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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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.

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” - Mark Twain and other Witty Quotes

I love a good quote and hope you enjoy this eclectic collection.

“The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.” ~Tom Clancy (1947-), paraphrasing Mark Twain

“Happiness is good health and a bad memory.” ~Ingrid Bergman

“Victory goes to the player who makes the next-to-last mistake.” ~Savielly Grigorievitch Tartakower, Chessmaster

“A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.” ~Frank Lloyd Wright

“Wit is educated insolence." ~Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)

“Do, or do not. There is no ‘try’.” ~Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back

“Destiny is not a matter of change, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." ~William Jennings Bryan

“If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.” ~Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

“Never forget that it is the spirit with which you endow your work that makes it useful or futile.” ~Adelaide Hasse

“All for one; one for all.” ~Alexander Dumas (1824-1895)

“If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.” ~Alice Roosevelt Longworth

“The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them.” ~Albert Einstein

“Its not the size of the dog in the fight, its the size of the fight in the dog.” ~Mark Twain

“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.” ~Edward Abbey (1927-1989)

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” ~Napoleon Bonaparte

“After I’m dead I’d rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.” ~Cato the Elder (234-149 BC, AKA Marcus Porcius Cato)

“When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.” ~John Ruskin

“They couldn’t hit an elephant at this dist–” ~General John Sedgwick (1813-1864), last words

“I don’t feel good.” ~Luther Burbank (1849-1926), last words

“Ask her to wait a moment – I am almost done.” ~Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855), when informed that his wife was dying

“99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.” ~Unknown

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, prepare to die.” ~Klingon Proverb, Star Trek

“The greatest strength is gentleness.” ~Iroquois Proverb

“Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.” ~Proverb

“If you lose your temper, you’ve lost the argument.” ~Proverb

“Better to light a candle than curse the darkness.” ~Chinese Proverb

“I have not failed, I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” ~Thomas Edison (1874-1931)

“All science is either physics or stamp collecting.” ~Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937)

“The only possible conclusion the social sciences can draw is: some do, some don’t.” ~Ernest Rutherford

“A witty saying proves nothing.” ~Voltaire (1694-1778) *To this I would argue ‘that may be, Voltaire, but it makes life a darn site more entertaining.’

“I would like to be able to admire a man’s opinions as I would his dog – without being expected to take it home with me.” ~Frank A. Clark

“As I get older I notice the years less and the seasons more.” ~John Hubbard

These quotes are from an excellent site:  http://www.tk421.net/quotes/

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