I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but its not part of a sensible way of living. Its a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. – Jane Campion
Im a hopeless romantic. Its disgusting. It really is. Ive seen While You Were Sleeping, like, twenty times, and I still believe in the whole Prince Charming thing. – Jennifer Love Hewitt
The thing about romance and romantic movies is that they can be somewhat melodramatic. For a lot of actors, theres a certain cringe factor thats involved with that. – David Lyons
Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but its only money… they dont know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination. – Alan Watts