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“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.” Oscar Wilde, “The Importance of Being Earnest” - 1895

“The course of true love never did run smooth.” William Shakespeare, “A Midsummer Night's Dream” - 1601

“I'm not sentimental—I'm as romantic as you are. The idea, you know, is that the sentimental person thinks things will last—the romantic person has a desperate confidence that they won't.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise” - 1920

“Women . . . spoil every romance by trying to make it last for ever.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

“A woman should be able to kiss a man beautifully and romantically without any desire to be either his wife or his mistress.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Beautiful and Damned” - 1922

“I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.” John Steinbeck, “Travels with Charley” - 1962

“Patience is always rewarded and romance is just around the corner.” Ayn Rand, “The Fountainhead” - 1943

“Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.” William Shakespeare, “Much Ado About Nothing” - 1600

“Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.” William Shakespeare, “As You Like It” - 1623

“Was it the infinite sadness of her eyes that drew him or the mirror of himself that he found in the gorgeous clarity of her mind?” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise” - 1920

“I had not, I said to myself, come into the future to carry on a miniature flirtation.” H. G. Wells, “The Time Machine” - 1895

“It's better worth being late for a chance of winning you than being in time for any other girl in the world.” Bram Stoker, “Dracula” - 1897

“You know this fellow is many-sided, a tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure.” Charlie Chaplin, “My Autobiography” - 1964

“People go on quarrelling and fancying this and that, and thinking that the world is full of romance and poetry. When they get married they know better.” Anthony Trollope, “Phineas Redux” - 1874

“No, I'm romantic—a sentimental person thinks things will last—a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “This Side of Paradise” - 1920

“When one is in love, one always begins by deceiving one's self, and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

“Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves.” Oscar Wilde, “A Woman of No Importance” - 1893

“She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.” Jane Austen, “Persuasion” - 1816

“What you have told me is quite a romance, a romance of art one might call it, and the worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.” Oscar Wilde, “The Picture of Dorian Gray” - 1890

“They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of both were overspread with the deepest blush. He absolutely started, and for a...” Jane Austen, “Pride and Prejudice” - 28 January 1813

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