of this kingdom, but who could ever want to marry, let alone love, a prince attached to such tragedy and woe?”
― Kristina Stangl

“I found you," I echoed.
And suddenly he was pushing himself to sit up, sloughing off the vines that had crept around his limbs, golden-yellow petals falling away, and he brought me close, and kissed me like a man who had been wasting his life waiting for this moment. He tasted like honeysuckles, and I imagined that was how sunshine tasted, sweet and warm and comforting.”
― Ashley Poston, The Someday Garden

“Most mornings I get up to listen to the birds, and each summer I taste the honeysuckle, and I kiss Rus in the golden hours of dusk every chance I get. I kiss him in the mornings, too, and in the early afternoons, and in the gazebo of that someday garden, when we finally built it.
I never heard Harriet’s voice again, and while the gardens spun strange stories for other people, Lilymoor’s magic politely passed us by.
Then again, we didn’t need it anymore as we fell in love over and over and over again, season after season, in that someday garden on the cliffs by the sea.”
― Ashley Poston, The Someday Garden

“This man might have resembled the king greatly; but yet, in his eyes, she saw something new. In his frosty blue eyes, she saw a strong sense of passion and determination. A look that she had never once witnessed upon the king’s eyes before.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“This man might have been God sent; but this same God had also forsaken her in the past, too.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“If the grandfather was charged to curse her, then perhaps, the grandson was meant to bear the consequences of that action.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“If my grandfather is responsible for her curse, then I shall be her savior.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess

“The heart does not practice logic or reason.”
― Lindsay Straube

“I won't let you disappear.”
― Renata Nopine, Where the World Remembers My Name: She survived. She healed. She built a life. Now she has to decide who she wants to become.

“The war was brutal, as all wars are, pointless and cruel.”
― Sasha Peyton Smith, The Rose Bargain

“Falling for the monster was never the plan—but escaping him might be impossible.”
― Scarlett Ash

“But most nights, I prefer my full bedroom and my personal collection of books.”
“You mean there are more books?” he asked, gesturing around. “More than this?”
“One can never have too many.” She broke into a soft smile… which dropped the instant she noticed the shift in Everett’s eyes. The thief’s pupils dilated as if she were some great treasure he’d just discovered.”
― Gryffin Murphy, Twig's Traveling Tomes

“Lili's breath caught, and she pivoted to face me. "I don't want to be a monster. Not here. Not anywhere."

I grasped her hand, lacing our fingers. "So, don't be one. That's what you have me for," I assured her, the heat in her eyes blinding me from everything but her.”
― Melinda Hyde, Kingdom of Deceit and Desire

“I saw it for what it was—a hasty retreat. She was afraid. She and her kingdom had been dominated for so long by a tyrant that they had forgotten what it meant to be free.”
― Melinda Hyde, Kingdom of Sin and Seduction

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― Rick London, The Dancing Wolfeman

“In his frosty blue eyes, she saw the reflection of compassion, understanding, and a sense of forgiveness. A gaze that she was not at all accustomed to seeing before on another soul.”
― Kristina Stangl, The Heartless Villainess