Romances Quotes

71 quotes by 66 authors

As soon as histories are properly told there is no more need of romances. — Walt Whitman
Romances paint at full length people's wooing. But only give a bust of marriages. — Lord Byron
Romances, in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination than to inform the judgment. — Samuel Richardson
A great error is more easily propagated than a great truth, because it is easier to believe, than to reason, and because people prefer the… — Charles-Francois Dupuis
To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them. — Henry Fielding
Now as the Paradisiacal pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing upon the flute and lying with Houris, be mine to read eternal new romances… — Thomas Gray
All romances end in tragedy. One of the key people in a romance becomes a monster sooner or later. — David Cronenberg
What excites and interests the looker-on at life, what the romances and the statues celebrate, and the grim civic monuments remind us of, is the… — William James
Mary Jo Putney is a gifted writer with an intuitive understanding of what makes romances work. I loved Silk and Shadows, couldn't put it down,… — Jayne Ann Krentz
Passionate conviction ... sparks romances, wins battles, and drives people to pursue dreams others wouldn't dare. Belief in ourselves and in what is right catapults… — Howard Schultz
It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear. — Thomas Bulfinch
I cannot here avoid giving my most decided sufferage in favour of the moral qualities of maniacs. I have no where met, excepting in romances,… — Philippe Pinel
A ridiculous passion which hath no being but in play-books and romances. — Jonathan Swift
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… — Gina Lollobrigida
What audiences end up with word-wise is a hackneyed, completely derivative copy of old Hollywood romances, a movie that reeks of phoniness and lacks even… — Kenneth Turan
My stories are known for featuring fun, fearless Cosmopolitan-type heroines as well as delicious, dangerous heroes synonymous with Harlequin. Afterburn and Aftershock will be no… — Sylvia Day
To argue that we humans are capable of complex multifarious thought and feeling, whereas the sheep's perception is probably limited by lowly sheepish perceptions, is… — Brigid Brophy
The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse. — Thomas Bulfinch
It is only in romances that people undergo a sudden metamorphosis. In real life, even after the most terrible experiences, the main character remains exactly… — Isadora Duncan
Amidst the flood of dangerous reading, I plead for my Master's book; I call upon you not to forget the book of the soul. Do… — J C Ryle

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