(306 quotes found)
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
Dr. Seuss
“The most successful marriages, gay or straight, even if they begin in romantic love, often become friendships. It's the ones that become the friendships that last.”
Andrew Sullivan
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.”
Oscar Wilde
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.”
Morrie Schwartz
“The essence of romantic love is that wonderful beginning, after which sadness and impossibility may become the rule.”
Anita Brookner
“Music makes one feel so romantic - at least it always gets on one's nerves - which is the same thing nowadays.”
“Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw.”
Fran Lebowitz
“When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho.”
Sarah Jessica Parker
“Romantic love is an illusion. Most of us discover this truth at the end of a love affair or else when the sweet emotions of love lead us into marriage and then turn down their flames.”
Thomas More
“He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.”