#roma

I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but if you can't afford power you're pretty broke. You endure it. ↗

— Jeremy Renner

#because #broke #candlelight #endure #i

I decided to write category romance as I'd recently discovered them, and enjoyed them. ↗

— Nora Roberts

#decided #discovered #enjoyed #i #recently

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

#devoted #fiction #including #journals #magazines

I fell in love with many women at school who had no idea I existed. I'm a bit of a romantic. ↗

— Eric Bana

#existed #fell #had #i #idea

You’re going to castrate them if they give me a sideways glance?” He looked at the ground. “I’m not bringing you to the safest place and you’re beautiful, so I needed to warn them.” “I’m beautiful?” I repeated trying not to smile. “Don’t let it go to your head, darling.” He said holding his hand out for me. “You’re not too bad yourself.” “I know. I saw the way you stared at me when I took my shirt off.” Hunter said. ↗

— Cassandra Giovanni

#in-between-seasons #post-apocalyptic #ya-dystopian #ya-romance #beauty

The truth is I’m a chicken shit coward who’s afraid of a girl like you. When I’m with you, I want things I never thought I’d be able to have, or deserved, and that scares me a little. I’m just a regular guy who works in a bar and you’re this beautiful person who shines brighter than the stars. I think I just made up some cheesy poetry so I’ll stop while I’m ahead. If you feel like talking, give me a call. ~D Sophie sat down on the floor and, through blurry eyes, reread the note so many times she had it memorized. She was going to do more than give him a call. ↗

— Jenny Lyn

#erotic-romance #freebies #humor #jenny-lyn #short-story

It is not because I do not love my adopted land - it is the natural feeling of one far from home, who remembers those happy, carefree days when life flowed at full tide, without responsibility, flashing past one like the drama in a fascinating story of adventure and romance. ↗

— Erich von Stroheim

#adventure #because #carefree #days #drama

Iran also has an extensive missile development programme. Iranian officials declare that the range of their modified Shahab-3 missiles is 2,000km, putting allied countries such as Turkey, Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria within reach. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#also #bulgaria #countries #declare #development

I am not going to claim that modern anarchism has any direct relation to Roman jurisprudence; but I do claim that it has its basis in the laws of nature rather than in the state of nature. ↗

— Herbert Read

#anarchism #any #basis #claim #direct

The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word. ↗

— Herbert Read

#came #derived #equity #evidence #first