#romantic

We have scholars galore, and kings and emperors, and statesmen and military leaders, and artists in profusion, and inventors, discoverers, explorers - but where are the great lovers? After a moment's reflection one is back to Abelard and Heloise, or Anthony and Cleopatra, or the story of the Taj Mahal. So much of it is fictive, expanded and glorified by the poverty-stricken lovers whose prayers are answered only by myth and legend. ↗

— Henry Miller

#lovers #romance #romanticizing #love

I'll take my chances. It has you." And when a great man says something smart like that a smart woman just shuts up. ↗

— Laura Castoro

#romantic #sweet #love

... far be it from a French man to interfere with love. ↗

— E.A. Bucchianeri

#french #french-men #french-people #love #love-story

We all die. I can't promise to live forever." His arms tightened around her. "But I can promise to love you as long as I live. ↗

— Iris Johansen

#love

I saw that he was looking anxious. 'I thought you weren't coming.' As he spoke, he grasped my hand. And if the sight of him had not quite restored the magic, the touch of him most certainly did. 'You're not wishing yourself some place else, Mary? ↗

— Jennifer Paynter

#earnestness #fear #hope #jane-austen #jennifer-paynter

Later, with strange galaxies turning in slow gavotte overhead, neither thought the act of love had ever been so sweet, so full ↗

— Stephen King

#love

Neil Mars?! I could blame him for having killer looks but he could not be faulted for this. He couldn’t have chosen that name for himself. No wonder he tortures his Mom by calling her by her name. ↗

— Rucy Ban

#funny #humor #love #romantic #witty

You thought I was peculiar,” she said in a muffled voice. His mouth brushed the edge of her ear and settled against her neck. She felt that he was smiling. “Darling love… you are. ↗

— Lisa Kleypas

#humour #romance #romantic #love

Everything is because I love you. ↗

— Jodi Ellen Malpas

#love #romantic #sweet #love

Mungkin kau harus berhenti memedulikan apa kata orang tentang dirimu. ↗

— Francisca Todi

#inspirational #relationship #romance #romance-novels #romantic