Trust me, I should know.”ġ0. “Most of all, I hate you because I think of you. Both love and hate are mirror versions of the same game – and you have to win. Every interaction spikes your blood with adrenaline, and you’re in the brink of fight or flight. The heart in your chest beats heavy and bright, nearly visible through your flesh and clothes. Your stomach twists at the thought of that person. I’ve had a lot of time to compare love and hate, and these are my observations. Hating someone feels disturbingly similar to being in love with them. Are you going to hurt me if I let you in?”ĩ. “I have a theory. ― Dating You / Hating You by Christina Lauren The premise cocktail of giant sci-fi mechas in historical China with an elemental magic system is just so, so potent. “Like whether you should kiss me or punch me.” Skye: Iron Widow is a wonderful treasure trove for speculative romance lovers, because this book features THREE distinct romantic subplots: a childhood-friends-to-lovers story, and TWO delicious enemies-to-lovers plotlines. “It’s not natural for someone to be as stupid as he is tall, and yet there you stand.”ħ. “You look like you’re cycling through a lot of things right now.” And while he’s capable of making my blood boil like no one else, I feel a magnetic pull toward him that I can’t explain.”Ħ. “It’s not natural for women to fight.” ― Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonĥ. “He’s not like any other guy I’ve dated or crushed on. If only you had known the mighty work of thine loins would be undone by a gay heir who likes it when American boys with chin dimples are mean to him.” O, fathers of my bloodline! O, ye kings of olde! Take this crown from me, bury me in my ancestral soil. “The moment you first called me a prick, my fate was sealed. “Those of us who aren’t summoned by the Dark Mark consider honesty to be a virtue.”Ĥ. “The only coherent thought that comes to mind is how insulting it is that eyelashes like his were wasted on Satan’s Errand Boy.”ģ. ― Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn SolomonĢ.

“How do you tell the person you’ve spent four years trying to destroy that you have a crush on them?” * * * * * My Favorite Enemies-to-Lovers Quotesġ. That was still a little too broad for me so I’ve narrowed it to my favorite quotes from one of my favorites tropes, enemies-to-lovers. Since I’ve read so much romances during the pandemic, I decided it would be fun to share some of my favorite quotes from those. This was such a wide open topic that I struggled a bit to even find a starting point. and then select quotes from books that fit that theme.) This week’s TTT topic is Book Quotes that Fit X Theme (P ick any theme you want, i.e., motivational quotes, romantic dialogues, hunger-inducing quotes, quotes that fill you with hope, quotes on defeating adversity, quotes that present strong emotions, healing, etc.

Top Ten Tuesday has been one of my favorite memes ever since I started blogging, so huge thanks to Jana for taking over the hosting duties!

It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January 2018.

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