When I was a teenager I was a total romantic escapist. My world was books. – Colin Wilson
Many people with physical disabilities have romantic lives and good marriages to partners who see past their disabilities and recognize all of the things they can do. – Jeanne Phillips
Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian. – Philippa Gregory
I want to do more action adventures and more romantic comedies. – Maria Bello
Romantic music really stirs my soul. And, of course, I love Chinese music it makes me feel closer to home. – Liu Wen
In the West, audiences think I am a stereotyped action star, or that I always play hitmen or killers. But in Hong Kong, I did a lot of comedy, many dramatic films, and most of all, romantic roles, lots of love stories. I was like a romance novel hero. – Chow Yun-Fat
There were two sides to David Lean: on the one side, he was kind of a rather stiff, disciplined Englishman. And then he had this kind of romantic side to him. I think being true to both sides of your nature is important. – John Boorman
Scotsmen are metaphisical and emotional, they are sceptical and mystical, they are romantic and ironic, they are cruel and tender, and full of mirth and despair. – William Dunbar
Forget romantic fiction, a survey has found that most women would rather read a good book than go shopping, have sex, or sleep. – Janet Street-Porter
I am not an adolescent, nor a romantic. I analyze objectively. – Dilma Rousseff
A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him. – Arthur Symons
In our romantic groves I adored her like a divinity. – Anne Boyd
Consider what a romantic expedition you are on take notes. – Anne Boyd
The word romance, according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime. – Billy Graham
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: theyve been hurt, theyre sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell thats protecting this tiny, dear part in them thats still alive. – Jeff Bridges
Wine comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye Thats all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. – William Butler Yeats
Too many women throw themselves into romance because theyre afraid of being single, then start making compromises and losing their identity. I wont do that. – Julie Delpy
I think romance is anything honest. As long as its honest, its so disarming. – Kristen Stewart
I think the American West really attracts me because its romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama. – Ang Lee
Im a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love – and it being more important and special than anything and everything else. – Emma Watson
