#roman

If people connect me with the Romantics in general, they probably connect me most with Keats. But Wordsworth is the poet I admire above all others. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#admire #connect #general #i #keats

By all but the pathologically romantic, it is now recognized that this is not the age of the small man. ↗

— John Kenneth Galbraith

#man #now #recognized #romantic #small

Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the other's eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire. ↗

— Maggie Gallagher

#deserving #desire #each #eyes #facade

Be it whim or emergency, the modern laboratory is equally at the service of romance, equally ready to gratify mankind with a torpedo or a toy. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#equally #gratify #laboratory #mankind #modern

Modern science, then, so far from being an enemy of romance, is seen on every hand to be its sympathetic and resourceful friend, its swift and irresistible helper in its serious need, and an indulgent minister to its lighter fancies. ↗

— Richard Le Gallienne

#enemy #every #fancies #far #friend

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#architecture #combine #community #design #french

The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#form #housing #known #look #modern

He made a sound close to a growl before speaking. “Why do you resist my assistance?” She stopped walking and faced him. “Because I don't like you. ↗

— Lia Davis

#demon #magic #paranormal-romance #the-divinities-series #witch

You like playing with fire?” “Yes. It is my favorite element.” She extracted her arm from his grip and stepped inside the elevator ↗

— Lia Davis

#magic #paranormal-romance #the-divinities-series #witches #death

I don't have this fantasy about marriage anymore. Everyone says it takes hard work. Well, it kind of does - and I'm much more pragmatic about romance than I used to be. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#anymore #does #everyone #fantasy #hard