#anti

وربما ظن أن على الرجل إذا أراد الاحتفاظ بامرأة, أن يوهمها أنّه في أية لحظة يمكنه أن يتخلى عنها.أما هي, فكانت دائما تعتقد أن على المرأة أن تكون قادرة على التخلي عن أي شيء لتحتفظ بالرجل الذي تحبه.وهكذا تخلت ذات يوم عن كل شيء وجاءته.فلم تجده. ↗

— أحلام مستغانمي

#romantic

I got caught watching the one person I was supposed to not care about ↗

— Cambria Hebert

#romantic #sweet #romantic

We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the romantic notion of the artist suffering for his or her work, we think these writers achieved brilliance in spite of their suffering, not because of it. ↗

— Dorianne Laux

#poetry #writer #writing #romantic

There are definite advantages to single beds." He sat up abruptly and arranged her legs around his waist. "Makes cuddling mandatory. ↗

— Cindy Gerard

#romantic-suspense #romantic

Girl lithe and tawny, the sun that forms the fruits, that plumps the grains, that curls seaweeds filled your body with joy, and your luminous eyes and your mouth that has the smile of the water. A black yearning sun is braided into the strands of your black mane, when you stretch your arms. You play with the sun as with a little brook and it leaves two dark pools in your eyes. ↗

— Pablo Neruda

#romantic

Two one-armed people might seem perfect for each other, but what if they’re both missing the same arm? Then even something simple like holding hands while walking becomes a case of they’re too similar to see themselves really going anywhere as a couple.
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— Jarod Kintz

#disability #relationships #romance #romantic #similarity

I held out my arms to him and he came to me like a child. ↗

— Daphne du Maurier

#romantic

I’m going to carry you now,” he told her, “so we can move even faster. I’m not asking you, I’m telling you. Any response from you is unnecessary and unwelcome. ↗

— Suzanne Brockmann

#romantic-suspense #romantic

You realise that trying to keep your distance from me will not lessen my affection for you,” he said. ↗

— John Green

#romantic #young-adult #romantic

So I guess you were hopelessly romantic and easily distracted, a B-plus mother, certainly good enough to get into Matriarchal State University but not quite good enough for St. Mary's College of the Blessed Womb Warriors. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#romantic