common sense is the enemy of romance
Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament … There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves upon earth.
A task, any task, undertaken in an adventurous spirit acquires the merit of romance.
There's a lot of romance to sort of living by your own rules and sort of not subscribing to what society tells you to do, but society pushes back pretty strongly, so there's a lot of compromise that goes with that.
I decided to find you, throw myself at your feet, and beg you to have mercy on me. Honestly, I'll accept whatever you choose, Kelsey. Just don't ask me to live apart from you again. Because. . . I can't.
It's very hard for adults to maintain respect and romance so that a love affair can be sustained over years.
Every time you see a black romance, it's over-the-top. There always has to be extreme hostility between the sexes. He has to cheat. She has to show him how independently strong she is, not just as a woman but as a black woman.
Romance is the sweetening of the soul With fragrance offered by the stricken heart.
Embrace relational uncertainty. It's called romance. Embrace spiritual uncertainty. It's called mystery. Embrace occupational uncertainty. It's called destiny. Embrace emotional uncertainty. It's called joy. Embrace intellectual uncertainty. It's called revelation.
Fine, large, meaningless, general terms like romance and business can always be related. They take the place of thinking, and are highly useful to optimists and lecturers.
When a writer calls his work a Romance, it need hardly be observed that he wishes to claim a certain latitude, both as to its fashion and material, which he would not have felt himself entitled to assume had he professed to be writing a Novel.
I want to see you again. " He stopped, took her face in his hands. "I need to see you again. " Her pulse jumped, as if it had nothing to do with the rest of her. "Roarke, what's going on here?" "Lieutenant. " He leaned forward, touched his lips to hers. "indications are we're having a romance.
The absence of romance from my history will, I fear, detract somewhat from its interest; but if it be judged useful by those inquirers who desire an exact knowledge of the past as an aid to the interpretation of the future, which in the course of human things must resemble if it does not reflect it, I shall be content. In fine, I have written my work, not as an essay which is to win the applause of the moment, but as a possession for all time.
I studied painting and sculpting at school and became an actress by mistake. . . . I've had many lovers and still have romances. I am very spoiled. All my life, I've had too many admirers.
The pleasure of love is in loving.
Do we really need more romance attached to the act of blowing people away?
I have always had an interest in how cultural rituals play into something as unpredictable as romance.
Painting is like romance, since it is all about seeing, feeling, and interpreting.
Say 'provoking' again. Your mouth looks provocative when you do.
I was doing what I thought I had to do. There was romance in the idea of being married. It was just the wrong reasons.