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"When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist."

John McGahern on Romantic

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

    Oscar Wilde on Romantic

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

    Billy Graham on Romantic

  • "A tramp, a gentleman, a poet, a dreamer, a lonely fellow, always hopeful of romance and adventure."

    Charlie Chaplin on Romantic

  • "Romantic love is mental illness. But it's a pleasurable one. It's a drug. It distorts reality, and that's the point of it. It would be impossible to fall in love with someone that you really saw."

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