#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

the unexpected moment [is] always sweeter. ↗

— Julia Quinn

#love-story #quote #romance #the-viscount-who-loved-me #true

She was young and very beautiful, but pale, like the grey pallor of death. ↗

— Bram Stoker

#beauty

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

Romances I ne'er read like those I have seen. ↗

— George Byron

#like #read #romances #seen #those

It's been such a deep and amazing journey for me, getting close to John Keats, and also I love Shelley and Byron. I mean, the thing about the Romantic poets is that they've got the epitaph of romantic posthumously. They all died really young, and Keats, the youngest of them all. ↗

— Jane Campion

#also #amazing #been #byron #close

Her father was an intimidating man who held fast to his belief in his African heritage; that black should not marry white to avoid racial confusion. She was in love with a white man whose mother wished to keep her family's heritage intact by not crossbreeding with another race. ↗

— Katherine Vogel

#bwwm #interracial-romance #family