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Regency romances end in marriage; zombie stories end in the zombies being vanquished. 'Pride and Prejudice and Zombies' delivers both. Adam Cohen

Marriage Pride Vanquished Both Pride And Prejudice End Romances Being Stories Prejudice Zombie Zombies

I was thinking about vampires and, specifically, about what makes vampires a romantic trope: about what people like about not just vampires but supernaturally long-lived creatures in general, which is a thing that shows up in probably fifty to sixty percent of paranormal romances... And then, for some reason, I decided to reverse it. Alaya Dawn Johnson

People Thinking Vampires Paranormal Some About Percent General Like Makes Reverse Up Just Romances Sixty Romantic Decided Which Then Fifty Reason Shows Creatures Specifically Thing

My daughter loves romances. She's a Ph.D student at George Washington University, and when my first book without a clinch cover came out, she said to me: 'Finally, a book I can read on the Metro.' Ann Maxwell

Office romances are few, short, and not usually destructive. Helen Fisher

Few Destructive Office Short Romances

I've had two romances since moving to Las Vegas. One was with somebody 12 years older than me, and the other was the same age, and neither worked out. I know people still think of me as one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends, and he of course was much older than me, but that was a whole different lifestyle and a different kind of dating. Holly Madison

Me Age People Somebody Older Think Other Out Kind Neither Girlfriends Dating Lifestyle Vegas Had He Since Know Course Still Years Than Hugh Same Same Age Romances Different Moving Hefner Different Kind Worked Much Whole Las Vegas Two

I don't get the romances. I did try - a film called 'Roseanna's Grave' in the 1990s. I liked it. But the audience didn't come. Jean Reno

Try Come Liked Audience Get Did Romances Film Grave

Workplace romances - or even the illusion of a workplace romance - can carry many ramifications and consequences. Judy Smith

Illusion Consequences Ramifications Carry Romance Romances Many Workplace Even

My parents did not encourage romances. Karen Robards

Parents Encourage Did Romances

What is fascinating to me is the way I view everything in terms of parallels and connections. When I read about Achilles and Odysseus in Homer's 'Iliad,' I can see parallels in Chinese historical romances, in the way the first emperor of the Han dynasty and his chief rival are portrayed. Ken Liu

Me First Everything Way Parallels See About Rival Emperor Terms Read His Historical Chief Romances Achilles Dynasty Chinese View Iliad Fascinating Connections Homer Portrayed

I went to grad school with the grand plan of getting my Ph.D. and writing weighty, Tudor-Stuart-set historical fiction - from which I emerged with a law degree and a series of light-hearted historical romances about flower-named spies during the Napoleonic wars. Lauren Willig

Romances I ne'er read like those I have seen. Lord Byron

Seen Those Like Read Romances

To be honest, I chose romance because writing a book seemed so dauntingly long. I looked around for something short, discovered Harlequin romances, and decided to read a few to see if I could do it. Lori Wilde

The big things in the average person's life are the romances that they have - and then the destruction and loss of them. Parents, siblings, children, the death of parents, family tension... these are monumental things. They struck me as being interesting to write about. I didn't have a very exotic life, but all this stuff happened to me. Loudon Wainwright III

Life Death Family Me Destruction Parents Big Monumental About Struck Write Tension Stuff Loss Exotic Very Person Romances Being Children Big Things Happened Interesting Them Average Then Things Sibling

One of the reasons people like romances is that they're artificially shaped to give a pattern and meaning. It's not as messy as everyday life or as difficult or thorny. Melissa Pritchard

Life People Everyday Life Difficult Everyday Thorny Give Shaped Like Messy Artificially Romances Pattern Meaning Reasons

Many people, I've noticed by informally polling friends, are prone to distinguishing a beach read by genre. Some people thought all thrillers are beach reads; others thought all romances are. Some people thought only mass market paperbacks are eligible for beach read standards. Michelle Dean

People Thought Some People Others Market Distinguishing Prone Some Beach Only Thrillers Mass Mass Market Genre Read Reads Friends Romances Polling Noticed Standards Many Eligible

I was still an avid reader of Mills & Boon romances - on publication day, I used to rush out of work to get to the local book store to grab my favourites before they all disappeared. Penny Jordan

It is stupid to think the audience is a bunch of fools who can be manipulated by long titles and NRI romances. Ram Gopal Varma

Long Fools Stupid Think Audience Bunch Romances Titles Manipulated Who

Nothing ever seems straightforward in Venice, least of all its romances. Roger Ebert

Nothing Seems Venice Least Romances Straightforward Ever

I tried writing adult romances, but it just didn't fit my voice. Simone Elkeles

Writing Tried Voice Adult Fit Just Romances

I will always respect the beliefs of fellow Christians who aren't comfortable reading or writing explicit love scenes, but I believe romances are beautiful and spiritual books that celebrate the best of what love has to offer and mirror the love God has for his children. Teresa Medeiros

Love Beautiful God Best Spiritual Respect Celebrate Writing Will Mirror Reading Believe Books Scenes Fellow Comfortable Always His Offer Romances Children Explicit Who Beliefs Christians

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear. Thomas Bulfinch

Prose Toward Till Began End Romances Century Appear

The earliest form in which romances appear is that of a rude kind of verse. Thomas Bulfinch

Rude Kind Verse Romances Form Which Appear Earliest

I have this sense of independent heartbreak, of annulling romances before they get their feet off the ground. Timothee Chalamet

Before Sense Independent Feet Off Heartbreak Get Romances Ground

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