#oman

Vivien Leigh was a phenomenal actress, a very complicated woman, living on the edge of mental problems, haunted by demons and angels. And though I've never thought of myself like Marilyn Monroe, I was inspired by the tremendous risk she took - of being vulnerable. ↗

— Rebecca De Mornay

#angels #being #complicated #demons #edge

And you're not leaving," she said. "Promise me." It was as if she had asked him to promise to keep breathing, to notice sunshine, to permit the spinning of the earth. What choice did he have? Even if he left her, she would be camped in his heart, an insistent and willful presence. She would match her strides to his on any journey he ever took; she would lie beside him on any bed. Amalie, he said, "that's the easiest promise I've ever had to make. ↗

— Sharon Shinn

#cammon #romantic #sweet #romantic

If people connect me with the Romantics in general, they probably connect me most with Keats. But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#admire #connect #general #i #keats

A terrible animal, indeed, is an unbridled woman. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#indeed #terrible #unbridled #woman

In my view, I did not get to the federal bench because I was a woman. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#bench #did #federal #get #i

I'd do almost anything for love, within safe boundaries. I've flown to places to surprise people, even if it was just for a day. I think it's so important to keep the romance alive and make sure the fun and spontaneity are there. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#almost #anything #boundaries #day #even

If I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#done #good #i #if i could #life

The way he’s watching me makes me feel needed like no one’s ever been able to make me feel. In a way, he makes me feel necessary. Like my existence alone is necessary for his survival. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#hopeless #love #necessary #romantic #sky-and-dean

Am I a romantic? I've seen "Wuthering Heights" ten times. I'm a romantic. ↗

— Johnny Depp

#movies #romance #wuthering-heights #movies

I want to hold you like a kitten in my shirt, and still I want to spread your thighs and plow ye like a rotting bull. I dinna understand myself. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#romantic #romantic