#anti

And in the afternoon they entered a land - but such a land! A land hung in mourning, darkened by gigantic cypresses, submerged; a land of reptiles, silence, shadow, decay. ↗

— George Washington Cable

#darkened #decay #entered #gigantic #hung

What Romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than finding the right road empirically, following one's nose, taking shortcuts. ↗

— Italo Calvino

#empirically #finding #following #genius #inspiration

It's a pretty frantic world that we live in. ↗

— Mary Chapin Carpenter

#live #pretty #world

I grew up wanting to be a writer for theatre. ↗

— Christopher Durang

#i #theatre #up #wanting #writer

When I wrote the song, I had the sea near Bombay in mind. We stayed at a hotel by the sea, and the fishermen come up at five in the morning and they were all chanting. And we went on the beach and we got chased by a mad dog - big as a donkey. ↗

— Ray Davies

#big #bombay #chanting #chased #come

You thought I was peculiar,” she said in a muffled voice. His mouth brushed the edge of her ear and settled against her neck. She felt that he was smiling. “Darling love… you are. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#humour #romance #romantic #love

Everything is because I love you. ↗

— Jodi Ellen Malpas

#love #romantic #sweet #love

Maybe we could, um, go sit in the truck?" he said, but even as he said it, it sounded so dumb. And not exactly the way he wanted her to remember a marriage proposal. ↗

— Robyn Carr

#robyn-carr #romance #romantic #marriage

Bila hidup ini memang pertarungan, kita baru tahu siapa yang menang dan kalah di akhir kehidupan. Selama kita masih bernapas, masih ada kesempatan untuk menang. ↗

— Francisca Todi

#inspirational #relationship #romance #romance-novels #romantic

Winter reaches its peak not when a great wind screams from the top of its lungs, but when a lazy breeze whispers from the bottom of its heart ↗

— shivaraj konanavar

#romantic #inspirational