#roma

Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep. ↗

— Janet Street-Porter

#fiction #forget #found #go #good

The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last. ↗

— Andrew Sullivan

#begin #even #friendships #gay #last

He should probably make love to her. ↗

— Tara Janzen

#funny #humour #romance #romantic-suspense #funny

I was married when I was 17. I knew nothing. I was full of romance. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#full #i #knew #married #nothing

I don't want to be Mr. Romantic Leading Man. I don't want to be the Dance Dude. I don't want to be the Action Guy. If I had to do any one of those all my life, it'd drive me crazy. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#any #crazy #dance #drive #dude

And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#love

Beth: "What are you, the Energizer Bunny? ↗

— Lucy Monroe

#lucy-monroe #romance #humor

I love Elmore Leonard. To me, True Romance is basically like an Elmore Leonard movie. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#i #i love #leonard #like #love

But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know. ↗