“Alexander tilted his head and kissed her deeply on the lips. He let go of her hands, and she wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing herself against him. They kissed as if in a fever… they kissed as if the breath were leaving their bodies.”Paullina Simons book The Bronze HorsemanSource: The Bronze Horseman
“I spoke it soft, but close enough to brush against her lips. I spoke it quiet, but near enough so that the sound of it went twining through her hair. I spoke it hard and firm and dark and sweet.”Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's FearSource: The Wise Man's Fear
“Then he kissed her. At his lips' touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great GatsbySource: The Great Gatsby
“They had never been closer in their month of love, nor communicated more profoundly one with another, than when she brushed silent lips against his coat's shoulder or when he touched the end of her fingers, gently, as though she were asleep.”F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great GatsbySource: The Great Gatsby
“He knew that when he kissed this girl, and forever wed his unutterable visions to her perishable breath, his mind would never romp again like the mind of God. So he waited, listening for a moment longer to the tuning-fork that had been struck upon a star. Then he kissed her. At his lips’ touch she blossomed for him like a flower and the incarnation was complete.”F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great GatsbySource: The Great Gatsby
“She rested her head against his and felt, for the first time, what she would often feel with him: a self-affection. He made her like herself.”Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie book AmericanahSource: Americanah
“She had loved him. He knew this; he had never doubted it. But she had also asked him to kill her. If you love someone that much, you did not lay that sort of burden on him for the rest of his life.”Jodi Picoult book The PactSource: The Pact
“She said out of pity for him, "I shall give you a kiss if you like," but though he once knew, he had long forgotten what kisses are, and he replied, "Thank you," and held out his hand, thinking she had offered to put something into it. This was a great shock to her, but she felt she could not explain without shaming him, so with charming delicacy she gave Peter a thimble which happened to be in her pocket, and pretended that it was a kiss.”J. M. Barrie book Peter PanSource: Peter and Wendy (1911), Ch. 6
“I really wish you hadn't worn that sweater,'he muttered into her ear.'It's good practice for you,' she replied, her lips moving against his skin.'Tomorrow, fishnets.'Against her side, warm and familiar, she felt him laugh.”Cassandra Clare The City of Lost SoulsSource: City of Lost Souls
“His lips pressed against her forehead and she felt him smile against her skin. "Believe me… the only place in the world I want to be is wherever you are."-Grant Morgan”Lisa Kleypas (1964) American writerSource: Someone to Watch Over Me