Romances, in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination than to inform the judgment. — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
“He was just beautiful. She'd never known a man could be beautiful, but he definitely was.” — Emily Jane Trent Copy Share Image
“I’ve been asking you to marry me since we met! What more do you want?” — Chayada Welljaipet Copy Share Image
As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances. — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
All romances end in tragedy. One of the key people in a romance becomes a monster sooner or later. — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
If a man, sitting all alone, cannot dream strange things, and make them look like truth, he need never try to write… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I don't get the romances. I did try - a film called 'Roseanna's Grave' in the 1990s. I liked it. But the… — Jean Reno Copy Share Image
Women are my drugs and alcohol. When I'm involved with one woman, I'm involved with one woman. Period. But between romances, I… — Burt Reynolds Copy Share Image
Romance novels are my favorite books to read. I write young adult romances, and am so happy to be promoting this wonderful… — Simone Elkeles Copy Share Image
I always say 'thriller;' if they see you're a woman - and you're a blond woman - people assume you're writing about… — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
I am not a huge fan of the one-sided pining romances where the guy is a perfect love-object because we don't see… — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Romances paint at full length people's wooings, but only give a bust of marriages: but no one cares for matrimonial cooings — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
“Her romances often seemed like dalliances; she enjoyed male company and blossomed in its presence, but she did not appear to care… — Elizabeth Winder Copy Share Image
One thing I've learnt from reading love stories is that the best romances, are the ones that suffer in the beginning. And… — Chloe Loizeau Copy Share Image
I sold my first short story while I was home on maternity leave, then began working on novels. Since I was reading… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me… — Lisa Gardner Copy Share Image
Most romances aren't swept aside by big historical events. Most romances in the history of the world fall apart because of other,… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
“I can see the stars in your eyes from a mile away. They guide me to you just like the North Star.”… — Kelly Curry Copy Share Image
“Maybe there isn’t such a thing as fate. Maybe it’s just the opportunities we’re given, and what we do with them. I’m… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
In fiction, as in real life, love might inspire acts that are at best foolish and at worst life-threatening, but in the… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
The big things in the average person's life are the romances that they have - and then the destruction and loss of… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
“Whatever form each of our own intimate adventures has taken in our fantasies, or in "real life," this Sacred Romance is set… — John Eldredge Copy Share Image
“All my romances, by some kind of collusion between their heroes, have invariably followed a prearranged pattern of mediocrity and tragedy, or… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Perhaps the easiest people to fall in love with are those about whom we know nothing. Romances are never as pure as… — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
When romances do really teach anything, or produce any effective operation, it is usually through a far more subtle process than the… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
No matter what's happening in my life, I can always get lost in the romances of my characters. — Amanda Seyfried Copy Share Image