--- title: "22 Romantic Notion Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 22 Romantic Notion quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Romantic Notion sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2167139.jpg" --- > [New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead-an-infinitely-romantic-notion/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2167139.jpg) > [“Liberty is a romantic notion to me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-mccullough-white/liberty-is-a-romantic-notion-to-me/) [Dawn McCullough-White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-mccullough-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/dawn-mccullough-white-231682_freedom_liberty-is-a-romantic-notion-to-me-18810_1881002.jpg) > [I had a kind of romantic notion about being a Hollywood Errol Flynn type.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-grammer/i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-being-a-hollywood-errol-flynn-2/) [Kelsey Grammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-grammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/kelsey-grammer-8855_about_i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-be_1807233.jpg) > [Love is a popular romantic notion that leads to nothing but its own brand of misery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-shinn/love-is-a-popular-romantic-notion-that-leads-to-nothing-but-its-own/) [Sharon Shinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sharon-shinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/sharon-shinn-10524_brands_love-is-a-popular-romantic-notion-that-l_1160943.jpg) > [ “He was a throwback to a lady's old romantic notion of how a man should act. \[Giovanni Tempesta\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-b-chip-lococo/he-was-a-throwback-to-a-lady-s-old-romantic-notion-of-how-a-man/) [Vincent B. Chip LoCoco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vincent-b-chip-lococo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/vincent-b-chip-lococo-89896_italian_he-was-a-throwback-to-a-lady-s-old-roman_2467505.jpg) > [“We surrendered rather easily to yet another romantic notion: that meaning is to be found only in misery”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-samet/we-surrendered-rather-easily-to-yet-another-romantic-notion-that/) [Elizabeth Samet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-samet/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/elizabeth-samet-61862_love_we-surrendered-rather-easily-to-yet-anot_2329534.jpg) > [“They were simply meant to be. He understood this was a ludicrously romantic notion. And he didn’t give a fuck.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/they-were-simply-meant-to-be-he-understood-this-was-a-ludicrously/) [Kristen Ashley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kristen-ashley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/kristen-ashley-74_love_they-were-simply-meant-to-be-he-understo_2551064.png) > [I always had this romantic notion of living in New York. I just felt like, everyone could be different and weird and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-gaffigan/i-always-had-this-romantic-notion-of-living-in-new-york-i-just-felt/) [Jim Gaffigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-gaffigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/jim-gaffigan-580_different_i-always-had-this-romantic-notion-of-liv_2587987.jpg) > [The romantic notion that confinement would release the imagination to soar was nonsense](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/the-romantic-notion-that-confinement-would-release-the-imagination-to/) [Wale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/wale-447_love_the-romantic-notion-that-confinement-wou_2111649.jpg) > [The idea of having a large family, I definitely had a romantic notion of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-gaffigan/the-idea-of-having-a-large-family-i-definitely-had-a-romantic-notion/) [Jim Gaffigan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-gaffigan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/jim-gaffigan-580_family_the-idea-of-having-a-large-family-i-defi_2753317.jpg) > [New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead-an-infinitely-romantic/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/joan-didion-497_city_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2377606.jpg) > [I don't think of community as being a romantic notion. I think it's as vital as air and water, and so I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-brown/i-don-t-think-of-community-as-being-a-romantic-notion-i-think-it-s-as/) [Greg Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-brown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/greg-brown-27935_air_i-don-t-think-of-community-as-being-a-ro_248477.jpg) > [In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry had once known…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-edwards/in-some-deep-place-in-her-heart-caroline-had-kept-alive-the-silly/) [Kim Edwards](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kim-edwards/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/kim-edwards-3145_alive_in-some-deep-place-in-her-heart-caroline_3095847.jpg) > [It's a romantic notion that you're going to have one brilliant idea and then everything is going to be great... but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergey-brin/it-s-a-romantic-notion-that-you-re-going-to-have-one-brilliant-idea/) [Sergey Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sergey-brin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/sergey-brin-12771_brilliant_it-s-a-romantic-notion-that-you-re-going_2316959.jpg) > [I grew up in the '70s, and there was a romantic notion, at least that I had, that you could have a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-penn/i-grew-up-in-the-70s-and-there-was-a-romantic-notion-at-least-that-i/) [Michael Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/michael-penn-11939_career_i-grew-up-in-the-70s-and-there-was-a-rom_2249890.jpg) > [New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead-an-infinitely-romantic-2/) [Joan Didion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joan-didion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2696922.jpg) > [That is again a romantic notion: the hero. I think people enjoy a much more levelled playing field where you have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-sorrell/that-is-again-a-romantic-notion-the-hero-i-think-people-enjoy-a-much/) [Martin Sorrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-sorrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/martin-sorrell-10724_ability_that-is-again-a-romantic-notion-the-hero_587377.png) > [I had a kind of romantic notion about being a Hollywood Errol Flynn type. Honestly, I did not get into a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-grammer/i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-being-a-hollywood-errol-flynn/) [Kelsey Grammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelsey-grammer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/kelsey-grammer-8855_fight_i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-be_1611724.jpg) > [“...the hopelessly romantic notion that two people can meet and instantly fall in love, an escape story where love is the highest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matty-healy/the-hopelessly-romantic-notion-that-two-people-can-meet-and-instantly/) [Matty Healy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matty-healy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/matty-healy-5022_fall-in-love_the-hopelessly-romantic-notion-that-two_1564499.jpg) > [When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/when-i-start-to-write-words-have-become-physical-presence-it-was-to/) [John McGahern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcgahern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/john-mcgahern-11742_art_when-i-start-to-write-words-have-become_669224.jpg) > [The American Dream is a romantic notion but it's newer - not as pretty. You go to Europe, and it says something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-hudson/the-american-dream-is-a-romantic-notion-but-it-s-newer-not-as-pretty/) [Kate Hudson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-hudson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/kate-hudson-7853_about-yourself_the-american-dream-is-a-romantic-notion_1770932.jpg) > [Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rufus-wainwright/opera-needs-to-be-a-total-escape-from-real-life-to-relate-to-what-we/) [Rufus Wainwright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rufus-wainwright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/rufus-wainwright-2260_dandy_opera-needs-to-be-a-total-escape-from-re_258843.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/romantic-notion/#itemlist", "name": "Romantic Notion Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joan Didion" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead-an-infinitely-romantic-notion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2167139.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2167139.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2167139.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion.” — Joan Didion", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Liberty is a romantic notion to me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dawn McCullough-White" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-mccullough-white/liberty-is-a-romantic-notion-to-me/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/dawn-mccullough-white-231682_freedom_liberty-is-a-romantic-notion-to-me-18810_1881002.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/dawn-mccullough-white-231682_freedom_liberty-is-a-romantic-notion-to-me-18810_1881002.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e6/dawn-mccullough-white-231682_freedom_liberty-is-a-romantic-notion-to-me-18810_1881002.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Liberty is a romantic notion to me.” — Dawn McCullough-White", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had a kind of romantic notion about being a Hollywood Errol Flynn type.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kelsey Grammer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-grammer/i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-being-a-hollywood-errol-flynn-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/kelsey-grammer-8855_about_i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-be_1807233.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/kelsey-grammer-8855_about_i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-be_1807233.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfb/kelsey-grammer-8855_about_i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-be_1807233.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had a kind of romantic notion about being a Hollywood Errol Flynn type.” — Kelsey Grammer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Love is a popular romantic notion that leads to nothing but its own brand of misery.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sharon Shinn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sharon-shinn/love-is-a-popular-romantic-notion-that-leads-to-nothing-but-its-own/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/sharon-shinn-10524_brands_love-is-a-popular-romantic-notion-that-l_1160943.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/sharon-shinn-10524_brands_love-is-a-popular-romantic-notion-that-l_1160943.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/330/sharon-shinn-10524_brands_love-is-a-popular-romantic-notion-that-l_1160943.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Love is a popular romantic notion that leads to nothing but its own brand of misery.” — Sharon Shinn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He was a throwback to a lady's old romantic notion of how a man should act. [Giovanni Tempesta]”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Vincent B. Chip LoCoco" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vincent-b-chip-lococo/he-was-a-throwback-to-a-lady-s-old-romantic-notion-of-how-a-man/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/vincent-b-chip-lococo-89896_italian_he-was-a-throwback-to-a-lady-s-old-roman_2467505.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/vincent-b-chip-lococo-89896_italian_he-was-a-throwback-to-a-lady-s-old-roman_2467505.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d69/vincent-b-chip-lococo-89896_italian_he-was-a-throwback-to-a-lady-s-old-roman_2467505.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He was a throwback to a lady's old romantic notion of how a man should act. [Giovanni Tempesta]” — Vincent B. Chip LoCoco", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We surrendered rather easily to yet another romantic notion: that meaning is to be found only in misery”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elizabeth Samet" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-samet/we-surrendered-rather-easily-to-yet-another-romantic-notion-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/elizabeth-samet-61862_love_we-surrendered-rather-easily-to-yet-anot_2329534.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/elizabeth-samet-61862_love_we-surrendered-rather-easily-to-yet-anot_2329534.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e5/elizabeth-samet-61862_love_we-surrendered-rather-easily-to-yet-anot_2329534.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We surrendered rather easily to yet another romantic notion: that meaning is to be found only in misery” — Elizabeth Samet", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“They were simply meant to be. He understood this was a ludicrously romantic notion. And he didn’t give a fuck.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kristen Ashley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kristen-ashley/they-were-simply-meant-to-be-he-understood-this-was-a-ludicrously/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/kristen-ashley-74_love_they-were-simply-meant-to-be-he-understo_2551064.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/kristen-ashley-74_love_they-were-simply-meant-to-be-he-understo_2551064.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fa/kristen-ashley-74_love_they-were-simply-meant-to-be-he-understo_2551064.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“They were simply meant to be. He understood this was a ludicrously romantic notion. And he didn’t give a fuck.” — Kristen Ashley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I always had this romantic notion of living in New York. I just felt like, everyone could be different and weird and whatever they are in New York.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Gaffigan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-gaffigan/i-always-had-this-romantic-notion-of-living-in-new-york-i-just-felt/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/jim-gaffigan-580_different_i-always-had-this-romantic-notion-of-liv_2587987.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/jim-gaffigan-580_different_i-always-had-this-romantic-notion-of-liv_2587987.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70a/jim-gaffigan-580_different_i-always-had-this-romantic-notion-of-liv_2587987.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I always had this romantic notion of living in New York. I just felt like, everyone could be different and…” — Jim Gaffigan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The romantic notion that confinement would release the imagination to soar was nonsense", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Wale" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wale/the-romantic-notion-that-confinement-would-release-the-imagination-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/wale-447_love_the-romantic-notion-that-confinement-wou_2111649.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/wale-447_love_the-romantic-notion-that-confinement-wou_2111649.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dde/wale-447_love_the-romantic-notion-that-confinement-wou_2111649.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The romantic notion that confinement would release the imagination to soar was nonsense” — Wale", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The idea of having a large family, I definitely had a romantic notion of it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jim Gaffigan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-gaffigan/the-idea-of-having-a-large-family-i-definitely-had-a-romantic-notion/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/jim-gaffigan-580_family_the-idea-of-having-a-large-family-i-defi_2753317.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/jim-gaffigan-580_family_the-idea-of-having-a-large-family-i-defi_2753317.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca8/jim-gaffigan-580_family_the-idea-of-having-a-large-family-i-defi_2753317.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The idea of having a large family, I definitely had a romantic notion of it.” — Jim Gaffigan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joan Didion" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead-an-infinitely-romantic/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/joan-didion-497_city_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2377606.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/joan-didion-497_city_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2377606.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b19/joan-didion-497_city_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2377606.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love…” — Joan Didion", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't think of community as being a romantic notion. I think it's as vital as air and water, and so I think that informs a lot of what I write about. It could be a story about a couple, or a song about the slow death of the family farm or a small town.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Greg Brown" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-brown/i-don-t-think-of-community-as-being-a-romantic-notion-i-think-it-s-as/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/greg-brown-27935_air_i-don-t-think-of-community-as-being-a-ro_248477.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/greg-brown-27935_air_i-don-t-think-of-community-as-being-a-ro_248477.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be3/greg-brown-27935_air_i-don-t-think-of-community-as-being-a-ro_248477.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't think of community as being a romantic notion. I think it's as vital as air and water, and so I…” — Greg Brown", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry had once known her as no one else ever could. But it was not true. He had never even glimpsed her.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kim Edwards" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kim-edwards/in-some-deep-place-in-her-heart-caroline-had-kept-alive-the-silly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/kim-edwards-3145_alive_in-some-deep-place-in-her-heart-caroline_3095847.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/kim-edwards-3145_alive_in-some-deep-place-in-her-heart-caroline_3095847.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a56/kim-edwards-3145_alive_in-some-deep-place-in-her-heart-caroline_3095847.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In some deep place in her heart, Caroline had kept alive the silly romantic notion that somehow David Henry…” — Kim Edwards", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 14, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's a romantic notion that you're going to have one brilliant idea and then everything is going to be great... but the execution and delivery are what's key.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sergey Brin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sergey-brin/it-s-a-romantic-notion-that-you-re-going-to-have-one-brilliant-idea/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/sergey-brin-12771_brilliant_it-s-a-romantic-notion-that-you-re-going_2316959.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/sergey-brin-12771_brilliant_it-s-a-romantic-notion-that-you-re-going_2316959.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/858/sergey-brin-12771_brilliant_it-s-a-romantic-notion-that-you-re-going_2316959.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's a romantic notion that you're going to have one brilliant idea and then everything is going to be…” — Sergey Brin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I grew up in the '70s, and there was a romantic notion, at least that I had, that you could have a career making records without touring all that much.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Michael Penn" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-penn/i-grew-up-in-the-70s-and-there-was-a-romantic-notion-at-least-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/michael-penn-11939_career_i-grew-up-in-the-70s-and-there-was-a-rom_2249890.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/michael-penn-11939_career_i-grew-up-in-the-70s-and-there-was-a-rom_2249890.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5e/michael-penn-11939_career_i-grew-up-in-the-70s-and-there-was-a-rom_2249890.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I grew up in the '70s, and there was a romantic notion, at least that I had, that you could have a career…” — Michael Penn", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 16, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love and money and power, the shining and perishable dream itself. To think of 'living' there was to reduce the miraculous to the mundane; one does not 'live' at Xanadu.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joan Didion" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joan-didion/new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead-an-infinitely-romantic-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2696922.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2696922.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b9/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2696922.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“New York was no mere city. It was instead an infinitely romantic notion, the mysterious nexus of all love…” — Joan Didion", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 17, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That is again a romantic notion: the hero. I think people enjoy a much more levelled playing field where you have the ability for many people to become heroes.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Martin Sorrell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-sorrell/that-is-again-a-romantic-notion-the-hero-i-think-people-enjoy-a-much/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/martin-sorrell-10724_ability_that-is-again-a-romantic-notion-the-hero_587377.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/martin-sorrell-10724_ability_that-is-again-a-romantic-notion-the-hero_587377.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b51/martin-sorrell-10724_ability_that-is-again-a-romantic-notion-the-hero_587377.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That is again a romantic notion: the hero. I think people enjoy a much more levelled playing field where you…” — Martin Sorrell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I had a kind of romantic notion about being a Hollywood Errol Flynn type. Honestly, I did not get into a lot of bar brawls - but I was always willing to. About the only thing missing from my story is that I haven't had a full knock-down fight in the middle of the Polo Lounge.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kelsey Grammer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelsey-grammer/i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-being-a-hollywood-errol-flynn/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/kelsey-grammer-8855_fight_i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-be_1611724.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/kelsey-grammer-8855_fight_i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-be_1611724.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb6/kelsey-grammer-8855_fight_i-had-a-kind-of-romantic-notion-about-be_1611724.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I had a kind of romantic notion about being a Hollywood Errol Flynn type. Honestly, I did not get into a lot…” — Kelsey Grammer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 19, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“...the hopelessly romantic notion that two people can meet and instantly fall in love, an escape story where love is the highest law and conquers all against the odds. Characters like Bonnie and Clyde always appealed to me as a teenager - couples so intoxicated with one another that they fear nothing in the pursuit of the realization of each other, actions fueled by blind unconditional love.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matty Healy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matty-healy/the-hopelessly-romantic-notion-that-two-people-can-meet-and-instantly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/matty-healy-5022_fall-in-love_the-hopelessly-romantic-notion-that-two_1564499.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/matty-healy-5022_fall-in-love_the-hopelessly-romantic-notion-that-two_1564499.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f5f/matty-healy-5022_fall-in-love_the-hopelessly-romantic-notion-that-two_1564499.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“...the hopelessly romantic notion that two people can meet and instantly fall in love, an escape story where…” — Matty Healy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 20, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John McGahern" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcgahern/when-i-start-to-write-words-have-become-physical-presence-it-was-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/john-mcgahern-11742_art_when-i-start-to-write-words-have-become_669224.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/john-mcgahern-11742_art_when-i-start-to-write-words-have-become_669224.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/john-mcgahern-11742_art_when-i-start-to-write-words-have-become_669224.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private…” — John McGahern", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 21, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The American Dream is a romantic notion but it's newer - not as pretty. You go to Europe, and it says something about the type of person you are. You're in search of something more intimate and more about yourself.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kate Hudson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-hudson/the-american-dream-is-a-romantic-notion-but-it-s-newer-not-as-pretty/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/kate-hudson-7853_about-yourself_the-american-dream-is-a-romantic-notion_1770932.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/kate-hudson-7853_about-yourself_the-american-dream-is-a-romantic-notion_1770932.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/kate-hudson-7853_about-yourself_the-american-dream-is-a-romantic-notion_1770932.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The American Dream is a romantic notion but it's newer - not as pretty. You go to Europe, and it says…” — Kate Hudson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 22, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and dandy, but it's really about being transported and completely swept away by a romantic notion.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rufus Wainwright" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rufus-wainwright/opera-needs-to-be-a-total-escape-from-real-life-to-relate-to-what-we/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/rufus-wainwright-2260_dandy_opera-needs-to-be-a-total-escape-from-re_258843.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/rufus-wainwright-2260_dandy_opera-needs-to-be-a-total-escape-from-re_258843.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/rufus-wainwright-2260_dandy_opera-needs-to-be-a-total-escape-from-re_258843.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Opera needs to be a total escape from real life. To relate to what we're going through today is fine and…” — Rufus Wainwright", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/romantic-notion/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/romantic-notion/", "name": "Romantic Notion Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/romantic-notion/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/joan-didion-497_cities_new-york-was-no-mere-city-it-was-instead_2167139.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 22 Romantic Notion quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Romantic Notion sayings and thoughts.", "breadcrumb": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/romantic-notion/#breadcrumb" } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/romantic-notion/#breadcrumb", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Topics", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Romantic Notion Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/romantic-notion/" } ] }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```