#roma

Sometimes life can be unexpected. Sometimes things surprise you and all you can do is roll with the punches or let them beat you to a bloody pulp. -Sage Hannigan, Contingency ↗

— P.S. Martinez

#p-s-martinez #paranormal-romance #peggy-martinez #sage-hannigan #teen

I'm not cynical about marriage or romance. I enjoyed being married. And although being single was fun for a while, there was always the risk of dating someone who'd owned a lunch box with my picture on it. ↗

— Shaun Cassidy

#about #although #always #being #box

From THE VIRGIN HUNTRESS coming June 29, 2012: "I used to watch the stallions leaping the mares." "You what!" Hew almost choked. "Well, how else is a girl with no mother supposed to get any education? Although I doubt Mama would have told me very much. So there's really no reason to be timid, Hew. I already know all about the mating process. And to the best of my knowledge, the stallions never 'ignored it until it went away. ↗

— Victoria Vane

#education

Oh yeah, I'm a huge romance fan. And some women like action. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#fan #huge #i #like #oh

When you are the lead in a romantic comedy, you have to worry about people really liking you. ↗

— Morris Chestnut

#comedy #lead #liking #people #really

The Roman Catholics teach that unless you're a Roman Catholic you do not go to heaven. ↗

— Neale Donald Walsch

#catholics #go #heaven #roman #roman catholic

Of course not! I knew you would protect me. You swore that you were strong enough to protect Vivienne, didn’t you? How can you promise to protect my sister, but not trust yourself to keep me safe?” The music swelled to a crescendo. Although Adrian kept her imprisoned against the muscular length of his body, he gave up all pretense of dancing. “Because I don’t lose my wits every time Vivienne walks into a room. I don’t toss and turn in my bed every night dreaming of making love to her. She doesn’t drive me to distraction with her endless questions, her incessant snooping, her harebrained schemes.” His voice rose. “I can trust myself to protect your sister because I’m not in love with her! ↗

— Teresa Medeiros

#dreams

I'm a very loyal boyfriend. I'm a bit of a joker... I can be romantic, but not too sickly. ↗

— Louis Tomlinson

#boyfriend #i #i can #joker #loyal

The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#considered #equally #false #magistrate #modes

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#classic #conductor #conductors #eliminates #him