Romance Quotes

1581 Romance quotes by 980 unique authors

Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual. — Ernest Hemingway
I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal.… — Oscar Wilde
You picked a lemon, throw it away lemonade is overrated. Freaks should remain at the circus, not in your apartment. You already have one asshole.… — Greg Behrendt
Believe me, I'm no romantic, and while I've heard all about love at first sight, I've never believed in it, and I still don't. But… — Nicholas Sparks
In our time together, you claimed a special place in my heart, one I'll carry with me forever and that no one can ever replace. — Nicholas Sparks
You're a hero and a gentleman, you're kind and honest, but more than that, you're the first man I ever truly loved. And no matter… — Nicholas Sparks
Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. But all these problems Charley ignored. He loved… — John Steinbeck
If you loved someone, you couldn’t let lies come between you. No matter what happened—even if you’d already lost each other forever—you owed each other… — Claudia Gray
Neither of us says the word love, not once. It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck. — Margaret Atwood
Her definition of romance was absentminded intimacy, the way someone else's hand stray to your plate of food. I replied: no, that's just friendship; romance… — Kamila Shamsie
My love affair with (him) had a wonderful element of romance to it, which I will always cherish. But it was not an infatuation, and… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does not conquer all. — Laurell K. Hamilton
Summer romances cometo an end. That was part of the deal. They are built like certain plants or insects, not able to survive more than… — Harlan Coben
If I die, I will wait for you, do you understand? No matter how long. I will watch from beyond to make sure you live… — Jeaniene Frost
It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with… — Jane Austen
This was not my moment to be seeking romance and (as day follows night) to further complicate my already knotty life. This was my moment… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Love means to commit oneself without guarantee, to give oneself completely in the hope that our love will produce love in the loved person. Love… — Erich Fromm
Sometimes when I'm alone, I take the pearl from where it lives in my pocket and try to remember the boy with the bread, the… — Suzanne Collins
That's what came from having romance in your soul. You believe in things like love at first sight and perfect presents. — Dorothy Koomson
Anne "felt instinctively" that romance was peeping at her around a corner. — Lucy Maud Montgomery
But love, I’ve come to understand, is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. Love is sustained by action, a pattern of devotion in the… — Nicholas Sparks
Here is adventure. Here is romance. Here is mystery. Tropical rivers – silently flowing into the unknown. The unbelievable splendor of exotic flowers … the… — Walt Disney
Roarke, what's going on here?' 'Lieutenant.' He leaned forward, touched his lips to hers. 'Indications are we're having a romance. — Nora Roberts
Not for the first time, I reflected that intimacy and romance are not synonymous. — Diana Gabaldon
The simple lack of her is more to me than others' presence. — Edward Thomas

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