“There's nothing essentially romantic about things like roses or jewelry. Romance starts as some blank concept, and then you just fill it in with objects so you have something to point to when you want to make it real.”

“The tragedy of preparedness has scarcely been handled, save by the Greeks. Life is indeed dangerous, but not in the way morality would have us believe. It is indeed unmanageable, but the essence of it is not a battle. It is unmanageable because it is a romance, and its essence is romantic beauty.”

Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.

“Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.”

How much Romance do you like in your Fantasy? And, respectively, how much Questing do you like in your Romance?

Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.

There is no such thing as romance in our day women have become too brilliant nothing spoils a romance so much as a sense of humor in the woman.

“Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.”

“Romance is the largest-selling genre in fiction.”

“Therapy was the biggest romance of my life.”