#roma

She could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion... ↗

— J.D. Robb

#fear #science-fiction-romance #death

Hugh Grant is the main man. He's the number one romantic comedy man in the world. ↗

— Sam Elliott

#grant #hugh #main #man #number

Oh, God … you’re so beautiful,” I said in a weak voice, my head enchanted. He smiled at me and turned to the thin, elderly lady next to him whose skin seamed with wrinkles.“She must still have a fever,” Victor said, fighting a smile, which just made him even more breathtaking. ↗

— A.B.Whelan

#science-fiction-romance #young-adult-fantasy #young-adult-fiction #beauty

Brigid O'Shaughnessy: “I haven't lived a good life. I've been bad, worse than you could know.” Sam Spade “You know, that's good, because if you actually were as innocent as you pretend to be, we'd never get anywhere ↗

— Dashiell Hammett

#life

My instincts told me that death would somehow be…different. But my rational mind reminded me that I had probably tempted fate one too many times. At least, I thought it was my rational mind. It sure seemed like the usual voice inside my head. Thank God there was only one of them. ↗

— M.A. George

#paranormal-romance #sarcastic-humor #voices-inside-your-head #death

When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like Buddhist beliefs near the end of her life. ↗

— Ralph Fiennes

#buddhist #catholicism #closer #committed #disillusioned

I would like to do maybe a smaller romantic comedy. ↗

— Linda Fiorentino

#i #like #maybe #romantic #romantic comedy

For in 1900 all electromagnetic radiation of longer wavelengths was already known at least to the extent that one could not seek in it the more striking characteristics of X-rays such as, for example, the strong penetrating power. ↗

— Max von Laue

#characteristics #could #electromagnetic #example #extent

I hope that I would be considered romantic. I don't know... one of my favorite movies is 'The Notebook' so I guess that would be considered romantic. But I think being romantic is more than the flowers and the gifts. It's about connecting with the person and being able to talk and share things with her. ↗

— Taylor Lautner

#about #being #connecting #considered #favorite

When my father arrived in Kenya, he had found the Kikuyu way of life similar to that of the British at the time the Romans invaded England 2,000 years ago. ↗

— Louis Leakey

#arrived #british #england #father #found