ROMANCE IS A BEAUTIFUL THING

"So, I love you because the entire universe conspired to help me find you."

-- Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

"If I had a flower for every time I thought of you ... I could walk through my garden forever."

-- Alfred Tennyson

“I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.”

-- Emma Goldman

“Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance.”

-- Oscar Wilde

"Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze."

-- Elinor Glyn

“Love is friendship set on fire.”

-- Jeremy Taylor

“Science is not only a disciple of reason but, also, one of romance and passion.”

--  Stephen Hawking

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”

-- Oscar Wilde

“Kiss me and you will see how important I am.”

-- Sylvia Plath

“Beauty is the lover's gift.”

-- William Congreve

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IMAGE CREDITS:

1. Image: by Patrick Bouquet. “Romance.”
2. Image: by Christian Weidinger. “Light On.”
3. Image: by Susanne Nilsson. “Romance and coffee.”
4. Image: by Drew Leavy. “Romance.”
5. Image: by Dennis Jarvis. “France - Romance.”
6. Image: by Wyatt Fisher, of Christian Crush. “Couple.”
7. Image: by Kathy van Pelt, of ESA/Hubble & NASA. “Starbursts in the wake of a fleeting romance.”
8. Image: by Man Alive!. “Romance.”
9. Image: by Jorge Morales. “Romance.”
10. Image: by Lubomir Simek. “Romance.”
11. Image: by Carl A. “Fabulous Lesbians Kiss.”
12. Image: by Thomas Hawk. “A Motel Romance.”
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14. Image: by Eddie Wong. “Heart.”