#roman

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

If you go back to the Greeks and Romans, they talk about all three - wine, food, and art - as a way of enhancing life. ↗

— Robert Mondavi

#art #back #enhancing #food #go

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

Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#affair #discover #down #else #emotions

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

My greatest environments in which I can grow, or grow up, is in personal romantic relationships with a man. ↗

— Alanis Morissette

#greatest #grow #grow up #i #i can

And this speaks to the larger problem that no one wants to talk about: the restoration of the Roman rite is a precondition for a long-term fix for the problem. ↗

— Richard Morris

#fix #larger #long-term #precondition #problem

Music had always been the handmaid of the Roman liturgy. ↗

— Richard Morris

#been #had #handmaid #liturgy #music

You can count on one hand the number of Novus Ordo churches in this country that feature a fully Catholic music program of any quality, consistent with the Roman rite tradition. ↗

— Richard Morris

#catholic #churches #consistent #count #country

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