#roma

She wasn't certain of exactly what they had together; she doubted Owen knew, either; but whatever it was, she desperately wanted to hold on to it. They were only at the beginning of what they could become together; if she could help it, she would do anything that she could to keep it from ending. ↗

— Dorothy Garlock

#uncertainty-of-relationship #relationship

The Romans held Britain from the invasion of Julius Caesar till their voluntary withdrawal from the island, A.D. 420,- that is, about five hundred years. ↗

— Thomas Bulfinch

#britain #caesar #five #held #hundred

Usually comedy is only available to us ladies in the romantic comedy. That's why I hate romantic comedies. ↗

— Sandra Bullock

#comedies #comedy #hate #i #ladies

I think I've only done one horror movie, Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy. ↗

— Carter Burwell

#compared #done #horror #horror movie #i

The lot of the bride to be wed before bed desired until rotten. The lot of the author to be read before bed admired then forgotten. ↗

— Roman Payne

#authors #brides #desire #funny #humor

He's like a drug for you, Bella. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#romance #simile #romance

When Edward Gibbon was writing about the fall of the Roman Empire in the late 18th century, he could argue that transportation hadn't changed since ancient times. An imperial messenger on the Roman roads could get from Rome to London even faster in A.D. 100 than in 1750. But by 1850, and even more obviously today, all of that has changed. ↗

— Walter Russell Mead

#about #ancient #ancient times #argue #century

We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle. ↗

— John Green

#american #because #disease #epic #family

And I don't believe that children are innocent. In fact, no one seriously believes that. Just go to a playground and watch the kids playing in the sandbox! The romantic notion of the sweet child is simply the parents projecting their own wishes. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#believes #child #children #fact #go

My new movie, Fools Rush In, is a romantic comedy and the girl I play in that is very warm, very sweet. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#fools #girl #i #movie #new