“I think it's a very old and deep-seated double standard that holds that when a man writes about family and feelings, it's literature with a capital L, but when a woman considers the same topics, it's romance, or a beach book - in short, it's something unworthy of a serious critic's attention.” ThinkingMenWritingBookFeelingsRomanceLiteratureAttentionSeriousStandardsCriticsBeachTopicsUnworthyAbout FamilyDouble Standard Author:Jennifer Weiner
“Painting is like romance, since it is all about seeing, feeling, and interpreting.” FeelingsRomanceSeeingPaintingInterpreting Author:Andrew McDermott
“We [My Chemical Romance] didn't push ourselves to that next level. I think we purposefully held ourselves back, feeling like maybe in order to advance, we need to regress. There was definitely a sense of fear within the band about taking that next step.” ThinkingNeedsFeelingsRomanceOrderNextLevelsStepsBandChemicalsNext StepsNext Level Author:Gerard Way
“Love is a verb, not a noun. It is active. Love is not just feelings of passion and romance. It is behavior.” FeelingsRomancePassionLove IsBehaviorActiveVerbsNouns Author:Susan Forward