#roma

I find it most offensive that the character of Reason, whom [Jean den Meun (author of the Romance of the Rose)] himself calls the daughter of God, should put forth such a statement as ... where she says by way of a proverb that "in the war of Love it is better to deceive than be deceived." And indeed I dare say that in making that statement Jean den Meun's Reason denied her Father, for the doctrine He gave was altogether different. ↗

— Christine de Pizan

#deceit #dishonesty #falsehood #love #reason

What New York City football team did Joe Namath play for?" "The New York City Yankees!" A roar of laughter went up from the crowd, accompanied by more than a few loud groans. Bobby Tom silenced them all with a glare. At the same time, the glitter in his eyes dared any of them to contradict her. When he was certain every person there understood his message, he turned back to Gracie and gathered her into his arms. With a tender look and a gentle brush of his lips, he said, "Exactly right, sweetheart. I had no idea you knew so much about football." And that was how every last person in Telarosa, Texas, came to understand that Bobby Tom Denton had finally and forever fallen head over heels in love. ↗

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

#romance #susan-elizabeth-phillips #love

The sun is a flower, and it burns my goddamn nostrils like the scent of love, which I haven’t tasted since I put on my midnight-black blindfold. I’m just naturally romantic, I guess.
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— Jarod Kintz

#love #romance #romantic #love

You don't lose a partner you've been with for 30-odd years and just wake up one day with a smile. ↗

— Jacqueline Sauvageau

#teenage-love #love

The birds that were singing in the dew-drenched garden seemed to be telling the flowers about her. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#love

Only a perfect rose, has the power to persuade a perusal of its petals ↗

— Gaiven Clairmont

#love

By the time the last of these relationships ended I was such a quaking mass of colliding, exploding neurotransmitter malfunctions that the only coherent sentence I could form in my native tongue went: "Never again. ↗

— Merrill Markoe

#love

Success=Assinchair ↗

— Judy Griffith Gill

#fantasy-romance #futuristic-romance #love #men-and-women-in-love #pnw-settings

Olía a yerbas y tenía la piel fría. Supo que amarla era su destino inexorable. ↗

— Isabel Allende

#romance #love

Soft and sweet, and burning like fire all at once, his lips clung to mine desperately. His large hand cupped the back of my head,pulling me even closer, and my arms wrapped around his neck holding him close. His kiss devoured me and left me aching for more. ↗

— Jamie Canosa

#love #romance #love