#roma

When I was on my own in a hotel room in Romania, I had the imagination to keep myself occupied. ↗

— Rhona Mitra

#hotel #hotel room #i #imagination #keep

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be. ↗

— Mary Wortley Montagu

#bring #double #general #likely #loss

It was you," I say softly. "It's always you I think about." The intensity in his gaze took my breath away. I could feel him. Every part of him. His soul was sewn to mine. His heated blood flowed through my veins. I'd thought that I had been close to my mother, and I was, but not like this. Chase and I barely touched- our hands, mouths, knees- but there was no part of me that was not his. ↗

— Kristen Simmons

#romantic

Impertinent submissive,” Raoul snapped, and his dark brown eyes turned mean. “Nothing new for this one. You're doing a lousy job of bringing her to heel, Marcus.” “Bring me to heel? Like I'm a dog?” Without thinking, Gabi instinctively yanked away and snapped out, “Bite me. ↗

— Cherise Sinclair

#erotic-romance #erotica #romantic-suspense #suspense #romantic

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

Kiss me,” she said urgently. Sam’s eyes flickered with mild surprise. “Right now?” “Yes.” “What kind of kiss?” “What do you mean, what kind of kiss? Just a regular kiss.” “A friendly kiss, or a romantic kiss? Are we supposed to be going out together, or—“ “Oh, for heaven’s sake,” she exclaimed, and pulled his head down to hers. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#romantic

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

— Johnny Depp

#movies #romance #wuthering-heights #movies

Recently, I haven't had too much time to read. But I love a good romance novel. ↗

— Jourdan Dunn

#had #haven #i #i love #love

American culture is torn between our long romance with violence and our terror of the devastation wrought by war and crime and environmental havoc. ↗

— Katherine Dunn

#american culture #between #crime #culture #devastation