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“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
“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
“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
“All romances end at marriage.” Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd
“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
“Boys and girls in America have such a sad time together; sophistication demands that they submit to sex immediately without proper preliminary talk. Not courting talk—real straight talk about souls, for life is holy and every moment is precious.” Jack Kerouac, On the Road
“The very essence of romance is uncertainty.” Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
“Patience is always rewarded and romance is just around the corner.” Ayn Rand, The Fountainhead
“The course of true love never did run smooth.” William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream
“Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself, through a window clouded with dew. Romance means leaving things out: where life grunts and snuffles, romance only sighs.” Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
“I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger.” John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley
“Many times in romance I have been a victim of my own optimism.” Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love
“I had not, I said to myself, come into the future to carry on a miniature flirtation.” H. G. Wells, The Time Machine
“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
“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
“Thou and I are too wise to woo peaceably.” William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
“Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves.” Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance
“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
“There is a romance about all who are abroad in the black hours, and with something of a thrill we try to guess their business.” Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
“There is something demoralizing about watching two people get more and more crazy about each other, especially when you are the only extra person in the room.” Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
“Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you.” William Shakespeare, As You Like It
“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
“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
“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
“It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it.” Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot
“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
“Women . . . spoil every romance by trying to make it last for ever.” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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