Auden W.H. 1907-1973
Any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting and significant than any romance, however passionate.
Austen Jane 1775-1817
Persuasion
She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older-the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.
Berlin Irving 1888-1989
Follow the Fleet ‚Let's Face the Music and Dance'
There may be trouble ahead,
But while there's moonlight and music and love
and romance,
Let's face the music and dance.
Cartland Barbara
A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.
Cooper Alice 1948
We've been so bombarded with sex that sex isn't sexy any more. Romace is much sexier now. I think that in the 1990's, we're going to start seeing people dating again.
Keats John 1795-1821
‚When I have fears that I may cease to be'
When I behold, upon the night's starred face
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance.
Smith Willie (‚The Lion')
Romance without finance is no good.
Wilde Oscar 1854-1900
An Ideal Husband
To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.
Wilde Oscar 1854-1900
A Womanof No Importance
Twenty years of romace make a woman look like a ruin; but twenty years of marriage make her something like a public building.
Gilbert W. S. 1836-1911
The Mikado
There's a fascination frantic
In a ruin that's romantic;
Do you think you are sufficiently decayed?
Leapor Mary 1722-1746
‘Mira to Octavia'
In spite of all romantic poets sing,
This gold, my dearest, is an useful thing.
Richardson Justin
If only I hadn't had sisters
How much more romantic I'd be
But my sisters were such little blisters
That all women are sisters to me.
Stravinsky Igor 1882-1971
Conductors' careers are made for the most part with ‘romantic' music. ‘Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.