“Single is no longer a lack of options – but a choice. A choice to refuse to let your life be defined by your relationship status but to live every day Happily and let your Ever After work itself out.”
― Mandy Hale, The Single Woman–Life, Love, and a Dash of Sass: Embracing Singleness with Confidence

“It suddenly made sense. Only twice in his life had he felt this inexplicable, almost mystical attraction to a woman. He’d thought it remarkable, to have found two, when in his heart he’d always believed there was only one perfect woman out there for him.

His heart had been right. There was only one.”
― Julia Quinn, An Offer From a Gentleman

“It's a full time job with a part-time companion.”
― Sylvia Day, Bared to You

“- "Women should all move to Amazonia, or at least vacation there four times a year."
- "Amazonia?"
- "It's the girl world in my head, where I go when I'm annoyed with Carter, or just men in general. There are five shoe stores per capita, nothing has any calories, and all the books and movies end happy ever after."
- "I like Amazonia. When do we leave?”
― Nora Roberts

“I don't care about anything. But I care about you.”
― Stephanie Perkins, Isla and the Happily Ever After

“Misunderstanding and distrust—the predominant elements of a novel. Without them, everyone lives happily from beginning.”
― Carmen DeSousa

“I believed in happily ever after as much as anyone, because Jane Austen, Prince Charming, and Hugh Grant promised me it could happen.
But maybe that particular delusion was universal.”
― Robin Wasserman, The Book of Blood and Shadow

“Ah, God, Lys" he breathed, and she opened her eyes to look up at him. She was the love of his heart, his true partner in both work and life, and the idea of losing her to the violence of the world they lived in scared the living shit out of him.

But her smile lit her eyes, her face, and he pushed the darkness away and let himself grin back at her like the damn fool that he was. This moment-now-was perfect, and he wasn't going to let his fears interfere.”
― Suzanne Brockmann, Hot Pursuit

“I, Kotoko Aihara... Now Kotoko Irie... have finally become Irie-kun's wife. And though this may seem like a happy ending, it is actually more of a happy beginning.”
― Kaoru Tada, イタズラなKiss 10 [Itazura na Kiss 10]

“Why did everyone like that story so much when it wasn't true? Why was everyone so eager to believe it? Was it because, in real life, ever after's generally stink?”
― Margaret Peterson Haddix, Just Ella

“Let stuff simply unfold, for once in your life, without spinning all those hopeful romantic fantasies. The less time you spend dreaming up a world of happily ever after, the more time you’ll have to actually live — no evers or afters required.”
― Abby McDonald, Getting Over Garrett Delaney

“You’re the best bad decision I ever made, and you are, by far, my favorite story to tell.”
― Jay Crownover, Charged

“I believe it is the woman in the relationship that drives the relationship to what she wants it to be”
― Lori Colombo-Dunham

“Like the roller coaster of life...novels aren't fun without ups and downs and even an occasional loop.”
― Carmen DeSousa

“Embrace the love of your life.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!

“No matter how the road winds and turns, as long as you are there at the end of it I’ll be happy, Rowdy.”
― Jay Crownover

“He didn’t say anything, which daunted her for a moment, but then she saw that his eyes were warm. So she said, tentatively:
“You came for me.”
“Yes.”
“And took care of me when I was ill.”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because I love you.”
Without moving a muscle, she let his words sink in. Reverberate. Settle in her bones. Was this much happiness even possible? Joy so great one couldn’t even smile?
“Say it again.”
“I love you.”
“Again.”
“I love you, Livia. I’ve loved you for weeks — for months — quite possibly from the moment I met you. But it’s taken me far too long to understand that. Understand myself.”
“Can you say it one more time?”
“Yes. I’ll be saying it every day for the rest of my life, if you’ll let me. I love you.”
― Lisa Berne, You May Kiss the Bride

“All four Dirty Affliction books are on sale for .99 each on Amazon in celebration of my upcoming release! Melody the final book in the series will release in March.”
― Regina Frame