There's the tradition of the 19th-century ballets, and the 20th century has had a difficult time with that tradition. And it's had a difficult time with many components of the Romantic imagination because of modernism.
Copy QuoteLove recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.
Copy Quote View & ShareO, thou art fairer than the evening air clad in the beauty of a thousand stars.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe romantic love we feel toward the opposite sex is probably one extra help from God to bring you together, but that's it. All the rest of it, the true love, is the test.
Copy Quote View & ShareI'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.
Copy Quote View & ShareHow far away the stars seem, and how far is our first kiss, and ah, how old my heart.
Copy Quote View & ShareLove is a portion of the soul itself, and it is of the same nature as the celestial breathing of the atmosphere of paradise.
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