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Romantic Quotes

Love, complicated and otherwise.

Some quotes describe chasing a specific kind of romantic role, sweet and vulnerable, while others push back on the word itself and who really earns the label. For more in this vein, see romantic shayari.

An early editor characterized my books as 'romantic comedy for intelligent adults.' I think people see them as funny but kind. I don't set out to write either funny or kind, but it's a voice they like, quirky like me......

Quotes by Elinor Lipman

Historically, the French have had a romantic attachment to their bikes. Though the first functioning two-wheeler is thought to have been invented by a German in 1817, it was the French who popularized and marketed the device in the 1860s,...

Quotes by Elaine Sciolino

A boy is holding a girl so very tight in his arms tonight.

Quotes by Edward VIII

For me, playing music while I write is important. Several of the romantic scenes in 'Paris' were written with Debussy's 'String Quartet,' his 'L'Apres-midi d'une Faune,' or Canteloube's 'Songs of the Auvergne' playing in the background.

Quotes by Edward Rutherfurd

How many times can you play an action character, or a quirky romantic? Every actor has to find his own way to make each character unique.

Quotes by Edward Herrmann

I am a big fan of the old Howard Hawks films from the 30s and 40s, I was a big Hepburn and Tracey fan for a while and Woody Allen films that are a very different kind of romantic comedy.

Quotes by Edward Burns

Today I begin to understand what love must be, if it exists... When we are parted, we each feel the lack of the other half of ourselves. We are incomplete like a book in two volumes of which the first...

Quotes by Edmond de Goncourt

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Edgar Allan Poe

It is certainly true that writers take a stance at some variance from organized religion. This has not always been true. But since the romantic movement - and I'm referring now exclusively to poetry - the emphasis has been on...

Quotes by Eavan Boland

My favorite genre is definitely romantic comedy. I love 'When Harry Met Sally.'

Quotes by Dylan Lauren

Yeah, romantic comedies are the hardest movies to make. Maybe one works a year.

Quotes by Dylan McDermott

I'd done a bachelor's degree, which I'd enjoyed, but I didn't know what to do with my life at the time. I was conflicted, and, being a hopeless romantic, I followed my girlfriend at the time to Vanderbilt, where, obviously,...

Quotes by Duncan Jones

People get this very romantic vision of a fashion designer who in one night makes 25 sketches and in the morning throws them on the table and there are a lot of women in white aprons with the pins on...

Quotes by Dries van Noten

Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.

Quotes by Drew Barrymore

People like to see certain actors do certain things, and people like to see me play that role. I also have no interest in playing a normal girl in a romantic comedy in some cutesy thing.

Quotes by Drea De Matteo

It's a bit of a cliche, but I think girls like to get flowers. I think books are quite romantic, too. If you can find an interesting book, that brings something out in your partner that can be very romantic.

Quotes by Douglas Booth

To be a lone filmmaker thousands of miles from home with nobody believing in me, that seems romantic.

Quotes by Doug Liman

I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.

Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers

But romantic vision can also lead one away from certain very hard, ugly truths about life that are important to know.

Quotes by Donna Tartt

The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side.

Quotes by Don Johnson

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is there a quote about wanting to do a romantic comedy?
Yes - one expresses interest in a specific style: "I want to do a romantic comedy. Like a 'When Harry Met Sally' romantic comedy... A really sweet, show-my-vulnerability kind of role."
Is there a funny, self-deprecating story about a romantic evening gone wrong?
Yes - one recounts an awkward mishap: breaking a nose in gym class, then attending a debutante ball the next week "wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage." As the quote puts it, "Not the romantic night she had in mind." If you enjoy quotes like this, our Jokes collection has more lighthearted takes.
Is there a quote comparing 'romantic' to something unexpected?
Yes - one uses the word in a critical, unconventional way, comparing calling active traders 'investors' to calling someone who "repeatedly engages in one-night stands a 'romantic.'"
Is there a quote here about the limits of romantic feelings?
Yes - one draws a firm boundary, describing "romantic feelings for a 12-year-old" as being "like entering into a fantasy world."
Where can I find more romantic content beyond quotes?
If you'd like more than quotes, browse our Shayari, Ghazals, or Status collections for other romantic formats.

A few recall romance gone comically wrong, like a bandaged nose ruining a formal evening. Related collections include romantic ghazals and romantic jokes.