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Saturday, January 16, 2021

Quotes You Can't Live Without by @JoanReeves #SmartGirlsReadRomance

I may have been presumptuous when I entitled this post Quotes YOU Can't Live Without.

I probably should have called it Quotes I Can't Live Without because these offer inspiration for different areas of my life.

Some I read when I need a booster shot of inspiration for tackling difficult projects.

Others I read when I need a chuckle.

Still others I read when things don't go my way.

Then there are those that inspire my writing. Perhaps a quotation perfectly fits something with which my heroine is struggling. Or maybe a quotation clarifies why my villain is a villain.

Sometimes, I read something funny someone said, and I'll have a character speak that in conversation. Since I write romance, I thought I'd share some profoundly emotional quotes that define Romance because I describe the kind of romance I write as "profoundly emotional."

Love and Romance

And ever has it been known that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. —Khalil Gibran

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, "This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not." —Ashton Kutcher

Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. —Maya Angelou

Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. —Carolyn Gold Heilbrun

What is love? It is the morning and the evening star. —Sinclair Lewis

True love stories never have endings. —Richard Bach

I'm into all that sappy stuff - a surprise picnic, nice dinner, or traveling. I'm kind of an old romantic. —Will Estes

Love is friendship set on fire. —Jeremy Taylor

Love Is Friendship Set On Fire

That quote from Jeremy Taylor was the basis of the romance in my latest release The Key To Kristina.

When Kristina Rivera meets Wyatt Morgan, it is NOT love at first sight. In fact, she thinks he's everything she detests. She doesn't trust him. 

Kristina is broke—financially and emotionally. Yet, she finds herself undertaking a Quest with Wyatt that turns into the adventure of a lifetime.

More than a treasure is at stake. Danger stalks Kristina her every mile of their journey as she tries to discover the meaning of The Key To Kristina.

The Key To Kristina is a women's action-adventure romance with a mystery that keeps the pages turning. At least that's what reviewers are saying, along with "awesome" and "brilliant."

You be the judge. You can "read free" if you are a Kindle Unlimited subscriber or buy it and keep it forever!

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Thanks for reading! 

I wish you an easy winter, filled with sunny days, blue skies, and wonderland days—and good books to read when the weather is not so beautiful.




6 comments:

  1. Love is friendship.
    But friendship can be turned into Love?

    Which relation could be more strong?
    Love at 1st sight or a Love which build with the passage of time and understanding with each other :)

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  2. Thank you for your comment. Yes, friendship can turn into love. I believe neither the depth of love nor the strength of the relationship can be measured by how the love came about. Both can be equally deep and strong.

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  3. Joan, I enjoyed your post. I've quoted people in my books too. Our Sunday School teacher was quoting someone who said, "Crow don't taste so bad after the first bite." In Beneath A Macon Moon, I have an elderly man advising my heroine with those words when she needs to apologize to the hero.

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    1. *LOL* Love that quote. It's a keeper. Btw, is the Macon in your new book Macon, Georgia, or a different Macon? In Louisiana, there's a Bayou Macon, pronounced with a soft C, not the hard C of Macon, GA.

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    2. Yes, it is Macon, Georgia. I did research on the town and fell in love with it. Psst! I'm trying to figure out how to say Macon with a "soft" C.

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    3. Macon with a soft C sounds as if it were written Mason.

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