Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be morrow. William Shakespeare
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. Oscar Wilde
The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime. Billy Graham
A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure. Charlie Chaplin
Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw. Fran Lebowitz
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive. Jeff Bridges
I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination. John Keats
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. William Butler Yeats
When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho. Sarah Jessica Parker
I'm a romantic a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't. F. Scott Fitzgerald
French is the language that turns dirt into romance. Stephen King
Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames. Thomas Moore
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. Andre Maurois
Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm. Mason Cooley
Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past, so long as there is a wrong left unredressed on earth. Charles Kingsley
I'm a romantic, and we romantics are more sensitive to the way people feel. We love more, and we hurt more. When we're hurt, we hurt for a long time. Freddy Fender
You begin saving the world by saving one man at a time all else is grandiose romanticism or politics. Charles Bukowski
The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own. Virginia Woolf
The romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test. Joan Chen