#roman

You're always close and you never get that big romantic lead. ↗

— Patricia Clarkson

#big #close #get #lead #never

In the tenth century the old Batavian and later Roman forms have faded away. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

#century #faded #forms #later #old

He was good looking, "sort of distinguished when he wants to be", had a line, and was properly inconstant. In fact, he summed up all the romance that her age and environment led her to desire ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#romance #youth #age

I'm always trying to perfect the romantic comedy, though. ↗

— David Duchovny

#comedy #i #perfect #romantic #romantic comedy

Are you saying that we can affect what happened in the past? That we can change it? ↗

— Michelle Madow

#time-travel-romance #time-traveling #change

She squeezed her eyes shut. “No.” “Excuse me?” She sniffed, opened her eyes then looked up. “No. I don’t wish you to leave.” His eyes changed from lukewarm to hot. The iron of the seat met her back. Oh yes, definitely she was the keeper at the zoo and she’d just offered her own leg, medium-rare, to the lion. ↗

— Cari Silverwood

#erotic-romance #historical-romance #change

Mistakes? That's why they put erasers on pencils. ↗

— Rick Barnett

#biography #fiction #inspirational #memoir #romance

Sneezeweed, Drew?" He grinned. "Jealous?" "Surprised." "Remind me, and I'll have a talk with Gerald. Give him a few tips." "Promise?" "Absolutely. ↗

— Deeanne Gist

#bride #brides #christian #christian-romance #connie

It would ha' been a good deal easier, if ye'd only been a witch. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#epic #fraser #graphic-novel #outlander #romance

When it comes to sexuality, romantic love plays a large part in feminine sexual scripts. Research suggests that women make sense of sexual encounters in terms of the amount of intimacy experienced; love becomes a rationale for sex. If i am in love, women often reason, sex is okay. Men more easily accept sex for its own sake, with no emotional strings necessarily attached. In this way, sexual scripts for men have involved more of an instrumental (sex for its own sake) approach, whereas for women it tends to be more expressive (sex involving emotional attachments). There is evidence to suggest that women are moving in the direction of sex as an end in itself without the normative constraints of an emotional relationship. By and large, however, women are still more likely than men to engage in sex as an act of love. Many scholars suggest that romance is one of the key ways that sexism is maintained in society. ↗

— Susan Shaw

#romance #sexuality #love