“Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.”
“Dismissing fantasy writing because some of it is bad is exactly like saying I'm not reading Jane Eyre because it is a romance and I know romance is crap.”
“Get into the habit of saying, ‘Speak, Lord,’ and life will become a romance.”
“Romance takes place in the middle distance. Romance is looking in at yourself through a window clouded with dew. Romance means leaving things out: where life grunts and shuffles, romance only sighs.”
“This isn't a romance. You're not a damsel in distress and I'm not the handsome prince come to save you.”
“You know what they say; if you're tired of London, you're tired of life.”