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“鈥攁nd there weren't any words for what was happening, and even though words were important, they weren't everything. A lot of things happened outside the world of words.”
― Benjamin Alire S谩enz, Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World

“The thought of seeing him had left her a tangled jumble of basket case, complete with a straight jacket for accessory.”
― Kelly Moran, Mistletoe Magic

“Twenty-five years, and it still felt like yesterday he鈥檇 ripped her heart out of her chest. While it had still been beating.”
― Kelly Moran, Mistletoe Magic

“Please don鈥檛 spontaneously break out into Christmas carols.”
― Kelly Moran, Mistletoe Magic

“Another of my pet peeves is that the female characters used to be all sort of cutesy, like having flour on their nose after they baked cookies and not knowing it. And now they're all a mess, like waking up really hungover and getting fired. I want to create characters who aren't flawless but also aren't ridiculous or incompetent at life.”
― Curtis Sittenfeld, Romantic Comedy

“And I love that you never needed me to save you, but holy shit, I needed you to save me.”
― Leeanne Slade, The Rebound

“We all have our issues, it鈥檚 just some of us are better at hiding them from the world than others.”
― Leeanne Slade, The Rebound

“This guy isn鈥檛 offering you the world, he鈥檚 offering you the same thing he always has: the bare minimum. He鈥檚 holding you back and you know it. If you concede, you鈥檒l resent him forever.”
― Leeanne Slade, The Rebound

“And I hope one day, when you realise I鈥檓 right about this, that you lie awake in deep regret that those words were the last thing you ever said to me.”
― Leeanne Slade, The Rebound

“Romance novels, rom-coms, non-tragic love stories鈥攖hey all run on a blissful sense that we鈥檙e moving toward something better. Percentage-wise, the majority of clues writers drop in romance novels don鈥檛 give you things to dread. They give you things to look forward to.

This, right here鈥攎ore than anything else鈥攊s why people love them. The banter, the kissing, the tropes, even the spice聽鈥� that鈥檚 all just extra.
It鈥檚 the structure鈥攖hat 鈥減redictable鈥� structure鈥攖hat does it. Anticipating that you鈥檙e heading toward a happy ending lets you relax and look forward to better things ahead. And there鈥檚 a name for what you鈥檙e feeling when you do that.

Hope.

Sometimes I see people grasping for a better word than predictable to describe a romance. They鈥檒l say, 鈥業t was predictable鈥攂ut in a good way.鈥�

I see what they鈥檙e going for. But I鈥檓 not sure it needs pointing out that over the course of a love story聽鈥� people fell in love. I mean: Of course they did! I don鈥檛 think it鈥檚 possible to write a love story where the leads getting together at the end is a surprise. And even if it were, why would you want to? The anticipation鈥攖he blissful, delicious, oxytocin-laden, yearning-infused, building sense of anticipation鈥攊s the point. It鈥檚 the cocktail of emotions we all came there to feel.

I propose we stop using the hopelessly negative word predictable to talk about love stories and start using anticipation. As in: 'This love story really created a fantastic feeling of anticipation.'

Structurally, thematically, psychologically鈥攍ove stories create hope and then use it as fuel. Two people meet鈥攁nd then, over the course of three hundred pages, they move from alone to together. From closed to open. From judgy to understanding. From cruel to compassionate. From needy to fulfilled. From ignored to seen. From misunderstood to appreciated. From lost to found. Predictably.

That鈥檚 not a mistake. That鈥檚 a guarantee of the genre: Things will get better. And you, the reader, get to be there for it.

It鈥檚 a gift the love story gives you.”
― Katherine Center, Hello Stranger

“I鈥檒l never take for granted being myself again. Even when I鈥檓 in deep shit like I am now.”
― Melinda Minx

“Grants footsteps are the same as they always were, they are soft and slow but also confident, like him, he knows I'll follow.”
― Robby Weber, If You Change Your Mind

“Ya sabes por qu茅 nos han invitado, Miles. Porque son adictos a que los quiera todo el mundo. Y se les da bien. Tanto como para no darse cuenta de que no se puede esperar amor de las personas a las que has destruido por completo. Ahora mismo se creen que son los buenos de la pel铆cula. Pero no tienen derecho a verse as铆. Van a pasarse a帽os viviendo con la certeza de que son los idiotas.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“No es cinismo. Si no responsabilizas a los dem谩s de tus sentimientos, puedes tener una relaci贸n decente con casi todo el mundo.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Y resulta que una sorpresa es distinta cuando procede de alguien que te conoce y te quiere.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“Y me siento afortunado cada vez que me miras. No porque crea merecerte, sino porque tengo la sensaci贸n de que no necesitas que lo haga. Como si鈥� te gustara tal como soy.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story