#roma

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization. ↗

— Herbert Read

#christianity #civilization #emerge #emerged #just

He grinned, a very dark and evil grin… the kind of grin that the Grinch had before he stole Christmas. ↗

— Cameo Renae

#supernatural #thriller #young-adult-fiction #dreams

Romanticism has never been properly judged. Who was there to judge it? The critics! ↗

— Arthur Rimbaud

#critics #judge #judged #never #properly

I missed you,” she cried into him. Standing on top of the snow gave him an additional few inches on her and she rested her head against his chest. She could hear nothing within, just her own heartbeat echoing. ↗

— Thomm Quackenbush

#love #romance #romantic #dreams

You’re going to castrate them if they give me a sideways glance?” He looked at the ground. “I’m not bringing you to the safest place and you’re beautiful, so I needed to warn them.” “I’m beautiful?” I repeated trying not to smile. “Don’t let it go to your head, darling.” He said holding his hand out for me. “You’re not too bad yourself.” “I know. I saw the way you stared at me when I took my shirt off.” Hunter said. ↗

— Cassandra Giovanni

#in-between-seasons #post-apocalyptic #ya-dystopian #ya-romance #beauty

The truth is I’m a chicken shit coward who’s afraid of a girl like you. When I’m with you, I want things I never thought I’d be able to have, or deserved, and that scares me a little. I’m just a regular guy who works in a bar and you’re this beautiful person who shines brighter than the stars. I think I just made up some cheesy poetry so I’ll stop while I’m ahead. If you feel like talking, give me a call. ~D Sophie sat down on the floor and, through blurry eyes, reread the note so many times she had it memorized. She was going to do more than give him a call. ↗

— Jenny Lyn

#erotic-romance #freebies #humor #jenny-lyn #short-story

Thanks for not trying to see me when I looked like hell.” “To be fair, you still look pretty bad. ↗

— John Green

#romance #romantic #young-adult #romantic

It is not because I do not love my adopted land - it is the natural feeling of one far from home, who remembers those happy, carefree days when life flowed at full tide, without responsibility, flashing past one like the drama in a fascinating story of adventure and romance. ↗

— Erich von Stroheim

#adventure #because #carefree #days #drama

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of kin on an emergency room form, and something so soothing and special, too. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#emergency #emergency room #form #great #into

A relationship to me is never about the romance. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#me #never #relationship #romance