Traditional Romance Quotes

Guys want a 500 horsepower car. I'd rather have one horsepower - in a horse. That's macho. You go to pick up your date and you show up on a horse.

I love an old-school gentleman. Picking me up for dates, sending flowers, holding the door open, I love it all.

I stay away from online dating. Interacting with the person right in front of you is a much easier way to talk.

Some romantic you are," Caine complained as he pushed the door open with his back."Whatever happened to women who liked to be swept off their feet?" "They got dropped," Diana said flatly.

I'll take you to Mickey D's," said Sean. "I'll buy you a hamburger." Annie was not thrilled. Sean's offer did not compare to offers made in other centuries. "And fries," Sean said. "And a vanilla milkshake." Annie remained unthrilled. "Okay, okay. You can have a Big Mac." Romance in my century, she thought, is pitiful.

Woo her not till thou hast seen her mother, for a score of years worketh wonders.

I've done a few old-style romantic leads now.

I don't find these technical things like flowers and chocolates romantic at all. I think Valentine's Day makes no sense.

I am a mix of both old classic romance and modern. I think it is up to what suits the two people in love best!

I'm the old-school, letter-writing romantic. I know it's out of style, and not a lot of women go for that these days, but that's what I go for.

Young women are still looking for a prince on a white charger to come over the hill or for Mr. Rochester to appear. We all pretend we're right-on feminists, but underneath that, there's still the bedrock of romance.

I'm not really interested in doing a traditional romantic comedy where everything ties up neatly.

I've been waiting for Prince Charming like every other little girl.

I don't go up to guys. I'm all about a guy sending me flowers, getting me chocolates and surprising me.

I don't really get romance. Bring me fish or moose, not flowers.

I remember talking to old-school African American grandpops, and they're just like, 'When I saw my wife, I looked up from across the street, and I said, 'That girl gon' be my wife someday.' And we've been married 45 years.' Like, what? That's all it took?

The hero of a mainstream stand-alone novel can get by with things the hero of a sweet traditional category romance wouldn't dream of doing.

The loss of courtship in modern days - like, people don't court anybody anymore. There's no beauty about it.