Romance Quotes - Page 19

• It's so much easier to convince yourself you're madly in love with someone when you know nothing about him.

  Megan McCafferty

  Madly In Love, Easier, Convince

  Megan McCafferty (2010). “The Complete Jessica Darling Series: Sloppy Firsts, Second Helpings, Charmed Thirds, Fourth Comings, Perfect Fifths”, p.722, Crown

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• [...] He didn't want his wife to read historical romances because it might give her unrealistic expectations. [...] If I had been him, I would have been reading your books every time you laid them down to see how I could improve my skills and please you. Second warning of the night. I bought a couple." You bought a couple of what?" Historical romances. I'm three-quarters through the first one." He flashed her a slow grin. "All I can say is, I like the way your mind works." ~Jake Coulter and Molly Wells

  Catherine Anderson

  Couple, Book, Reading

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• A lot of men wouldn't like being called a romantic. It's not macho enough.' Quite often men are fools.

  P. C. Cast

  Men, Fool, Enough

  P. C. Cast (2008). “Goddess of Light”, p.68, Penguin

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• Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Country, Nature, Children

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.42, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Good evening, Lord Corwin,' said the lean, cadaverous figure who rested against a storage rack, smoking his pipe, grinning around it. Good evening, Roger. How are things in the nether world?' A rat, a bat, a spider. Nothing much else astir. Peaceful.' You enjoy this duty?' He nodded. I am writing a philosophical romance shot through with elements of horror and morbidity. I work on those parts down here.

  Roger Zelazny

  Philosophical, Writing, Smoking

  Roger Zelazny (2000). “The Hand of Oberon”, G K Hall & Company

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• The door banged open and Eve rushed out, flushed and mussed and still buttoning her shirt. "It's not what you think." She said. "It was just - oh OK, whatever, it was exactly what you think. Now WHAT?

  Rachel Caine

  Thinking, Doors, Shirts

  Rachel Caine (2009). “Lord of Misrule: The Morganville Vampires”, p.110, Penguin

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• Always! That is a dreadful word. It makes me shudder when I hear it. Women are so fond of using it. They spoil every romance by trying to make it last forever. It is a meaningless word, too. The only difference between a caprice and a life-long passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

  Oscar Wilde

  Passion, Differences, Long

  The Picture of Dorian Gray ch. 2 (1891)

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• Love is too precious to be ashamed of.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Love Is, Ashamed

  "A Stroke of Midnight (Meredith Gentry, Book 4)". Book by Laurell K. Hamilton, April 12, 2005.

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• ...what is romance, but a mutual pact of delusion? When the pact ends , there's nothing left.

  Zoë Heller

  Ends, Pact, Delusion

  Zoë Heller (2007). “Notes on a Scandal”, p.161, Penguin UK

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• I fell in love with books. Some people find beauty in music, some in painting, some in landscape, but I find it in words. By beauty, I mean the feeling you have suddenly glimpsed another world, or looked into a portal that reveals a kind of magic or romance out of which the world has been constructed, a feeling there is something more than the mundane, and a reason for our plodding.

  Donald Miller

  Book, Mean, People

  Donald Miller (2010). “Father Fiction: Chapters for a Fatherless Generation”, p.75, Hachette UK

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• The latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of Forty-second Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change.

  Joseph Campbell

  Inspirational, Light, Oedipus

  "The Hero with a Thousand Faces". Book by Joseph Campbell, 1949.

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• It is quite true that I have worshipped you with far more romance of feeling than a man usually gives to a friend. Somehow, I had never loved a woman. I suppose I never had time. Perhaps, as Harry says, a really grande passion is the privilege of those who have nothing to do, and that is the use of the idle classes in a country

  Oscar Wilde

  Country, Passion, Men

  Oscar Wilde, Russell Jackson, Joseph Bristow, Ian Small (2000). “The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian Gray : the 1890 and 1891 texts”, p.90, Oxford University Press on Demand

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• I wonder how many people don't get the one they want, but end up with the one they're supposed to be with.

  Fannie Flagg

  Love, Relationship, Heart

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• I am not laughing, Dorian; at least I am not laughing at you. But you should not say the greatest romance of your life. You should say the first romance of your life. You will always be loved, and you will always be in love with love. A grande passion is the privilege of people who have nothing to do. That is the one use of the idle classes of a country. Don't be afraid. There are exquisite things in store for you. This is merely the beginning.

  Oscar Wilde

  Country, Passion, Class

  Oscar Wilde (2016). “The picture of Dorian Gray/Le portrait de Dorian Gray”, p.60, Oscar Wilde

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• Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.

  Sri Chinmoy

  Love, Happiness, Romantic

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• If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.

  Richelle Mead

  Love, Vampire Academy, Dimitri

  Richelle Mead (2013). “Vampire Academy: The Complete Collection”, p.175, Penguin

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• It's about average for us. Behavior always draws more than survey. We're the sexy ones,' Nate said with a grin. Amy snorted. 'Oh, yeah, you guys are the Mae Wests of the nerd world.' We're action nerds,' Nate said. 'Adventure nerds. Nerds of romance.

  Christopher Moore

  Sexy, Adventure, Average

  Christopher Moore (2009). “Fluke: Or, I Know Why the Winged Whale Sings”, p.49, Hachette UK

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• In romance, there's nothing more attractive to a man than a woman who has dignity and pride in who she is.

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  Sherry Argov

  Pride, Men, Principles

  Sherry Argov, “Why Men Marry Bitches: A Woman's Guide to Winning Her Man's Heart”

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• Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!

  Carolyn Keene

  Detective Work, Tonight, Detectives

  Carolyn Keene (1930). “Nancy Drew 03: The Bungalow Mystery”, p.61, Penguin

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• Make a little room in your plans for romance again, Anne, girl. All the degrees and scholarships in the world can’t make up for the lack of it. ~Aunt Josephine to Anne in Anne Of Green Gables

  Lucy Maud Montgomery

  Girl, Degrees, World

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• You are mine, woman, and I am yours. Until you, my life was desolate. I existed, but I didn't truly live. Now I live, even in my death.

  Gena Showalter

  Mines, Desolate

  Gena Showalter (2014). “Lords of the Underworld Collection 1: The Darkest Night\The Darkest Kiss\The Darkest Pleasure”, p.215, Harlequin

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• Mircea must have heard us come in, but he continued what he was doing. He stood with his back to us, the candlelight on his bare skin causing his muscles to fall into sharp relief. He’d washed the river gunk out of his hair and now he threw it back, the water droplets shimmering in the light. The scene looked for all the world like a really good romance novel cover.

  Karen Chance

  Fall, Light, Hair

  Karen Chance (2011). “Cassie Palmer Novels 1-5”, p.1010, Penguin

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• His lips tasted cool and sharp, peppermint, winter, but his hands, soft on the back of my neck, promised long days and summer and forever.

  Maggie Stiefvater

  Summer, Winter, Hands

  Maggie Stiefvater (2011). “Shiver Trilogy (Shiver, Linger, Forever)”, p.149, Scholastic Inc.

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• It is deplorable...to remove all the romance - all the mystery!

  Agatha Christie

  Mystery, Remove

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• What do you do when Mom leaves you alone like this? (Kat) I write romance novels. (Acheron)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Mom, Writing, Novel

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