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The appeal of romance is love. And that's universal.

Romance is a bird that will not sing in every bush, and love-affairs, however devoted the sentiments that inspire them, are often so business-like in the prudence with which they are conducted, that romance is reduced to a mere croaking or a disgusted silence.

Romance focuses on emotions and on relationships, both of which are fundamentally important to women.

Women love romance, but they're not as romantic as men.

I think romance is anything honest. As long as it's honest, it's so disarming.

Romance is one of the sacred temples that dot the landscape of life.

There's a lot of talk about the positive aspects of love. We as a society downplay the danger, the anxiety, and the disappointment. We romanticize romance.

Romance is quite an overblown word. This idea of chocolates and champagne and that's it. There's more to love than that. Romance is quite a soppy word. Love is much more important.