The Very Essence Of Romance Is Uncertainty

“Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.”

“Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it--else it is none.”

“Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualities-his rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities.”

“Love is a decision - not an emotion!”

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”

“Romantic literature is in effect imaginative lying.”