“Life isn't a romance novel. The truth is, the reason romance novels sell so well ---- the reason why everyone loves them ---- is because no one's life is actually like that. Everyone WANTS their life to be like that.”

“Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances”

“Who now reads novels as a guide to life and love? Everyone wants to star in his or her own movie.”

“Why must a novel-writer be either a “realist” or a “romantist”? And, if the latter, why “romanticist” any more than “realisticist”? Why should a good novel not combine romance and reality in just proportions? Is there any reason to suppose that the one element must necessarily shut out the other?”

“I loved him, but love isn't enough. All the fairy tales, the romance novels, the soap operas; they're all lies. Love does not conquer all.”

“The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life.”

“There are a thousand thousand reasons to live this life, everyone of them sufficient”

“What do you do when Mom leaves you alone like this? (Kat)
I write romance novels. (Acheron)”

“Saying you're through with romance is like saying you're done with living, Betty. Life is better with a little romance, you know.”

“To everyone who loves a long-secret romance, revealed at last.”