Cynic Quote by Pamela Jaye Smith

“Beneath every cynic there's a frustrated romantic.”

— Peter Bishop

“I think cynicism is more enduring than sentimentality.”

— Alexander Payne

“Life was very sad if there were not - and unbearably so if one's experience with romantic love turned one into an incurable cynic.”

— Mary Balogh

“Cynics are spoiled romantics. They are always the ones who had the highest expectations at the start. They were once so naïve themselves that…

— Lionel Shriver

“The romantics would call this a love story:the cynics would call it a tragedy. In my mind it's a little bit of both, and…

— Nicholas Sparks

“The romantic is always intelligent, and I only meant to observe that although we have had foolish romantics, they don't count.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“Yes, I have a romantic nature; it is a character flaw which should be viewed with pity, not derision.”

— Andrew Levkoff

“Sorry if you believe in true love, I'm a hopeless romantic too, but I'm also a realist and wear my cynicism like armour.”

— Hannah Witton

“If this was cynical, then we must allow that all courtship is cynical.”

— Zoë Heller

“Oh, how wonderfully romantic of you. Romantics are really only in love with themselves.”

— Miguel Syjuco

“Sincerity is sexy, and my cynical heart notices.”

— Nicola Yoon

“I’m too romantic for my own good. And okay, you get kicked in the butt sometimes. But, frankly, I’d rather have, you know —…

— Tom Rachman