I counted myself so plain, so poorly made, that no honest love could come to me.
Chess programs are our enemies, they destroy the romance of chess. They take away the beauty of the game. Everything can be calculated.
There always has been a mystique and a romance about aviation, but in terms of the principles involved of satisfying your customer there’s no difference between selling airlines seats and chocolate bars.
I’m marrying you, not your uterus.
No one can be a replacement for another person. That is why, farewells are always difficult.
Romance cannot be put into quantity production-the moment love becomes casual, it becomes commonplace.
Maybe that’s what I have been looking for. When storms and rockslides threaten, I am looking for someone who will hold on to me and not let go.
Romance only comes into existence where love is fatal, frowned upon and doomed by life itself.
When I have my students do erasures, I’m always amazed by the way their voice comes through, whether they’re doing an erasure of a romance novel or an encyclopedia. Your sensibility will out.
Caring for someone is scary, because you both know how it feels to lose someone in the span of a heartbeat.
The weirdest love stories are always the best.
There is usually less romance in marriage than in any other relationship of life. But the general idea concerning marriage is that it is all or nearly all romance.
There’s no such thing as adventure. There’s no such thing as romance. There’s only trouble and desire.
Wine has lit up for me the pages of literature, and revealed in life romance lurking in the commonplace.
That’s why writers write – to say things loudly with ink. To give feet to thoughts; to make quiet, still feelings loudly heard.
This is the greatest and most fraught romance of modern society, the marriage between the IT staff and those who depend on them.
Romance isn’t about proving to someone you love them with flowers and greeting cards and chocolate. Or even a lock on a fence. It’s a daily reminder. It’s saying, I choose you. Today and every day.
I don’t want to do romantic roles where I have to lip sync to a song. A role that explores romance on a new level would suit me.
French elegance lies in the balance of romance and restraint.
I don’t need the aid of a clever man to teach me how to live. I can find it out for myself.