“My heart was so full, I thought it might explode into the ether, creating some bizarre new solar system whose inhabitants ate only love, drank only hope, and breathed only joy. What a substantial galaxy that would be.”
― David Arnold, Kids of Appetite
tags: first-kisses, love
“And this is the potency a first kiss should have: it should be earned. The moments leading up to it should be as tense as a crossbow drawn back. The reader should want it as badly as the hero and heroine, and feel as satisfied and transported and transformed as the hero and heroine in the wake of it. There are different ways to use kisses in a romance, but that first kiss is so meaningful, a pinnacle, and can be more intimate than sex.”
― Julie Anne Long
“He kissed me. And it was the most Oliver kiss.
His hands cupping my face gently to draw me to him, and his lips covering mine with a deliberate care that was its own kind of passion. The way you'd eat a really expensive chocolate... savoring it because you knew you might never get another.
He smelled of familiarity, of homecoming. and of the night I'd spent wrapped in his arms. And he made me feel so ...f*cking precious. I wasn't sure I could bear it.”
― Alexis Hall, Boyfriend Material
tags: first-kisses, kisses, kissing-quotes, romance
“The very first time I kissed you, I got a taste of your soul and it was everything that I am not; it was light to my darkness; cheerful to my worries.
That moment will always stay with me. You may forget the story of us, but I'll always remember.”
― Calia Read, Unhinge
“The kiss is different than I expected. It’s slow and tender, his lips soft and warm against mine. He tastes sweet, like the powdered sugar I spilt and the coffee with chicory he’s always drinking. It’s a perfect first kiss.”
― D.L. Hess, Sir
“Sebastian pulled her into his arms, and planted a kiss on her lips that made her toes curl. Heat and hunger combined with a teasing, caressing sense of mastery. This DeMarco had her number, all right. For all his fierce discipline, this was a man who took his time making love to a woman. He could make a single kiss last for hours.”
― Carol Storm, DeMarco's Captive
tags: first-impressions, first-kisses
“I had to tilt my head back to see his face. His mouth was caught somewhere between a smile and a wince.
'What?' I asked, and put a hand on his chest, preparing to shove myself back. But his other hand slipped under my hair, resting at the base of my neck.
'I'm thinking I might kiss you,' he said quietly, intently.
'Then do it,' I blushed at my own boldness.
But Tamlin only gave that breathy laugh, and leaned in.
His lips brushed mine- testing, soft and warm. He pulled back a little. He was still staring at me, and I stared right back as he kissed me again, harder, but nothing like the way he'd kissed my neck. He withdrew more fully this time and watched me.
'That's it?' I demanded, and he laughed and kissed me fiercly.
My hands went around his neck, pulling him closer, crushing myself against him. His hands roved my back, playing in my hair, grasping my waist, as if he couldn't touch enough of me at once.
He let out a low groan. 'Come,' he said, kissing my brow. 'We'll miss it if we don't go now.'
'Better than will-o'-the-wisps?' I asked, but he kissed my cheeks, my neck, and finally my lips. I followed him into the trees, through the ever-lightening world.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses
