“Woman is the symbol to man of the uncleanness of bodily existence, of which he purifies himself by putting her to noble uses. She thus has for him a double, contradictory significance; she is the subject of his bawdry and the subject of his romance.” MenUseRomanceExistenceSubjectsNobleSymbolsSignificanceContradictory Author:Laura Riding
“I thought why not write a kind of mystery, murder, thriller book, but use romance language where the language plays completely against the very dark subject matter, that very strange murderous plot, but use that Harlequin Romance language.” WritingKindBookMatterPlayUseRomanceLanguageDarkMysterySubjectsStrangeMurderPlotWhy NotSubject MatterThrillersHarlequin Author:Chuck Palahniuk