#roman

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#beginning #lifelong #oneself #romance #to love

My fiction is reviewed by the mainstream press, by science fiction periodicals, romance magazines, small press publications and various other journals, including some usually devoted to archaeological and other science material. ↗

— Jean M. Auel

#devoted #fiction #including #journals #magazines

The truth is I’m a chicken shit coward who’s afraid of a girl like you. When I’m with you, I want things I never thought I’d be able to have, or deserved, and that scares me a little. I’m just a regular guy who works in a bar and you’re this beautiful person who shines brighter than the stars. I think I just made up some cheesy poetry so I’ll stop while I’m ahead. If you feel like talking, give me a call. ~D Sophie sat down on the floor and, through blurry eyes, reread the note so many times she had it memorized. She was going to do more than give him a call. ↗

— Jenny Lyn

#erotic-romance #freebies #humor #jenny-lyn #short-story

Thanks for not trying to see me when I looked like hell.” “To be fair, you still look pretty bad. ↗

— John Green

#romance #romantic #young-adult #romantic

The first kiss is never just a kiss but a beautiful place you get to go only once. ↗

— Colin Tegerdine

#romance #beauty

I heard this music coming out of the radio and it was 'Ain't Nobody's Business.' It got me. I thought, 'I can do this.' I decided just like that. No romantic story. ↗

— Jerry Leiber

#coming #decided #got #heard #i

There is something so settled and stodgy about turning a great romance into next of kin on an emergency room form, and something so soothing and special, too. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#emergency #emergency room #form #great #into

A relationship to me is never about the romance. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#me #never #relationship #romance

I love being one half of a romantic couple. ↗

— Julianna Margulies

#being #couple #half #i #i love

There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. ↗

— Alexander McQueen

#fragility #hidden #romance