Get ready for some serious swooning. These are some of the most romantic quotes and lines we have ever read in YA lit. Have one to add? Be sure to share it with us in the comments below!
“The way I feel about him is like a heartbeat—soft and persistent, underlying everything.”
— Simon and the Homosapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
“I would have come for you. And if I couldn’t walk, I’d crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we’d fight our way out together-knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that’s what we do. We never stop fighting.”
— Crooked Kingdom by Leigh Bardugo
“I didn’t know you this morning, and now I don’t remember not knowing you.”
— The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon
“Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from you. Where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay.”
— Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
“You are my temple. You are my priest. You are my prayer. You are my release.”
— A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir
“I would rather have you for a little time than no time at all. I will remember you perfectly. My memory will touch your skin, your lips. The memory will hurt, but it will be mine.”
— The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski
“If we had our entire lives ahead of us I bet you’d get tired of me telling you how much I love you because I’m positive that’s the path we were heading on. But because we’re about to die, I want to say it as many times as I want—I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.”
— They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera
“No matter what happens, I will never, not in a thousand tragic outcomes, ever regret loving you.”
— Frost Like Night by Sara Raasch
“I want this more than I’ve ever wanted anything. I want everything with you,” he said. “I want all of it with you. I want you. I want this forever.”
— A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
“I’m not going far. I’ll always be here. Just an inch away. I promise.”
— Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott
Love should feel like the first time you gallop a horse flat out. It should make your blood sing. It should terrify you. And some part of you should recognize it the first time you meet the other person’s eyes.”
— Of Fire and Stars by Audrey Coulthurst
“Gods don’t die, and yet, at times, when I’ve sat next to you I thought I’d die, this pain in my chest that I can hardly understand except it’s you, caught there.”
— Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
“¿Me dejas robarte un beso?”
— Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
“Break my heart. Break it a thousand times if you like. It was only ever yours to break.”
— The One by Kiera Cass
“See, the thing about the falling in love montage is that when it’s over, the characters have fallen in love.”
— The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth
“Unlike anyone I’d ever met, this girl could so very easily make my heart her complete bitch.”
— Charming as a Verb by Ben Philippe
“If longing is madness, then none of us are sane.”
— Crier’s War by Nina Varela
“Who made this boy think I had time for him? Got me out here wasting all my good words. But then he smiles. Dimples popping out on both cheeks like billboards for joy and I stumble over my own feet.”
— With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo
“If I’m gonna die, I want to die having said yes to her as many times as I can.”
— You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
“I Promised to always find you. I promised you and you promised me. I came here for you because of it; I am here because of it.”
— Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Maas
“The story that I love you, it has no end.”
— Queen of Air and Darkness by Cassandra Clare
“We were miraculous. We were beach creatures. We had treasures in our pockets and each other on our skin.”
— We Are Okay by Nina LaCour
“Maybe our Happily Ever After hadn’t worked on the first shot. And maybe Happily Ever Afters weren’t a singular event. Maybe they were something you had to work at, and build, and never give up on, as long as they were something you still wanted.”
— Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales
“It’s like we’re two trees secretly sharing nutrients underground, two stars orbiting around all the things there’s no language for.”
— All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani
“This is a love story. You’ve been warned.”
— Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali
You’re the scariest, most clever, bravest person I know, and sometimes I can’t catch my breath because I’m trying so hard to keep up. There will never be another like you. You realize that, don’t you? Billions of people will come and go in this world, but there will never be another like you.”
— Champion by Marie Lu
“I thought, this is the most incredible thing I have ever seen, and I had better keep it a safe distance away from me. I thought, if someone like that ever loved me, it would set me on fire. And then I was a careless fool, and I fell in love with you anyway.”
— Red, White, and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
“I’m not leaving you. You are worth the risk, do you hear me? You’re always going to be worth the risk.”
— Bone Crier’s Moon by Kathryn Purdie
“You deserve to heal and grow, too. You deserve to have someone to talk to about your problem; you deserve unconditional support; you deserve care and safety and all the things you need to thrive. Just because you may not have them doesn’t mean you don’t deserve them.”
— The Wicker King by K. Ancrum
“You are beautiful. Fuck anyone who’s ever made you feel anything less.”
— Dumplin’ by Julie Murphy
“My soul sees its equal in you.”
— The Wrath and the Dawn by Renée Ahdieh
“We are light against the sky.”
— Miss Meteor by Anna-Marie McLemore and Tehlor Kay Mejia
“Remember how I said the timing makes no sense? But you’re here. Like you’d finally shown up and I didn’t realize I was looking for you.”
— Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
“But if I close my eyes
And wish it all away
Pretend I’m someone else
Pretend I’m here to stay
Gave us half a chance,
Let my stupid heart decide
There’s no doubt in my mind
You’d be mine.”
— You’d Be Mine by Erin Hahn
“The way he’s looking at me is like I’m the only beating heart in the world.”
— Places No One Knows by Brenna Yovanoff
“His smile ruins me.”
— Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
“Penny thought of this Korean saying for when you really, really liked something. You’d say it ‘fit your heart exactly.’ Sam fit her heart exactly.”
— Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
“The thing is, you don’t forfeit your whole world to prove your feelings to someone. You bring your worlds together. You get more world, not less.”
— Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
“Even in its first faint traces, love could alter a landscape. It wrote unimagined stories and made the most beautiful, forbidding places.”
— Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore
“Don’t you know that I’d lie with you in the groves, under the light of the moon? That I’d defy the laws of gods and men for you?”
— The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
“you’re my dearest punishment.”
— The Wicked King by Holly Black
“All that I am is a terribly brave small thing, with a terribly brave small life, and a terribly brave love that spans eons.”
— The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
“I would teach my body to regrow my heart each time I gave it to him, over and over and over again. Heart after heart after heart—every one of them his.”
— The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky by Mackenzi Lee
“It was the intimacy of shared secrets. The comfort of unconditional acceptance. It was a confidence in knowing no matter what happened that person would always be there for you.”
— Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
“warm summer breeze blows, and tiny bumps form on my arms. This is what Madrina calls grains of sugar adding sweetness to my soul; the first sparks of love and attraction, of something so new and tender that if I’m too firm with it, it will burst.”
— Pride by Ibi Zoboi
“Not all loves are meant to last forever. Some burn like fire until there is nothing left but ash and black ink on skin. Others, like the love I feel for Rishi, stay close.”
— Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Cordova
“Love is a powerful thing, more powerful than blood, although both run through us like a river.”
— Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
“Now that I’ve known a life with you by my side, I’m not sure I could bear that kind of loneliness again.”
— Kingsbane by Claire Legrand
“To me, you are magic.”
— Flame in the Mist by Renée Ahdieh
“I’m realizing it doesn’t really matter if we have a happy ending or not. We’re happy right now. That’s the important part, right?”
— This Is Kind of an Epic Love Story by Kacen Callender
“You are my night and stars, the fate I would fix myself to in any life.”
— The Star-Touched Queen by Roshani Chokshi
“You’ve reminded me to live. That’s worth having something to lose.”
— Sorcery of Thorns by Margaret Rogerson
“Instead of disappearing, she makes me feel reappeared. Reimagined. Her touch shapes me, draws out the boldness that had been hiding in my core.”
— Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
“I wish you all the best, Benjamin De Backer.” They aren’t the same words, but I know exactly what he means. “I love you too.”
— I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver
“Are you determined to leave me in this world to live without my heart?”
— Fire by Kristin Cashore
“Her heart, a newborn thing just beginning to know itself, believed Carmen’s heart.”
— We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia
“You’re everything. You’re… You’re chaos and order and everything between. Like sunshine kept back by clouds. Like the entire world’s imploded inside you, but all I see are the stars are sewn into your skin. You’re filled with soft, dark music. I hear it all the time. Your music.”
— Timekeeper by Tara Sim
“Once I felt the thrum of his heart beneath my fingers, I couldn’t forget it.”
— To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
“I’d give him all that I am.
I’d give him all that I was.
I’d open up a vein.
I’d tie our hearts together, chamber by chamber.”
— Wayward Son by Rainbow Rowell
“The two of us, we’re the best kind of disaster. Apples and oranges. Well, more like apples and machetes.”
— A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro
“you’re so real and alive and fearless and daring and beautiful and if what’s between us isn’t real, then I don’t know what is.”
— Legendary by Stephanie Garber
“Screw fate. I’ll tear down the stars for you.”
— Heart of Iron by Ashley Poston
“I trust you as if my soul were yours.”
— Bloodwitch by Susan Dennard
“So when I said that I’d always be your friend, I meant that… I always want to be there for you, no matter what. No matter which way. And if you don’t feel the same way, that’s okay. I understand. I’ll just… keep on loving you. All those other ways.”
— Lucky Caller by Emma Mills
“He looked at you the same way you look at roads. […] Like where they go frightens you, and you love them for it.”
— The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen
“I think you’re a fairy tale. I think you’re magical, and brave, and exquisite. And I hope you’ll let me be in your story.”
— Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor
“I love you, Flora. Yes, sometimes you make me crazy, and we’re definitely going to have to talk about the whole high-handed thing, but . . . it’s worth it. You’re worth it.”
— Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins
“The moment you came barreling into my life I was lost. I’m afraid to tell you what I wish for, for fear you’ll… oh, I don’t know, throw me into the fire. Or more likely, refuse me. Or worst of all, despise me. I love you. You’re more dear to my heart than I ever knew anyone could be. And I’ve made you cry; and there I’ll stop.”
— Graceling by Kristin Cashore
“I don’t think…there’s ever a boring second around you.”
— Storm and Fury by Jennifer L. Armentrout
“I knew then that we were like two pieces of cloth, sewn together for life. Our stitches couldn’t be undone. I wouldn’t let them.”
— Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
“It’s butterflies and haziness and heart eyes, but underneath all that, there’s this bass line of I can’t believe this. I can’t believe this is me. I can’t quite articulate the sweetness of that feeling. It’s finding out the door you were banging on is finally unlocked. Maybe it was unlocked the whole time.”
— The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli
“Even when words fail me, you never do.”
— The Rest of the Story by Sarah Dessen
“It feels like the world is going to explode when I kiss you.”
— The Upside of Falling by Alex Light
“During the day I miss your laughter and your wit and your smiles and the sharpness of your mind. In the evenings I think more of your kisses, sighs, and understanding ways. Then some nights I lie awake consumed with thoughts of the day I can love you in every way. On nights like this, my hunger for you overwhelms me. I can dwell for hours on the taste of your mouth and the scent of your hair and the touch of your skin.”
— The Traitor’s Ruin by Erin Beaty
“You know people who love you don’t hurt you like that. Love’s not supposed to try to kill you.”
— Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse
“Why do we breathe air? Because we love air? Because we don’t want to suffocate. Why do we eat? Because we don’t want to starve. How do I know I love her? Because I can sleep after I talk to her.”
— The Raven King by Maggie Stiefvater
“I love you, my sunshine. And that’s what happens when you love someone. Sacrifices stop being sacrifices simply because they make you happy. Caring for you makes me happy. So it’s not a sacrifice. It’s what I want to do.”
— Crown’s Fate by Evelyn Skye
“It’s not like in the movies. It’s better, because it’s real.”
— To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han
“I realized that I would rather die because I betrayed them, than live because I betrayed you.”
— Scarlet by Marissa Meyer
“Nothing about you, my dear, has ever been lost on me.”
— How to Love by Katie Cotugno
“You. Are. Beautiful. Lajawab. My only worry is that I might not be able to do you justice.”
— When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
“All the time in the world is worth nothing if I don’t get to spend it with you.”
—The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller
“He would save her again, and again, no matter how angry he was with her.”
— Ruined by Amy Tintera
“I’ll be your family now.”
— Insurgent by Veronica Roth
“I wanted to tell them that he had changed my life and that I would never be the same, not ever. And that somehow it felt like it was Dante who had saved my life and not the other way around.”
— Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
“I know which life is my real one now, no matter what happens. It’s the one with you. For some reason, knowing that even one person knows my story makes things different. Maybe it’s like the poem says. Maybe this is my way of not going gentle. I love you.”
— Matched by Ally Condie
“For the two of us, home isn’t a place. It is a person. And we are finally home.”
— Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins
“No matter what has happened. No matter what you’ve done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it.”
— Defiance by C.J. Redwine
“I wanted to tell you that wherever I am, whatever happens, I’ll always think of you, and the time we spent together, as my happiest time. I’d do it all over again, if I had the choice. No regrets.”
— Boundless by Cynthia Hand
“And in her smile I see something more beautiful than the stars.”
— Across the Universe by Beth Revis
“It’s one thing to fall in love. It’s another to feel someone else fall in love with you, and to feel a responsibility toward that love.”
— Every Day by David Levithan
“I love you the way a drowning man loves air. And it would destroy me to have you just a little.”
— The Crown of Embers by Rae Carson
“I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple pleasure of saying true things. I’m in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we’re all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we’ll ever have, and I am in love with you.”
— The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
“I never loved you any more than I do, right this second. And I’ll never love you any less than I do, right this second.”
— Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
“Sometimes I can’t see myself when I’m with you. I can only just see you.”
— Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
“I am catastrophically in love with you.”
— Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare
“I knew the second I met you that there was something about you I needed. Turns out it wasn’t something about you at all. It was just you.”
— Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire
“I realized love was this.” His put his hand on his chest. “This deep, intense caring about someone’s well-being. About wanting that person to be okay no matter what happens to yourself.”
— Love, Life, and the List by Kasie West
“You’re my favorite way to pass the time. But time stands still when you’re on my mind.”
— P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
“I love you. Remember. They cannot take it”
— Delirium by Lauren Oliver
“I want everyone to meet you. You’re my favorite person of all time.”
—Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
“If my love were an ocean, there would be no more land. If my love were a desert, you would see only sand. If my love were a star–late at night, only light. And if my love could grow wings, I’d be soaring in flight.”
— Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
“There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.”
— The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
“I don’t care how hard being together is, nothing is worse than being apart.”
—Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini
“I want to be the friend you fall hopelessly in love with. The one you take into your arms and into your bed and into the private world you keep trapped in your head. I want to be that kind of friend. The one who will memorize the things you say as well as the shape of your lips when you say them. I want to know every curve, every freckle, every shiver of your body. I want to know where to touch you, I want to know how to touch you. I want to know convince you to design a smile just for me. Yes, I do want to be your friend. I want to be your best friend in the entire world.”
— Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi
“But you’ve slipped under my skin, invaded my blood and seized my heart.”
— Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
“And I’ve realized that the Beatles got it wrong. Love isn’t all we need—love is all there is.”
— Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
“Love lets you find those hidden places in another person, even the ones they didn’t know were there, even the ones they wouldn’t have thought to call beautiful themselves.”
— Wild Awake by Hilary T. Smith
“No matter where I went, I always knew my way back to you. You are my compass star.”
— For Darkness Shows the Stars by Diana Peterfreund
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