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Oscar Wilde

"Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance."

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"The very essence of romance is uncertainty."

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"It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words."

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"The word 'romance,' according to the dictionary, means excitement, adventure, and something extremely real. Romance should last a lifetime."

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"There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature."

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"The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own."

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"While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance."

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"For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts."

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"I think that musicians should never forget about the intimacy of bringing two people together, and the aesthetic transference where you're almost vicariously involved in a romance between other people."

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"In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic."

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"I don't get a whole lot out of the romance thing, but I realize girls do. So I'll go out of my way to make them feel romanced."

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