Hanif Kureishi Quotes

Our gazes locked, so much passing between us. In those moments, I wasn't in a tent with him, on the run from those who regarded us as villains. There was no murderer to catch, no Strigoi trauma to overcome. There was just him and me and the feelings that had burned between us for so long.

He let his mouth linger on mine, neither possessively nor sweetly... like his mouth just belonged there on mine. And he was right. It did. It always had.

I realise it’s going to happen. This girl of my dreams, this girl who is more like me than anyone I’ve ever met, wants to kiss me.

I remember how, at first, I had felt the tension in his lips, as if he was trying to make a barrier between us - then they had relaxed, parted slightly. And that's when I had known he wanted to kiss me, wanted to give in. That little parting of the lips, the little sigh that came out... I would hear that sigh forever. That little, little sound when the whole world seemed to open up.

You fall in love with people's minds.

Why do two people fall in love? It's a mystery.

I leaned in toward her, suddenly overwhelmed with the feeling that we must kiss.

Every relationship probably has, at its inception, a hundred things that you could pick on and divert you from it, but the feeling is there. You figure out a way to make it work.

I've never grown into loving someone. It's, like, either right away or slowly sinks in.

The longer you have something, the stronger the bond. That's true with people as well as things.

It's fabulous when you do that, when you discover somebody who you like, when you kind of feel those feelings, even though he articulates them better.

Falling in love is a chemical reaction. But it wears off in a year. That's why you need a strong line of communication... which includes laughter.

You can tell if someone's into you. You can feel the chemistry.

I couldn't care less about sex unless I meet someone who I think is wonderful.

I think it's one of the great enrichments of life, romance.

A lot of my music is about love. And that, of course, is super relatable.

You’ve got me feeling like you’re that something I’ve been missing.

What do any of us really know about love?

If we're friends with someone and attracted to them, we're going to want to take it further.

When I found somebody who I fell in love with, it made me feel different than I felt the rest of the day. It was electrifying.

But I gotta say, oh, baby, oh baby, why is this so familiar? Just met her, already feel like I know the real her.

He felt it too, the air between us, the invisible lines that something or someone had drawn to connect us. That's the way I remember it.

I know love and lust don't always keep the same company.

It didn't escape Karou's notice that he found subtle ways of touching her.

Then stay with me a little longer,' Madame Olenska said in a low tone, just touching his knee with her plumed fan. It was the lightest touch, but it thrilled him like a caress.