Romance Quotes - Page 32

War can so easily be gilt with romance and heroism and solemn national duty and patriotism and the like by persons whose superficial literary and oratorical talent covers an abyss of Godforsaken folly.

Once I learned, I went online and ordered every romance novel I could find. They're fairy tales for grown-ups.

And yes, it was a high school romance, but it was still the kind of romance where I thought we were trying to find a way to make it forever.

Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.

Romance cannot be put into quantity production-the moment love becomes casual, it becomes commonplace.

Our love is the reason romance was created.

If you live in your senses, slowly, with attention, if you use your eyes and your fingertips and your taste buds, then romance is something you’ll never need a greeting card to make you remember.

... to be "literary" appeared to my deluded innocence as an unending romance.

People are shaped by friendship as much as by romance.

If I'm trying to put size on for a role, then I don't do much running.

I despair of ever receiving the same degree of pleasure from the most exalted performances of genius which I felt in childhood from pieces which my present judgment regards as trifling and contemptible.

Romance, like alcohol, should be enjoyed but must not be allowed to become necessary.

I do get flak for the lack of romance in my stories.

Canadians are fond of darker stories, serious stories, so if you're a Mystery writer or a Romance writer or Fantasy Writer, you will most likely have an American publisher and agent.

There’s no romance in the details [of touring] anymore for me. But as soon as we’re walking onstage and until we walk off after the encore, I feel totally alive and completely satisfied with my work.

I've been producing for 13 years. I've made a string of joyful movies with positive messages about comedy, love and romance.

I try to make movies that I would want to go see rather than ones I would just want to do as an actor. I want people to have movies full of romance and hope and empowerment, something they can escape into and feel good about. I love happy endings.

never was there a thoroughly noble nature without some romance in it.

hope and uncertainty [are] the twin ingredients necessary for romance to thrive. ... Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope, or fails as often, as love.

I have no objection to well-written romance, but I'd read enough of it to know that that's not what I had written. I also knew that if it was sold as romance I'd never be reviewed by the 'New York Times' or any other literarily respectable newspaper - which is basically true, although the 'Washington Post' did get round to me eventually.

Not for the first time, I reflected that intimacy and romance are not synonymous.

Trace of Magic caught me up fast and pulled me in tight for a fun, action-and-sass adventure full of deadly magic and dangerous romance. Diana Pharaoh Francis delivers a downright terrific read.

The thing is, I am a loving person. I am super sappy when it comes to romance. But I'm not the Antonio Banderas, swashbuckling, Pierce Brosnan, smooth-talking type.

Life is replete with comedy, drama, horror, suspense, tragedy, romance, mystery, fantasy and a good dose of fiction. While at times the plot may seem to be lacking, the special effects alone are well worth the price of admission.

Romance focuses on emotions and on relationships, both of which are fundamentally important to women.