Not romance but companionship makes the happiness of daily life.
The language of pornography is abusive, that of romance adoring. Both are addressed to a fetish.
Dancing and running shake up the chemistry of happiness.
The etiquette of romantic love is as elaborate as that surrounding the Emperor of China.
Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm.
Family romances are the only ones that never turn out happily.
Pedagogical romances leave the mentor disgruntled, the pupil confused.
The realism of failure, the romance of success.