“
Rejection is an opportunity for your selection.
”
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Bernard Branson
“
You are enough to drive a saint to madness or a king to his knees.
”
”
Grace Willows (To Kiss a King)
“
I simply regard romantic comedies as a subgenre of sci-fi, in which the world created therein has different rules than my regular human world.
”
”
Mindy Kaling (Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns))
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I was supposed to write a romantic comedy, but my characters broke up.
”
”
Ann Brashares (The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood, #2))
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If I looked like him,” Tara said. “I’d want to have sex with myself. All the time.
”
”
Jill Shalvis (Simply Irresistible (Lucky Harbor, #1))
“
At some point during almost every romantic comedy, the female lead suddenly trips and falls, stumbling helplessly over something ridiculous like a leaf, and then some Matthew McConaughey type either whips around the corner just in the nick of time to save her or is clumsily pulled down along with her. That event predictably leads to the magical moment of their first kiss. Please. I fall ALL the time. You know who comes and gets me? The bouncer.
”
”
Chelsea Handler (My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands)
“
Some stories have to be written because no one would believe the absurdity of it all.
”
”
Shannon L. Alder
“
Hal yang terpenting dalam cinta adalah persahabatan. Dan hal yang terpenting dalam persahabatan adalah cinta ...
”
”
Winna Efendi (Ai)
“
She was a ray of sunshine, a warm summer rain, a bright fire on a cold winter’s day, and now she could be dead because she had tried to save the man she loved.
”
”
Grace Willows
“
It starts so young, and I'm angry about that. The garbage we're taught. About love, about what's "romantic." Look at so many of the so-called romantic figures in books and movies. Do we ever stop and think how many of them would cause serious and drastic unhappiness after The End? Why are sick and dangerous personality types so often shown a passionate and tragic and something to be longed for when those are the very ones you should run for your life from? Think about it. Heathcliff. Romeo. Don Juan. Jay Gatsby. Rochester. Mr. Darcy. From the rigid control freak in The Sound of Music to all the bad boys some woman goes running to the airport to catch in the last minute of every romantic comedy. She should let him leave. Your time is so valuable, and look at these guys--depressive and moody and violent and immature and self-centered. And what about the big daddy of them all, Prince Charming? What was his secret life? We dont know anything about him, other then he looks good and comes to the rescue.
”
”
Deb Caletti (The Secret Life of Prince Charming)
“
Is there anything else you need from me?" Ranger asked.
"Not right now."
"There will come a time," Ranger said. "Let me know when." And he disconnected.
I opened the freezer and stuck my head in to cool off. If there'd been any more innuendo in that conversation, I could have fried an egg on my forehead.
”
”
Janet Evanovich
“
I am bigger than the box I'm in.
”
”
Rachel Cohn
“
Love is a two-way street constantly under construction.
”
”
Carroll Bryant
“
He clamped his eyes shut and waited for the pang of something he could no longer name to subside; it plucked at steel threads holding him together and reverberated through his system.
”
”
J. Rose Black (Losing My Breath)
“
Life Is Too Short--So Kiss Slowly,
Laugh Insanely, Love Truly,
And Live With Passion.
”
”
Andy Vogt
Jennifer Echols (The Boys Next Door (The Boys Next Door, #1))
“
Often you don’t know whether you’re the hero of a romantic comedy or the villain on a Lifetime special until the restraining order arrives.
”
”
Tim Kreider (We Learn Nothing)
“
Sorry,” he said. “Let me drop the belt-"
“No.” She held on when he would have pulled away. “Don’t. I like it.”
Again, he lifted her face, and he smiled. “The tool belt turns you on.”
“No.” She closed her eyes and thunked her forehead to his chest. “Little bit.
”
”
Jill Shalvis (Simply Irresistible (Lucky Harbor, #1))
“
Who’s there?”
“The scratcher of your itch,” he said.
She opened the door a crack and stuck her nose out. “Was that supposed to be romantic?
”
”
Jill Shalvis (Instant Attraction (Wilder, #1))
“
Your confidence in me is heartwarming.
Makes me want to return all the money I stole from the little old ladies and kick the heroin.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
I'm Batman, so I could be your hero anyway!
”
”
Shannon Messenger (Neverseen (Keeper of the Lost Cities, #4))
“
Oh honey, someday a real man is going to make you see stars and you won't even be looking at the sky."
Excerpt from Grace Willow's Last Minute Bride
”
”
Grace Willows
“
Warm, aquamarine eyes stared into him—providing a lifeline to shore. And he wondered if she was really the one who needed saving . . .
”
”
J. Rose Black (Losing My Breath)
“
Her dad turned to me. "You. Follow Me."
"Woof," I said.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
She was thinking of doing a little Cuervo therapy.
”
”
Kelly Moran (Tracking You (Redwood Ridge #2))
“
She had platonic all but tattooed on her forehead.
”
”
Kelly Moran (Tracking You (Redwood Ridge #2))
“
And for Heaven's sake, do not wiggle!
”
”
Colleen Houck (Tiger's Curse (The Tiger Saga, #1))
“
Aren’t we all just looking for someone to talk about everything with? Someone worth the effort of telling our stories and opinions to, whose stories and opinions we actually want to hear?
”
”
Curtis Sittenfeld (Romantic Comedy)
“
You make my vagina all melty,--wait no!--You make my belly all melty. My vaginas hot!
”
”
Lola Stark (Tattered Love (Needle's Kiss, #1))
“
Let's go," I said.
"Go where?"
"On Lori's date with Parker."
Now he looked at me over the nerdy spectacles he wore for reading.
"I wasn't aware it was a double date. And you're not my type.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
I blame Hollywood for skewing perspectives. Life is just a big romantic comedy to them, and if you meet cute, happily ever-after is a forgone conclusion.
”
”
Jonathan Tropper (This is Where I Leave You)
“
A friendship where you're always trying to be considerate of the other person, always worrying about what they think, always responding to every single text, always seeking their approval and then finally connecting with them, isn't friendship at all.
”
”
Wataru Watari (やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。1)
“
Light flashed in her eyes. In fact, it clung to her—flaring around her skin, her hair, her whole body. It was a trick of the eyes, his mind, when adrenaline hit his system. But she glowed. Vivid. Alive. And for a moment, he’d have given anything to be like her.
”
”
J. Rose Black (Losing My Breath)
“
Stay away from her."
"Okay."
"Keep your hands off her."
"I'll try."
He scowled at me.
"I will," I said.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
She didn’t sound overjoyed. She didn’t sound even slightly joyed.
”
”
Sarah Mayberry (Can't Get Enough)
“
And this was why falling for the butterflies was never a good idea. I didn’t feel all bubbly and excited now. I felt cold and broken and empty.
- Rachel
”
”
Lindsey Kelk (The Single Girl's To-Do List)
“
It was a belated realization to have, but it occurred to me that perhaps this was how grown-up conversations worked—not that your communication didn’t falter, but that you both made good-faith attempts to rectify things after it had.
”
”
Curtis Sittenfeld (Romantic Comedy)
“
There’s something very comforting about watching a Hugh Grant movie. You know no one’s head will be blown off in the first three minutes, no one will be tortured, and the worst thing that might happen is seeing a lanky Welshman eating mayonnaise in his underpants
”
”
Ali McNamara (From Notting Hill with Love... Actually (Actually, #1))
“
A pair of great heels was much more satisfying than a man. They lasted longer, and better yet, they didn’t leave me for someone prettier.
”
”
Cindi Madsen (Cinderella Screwed Me Over)
“
This was my love, her love --torn, damaged, broken, ripped apart and put back together. This was our tattered love.
”
”
Lola Stark (Tattered Love (Needle's Kiss, #1))
“
You’ll never get anywhere by staying in your comfort zone!!
”
”
R.S. Grey (The Allure of Julian Lefray (The Allure, #1))
“
Son," he said, "you monkeyed up.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
riley: give me a romantic comedy any day.
rhoan: your jest a girly-girl at heart, arent you?
riley: takes one to know one, bro.
”
”
Keri Arthur
“
How my heart missed beating like this. For him. Only for him.
”
”
Ella Maise (The Hardest Fall)
“
Dan habis ini, gue harap lo bakal lebih wise dan nyari seseorang yang bersedia tinggal di sisi lo - not just for weekend, but for the whole days in the week.
”
”
Christian Simamora (With You (Sehari Bersamamu))
“
Tamaki: Spring, m'man, was made for romantic comedy!! And Haruhi and I make the perfect couple! We're meant for this!
Karou and Hikaru: What about us?
Tamaki: You are sexless!
”
”
Bisco Hatori (Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 2 (Ouran High School Host Club, #2))
“
Sometimes when I speak, I feel like I’m writing dialogue for the character of myself. I’m impersonating a normal human when really I’m a confused freak.
”
”
Curtis Sittenfeld (Romantic Comedy)
“
Sounds like you kids have some talking to do. I'll be eavesdropping from the kitchen.
”
”
Jill Shalvis (Heating Up The Holidays)
“
I would praise the Lord above for a ticket to that ride.
”
”
Lola Stark (Tattered Love (Needle's Kiss, #1))
“
Every girl should have at least one wild fling on her resumé.
”
”
Donna Cummings (Summer Lovin')
“
I'm not stalking her," I insisted.
"I'm making sure she's safe. Besides, how could you stalk Lori McGillicuddy?
She'd see you and come out to your truck and say, "Hi, I'm Lori. Are you my stalker? It's so neat to meet you! While you're stuck here watching my every move, can I bring you anything? Sweet tea?
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
We all say and do things we regret, but it’s never to late to change, apologize and become a better person
”
”
Thomas Amo (Forever ME)
“
What did Kevin Ye get arrested for anyway? Didn't he steal a car?"
"He stole the driver's ed car."
I laughed. Then I saw how Adam was looking at me.
"He gave it back."
"They MAKE you give stuff back, Lori, after they arrest you for stealing it.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
I need to explain all this to Adam in private. I can't get McGillicuddy to explain it to him. Something will be lost in translation."
"Well, excuse me that I can't look at him all googly-eyed," my brother said.
"And he's liable to punch you," I said.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
He couldn’t just come right out with it, could he? No, that would scare her off. He had to be subtle, build up to it. Explain himself.
“I love you.”
Of course, straight to the point was also an effective strategy.
”
”
Sarah Mayberry (Can't Get Enough)
“
Think like a middle-aged man with OCD, a dead wife, and a teenage daughter.
Think like a woman with three teenage sons who once ran a golf cart into the side of their granddad's house."
"Cameron and Sean shouldn't have let me drive," Adam said in his own defense. "I was seven."
"You shouldn't have ASKED to drive. You were seven.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
Beaumont wanted Esmond very badly. Esmond wanted Beaumont’s wife. And she didn’t want anybody.
”
”
Loretta Chase (Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels, #3))
“
I didn't want to miss out on another second with this girl. Fuck everything. Fuck everyone. None of it mattered.
”
”
Ella Maise (The Hardest Fall)
“
Well, bloody noses." I hug his coat tighter. "Those are definitely hot.
”
”
Stephanie Perkins (Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3))
“
Phoebe doesn't quite believe in fate the way I do. She says you have to chase your destiny, and she always expects life to be like a romantic comedy: all you have to do is dress the part of the heroine, and pretty soon you'll be kissing some hottie while fountains spew and music swells in the background.
”
”
Lauren Morrill (Meant to Be)
“
Some people just don’t find their Prince Charming straight away, they have to search for him.
”
”
Charlotte Fallowfield (Until We Collide)
“
Bila hidup ini memang pertarungan, kita baru tahu siapa yang menang dan kalah di akhir kehidupan. Selama kita masih bernapas, masih ada kesempatan untuk menang.
”
”
Francisca Todi (Mafia Espresso)
“
You know, Taylor, I told his manager that your reputation in this firm is that you can go head-to-head with any man. And win.
”
”
Julie James (Just the Sexiest Man Alive)
“
You know what love means? It means loving the person you are now and not the person you want someone to be or the person they will be.
”
”
Samantha Stroh Bailey
“
Better you than Cameron " McGillicuddy grumbled. "I know where Cameron's been."
Sean snorted.
Cameron said "I already told you I did NOT come on to Lori.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
Just 'cause I'm bi doesn't mean I have magic powers. I'm not the plucky queer sidekick in your romantic comedy.
”
”
Meredith Russo (If I Was Your Girl)
“
Nobody's perfect. They are weak, with ugly hearts, and they quickly turn to jealousy. They try to knock others down. It's so odd . . . In the world we live in, the greater a person is, the more difficult his or her life becomes.
”
”
Wataru Watari (やはり俺の青春ラブコメはまちがっている。1)
“
And you’re overthinking things, Charming. Do the math. Naked, interested man, check. Wet, willing woman, double check. Now insert part A into slot B and we can move on to the engineering portion of our quiz today.
”
”
Jane Cousins (To Fight A Fate (Southern Sanctuary, #11))
“
I want you to know, chickens aren’t sexy. Not to me.”
This was met with silence.
“Are you there?” She was slurring her words now, which was embarrassing, so she took a deep breath. “Cam? Can you hear me?”
“Yes, chickens aren’t sexy. Uh…I don’t think they’re meant to be.
”
”
Jill Shalvis (Instant Attraction (Wilder, #1))
“
...then we went skinny dippin' and did things that frighten the fish...
Character, Shelby Eatonton, from the movie, Steel Magnolias.
”
”
Robert Harling (Steel Magnolias)
“
Wanita cerdas bisa menghadapi cecunguk mana pun dengan anggun.
”
”
Francisca Todi
“
He's like a God. You worship the gods, but you don't go out with them. You only like guys like that from a distance.
”
”
Cynthia Hand
“
Friendship matters first.
”
”
Kristine Cuevas (Never Love your Best Friend (Dream Trilogy #1))
“
I don't suppose you have a rocket powered helicopter hidden in your bra?
”
”
Jackie Williams (Tinted Lenses)
“
Even though Sean still held my head down I was the only one who thought to ask
"Who's driving the boat?"
Over the motor I heard girls screaming at us the instant before we crashed.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
A smaller rocket cut across the sky, trailing smoke. It exploded in a red heart.
"Awwwww!" said the crowd.
"Upside down," said Sean.
The heart was, indeed, upside down. It grew and grew, upside down, until it's lights trailed and faded.
A bigger rocket exploded in bright golden sparks, and then came another red heart.
"Upside down," said all the boys.
Three explosions layered on top of one another, gold, blue, pink. Then still another red heart exploded, growing and growing before it faded.
"Upside down," said everyone in the boat but me.
My own heart expanded for Adam.
I whispered, "I know what he meant.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
Me: Cake, brownies, ice cream? GO!
Zach: Yes.
Me: NO! Pick one! HURRY
Me: I’m at the store getting ready to check out and I NEED TO KNOW. I can’t decide. Help a cute, hangry girl out, would ya.
Zach: How about…a brownie cake with ice cream.
Me: I think I just came.
Zach: I am known for my skills.
”
”
Teagan Hunter (Let's Get Textual (Texting, #1))
“
My God, Mace was all man, the kind of man every warm-blooded woman would love to take home for the night, tie to her bed and let loose on. Sitting this close to him, my mind conjured up a long list of things I could do, just with my mouth.
”
”
Lola Stark (Tattered Love (Needle's Kiss, #1))
“
Scarlett Garcia fell at the feet of no gloriously delicious man!
”
”
Lola Stark (Tattered Love (Needle's Kiss, #1))
“
...your heart spoke for you. You gave up everything for me.
”
”
Camilla Isley (I Wish for You)
“
...he's just so out-of-this-world. They don't make them like that anymore.
”
”
Camilla Isley (I Wish for You)
“
Aku tidak percaya akan cinta pada pandangan pertama. Tapi harus kuakui, aku menyukai apa yang kulihat pada pandangan pertama.
”
”
Francisca Todi (Mafia Espresso)
“
I think I've been waiting for the big gesture, the one where the guy stands in the rain and declares his love or makes some scene at a football game that ends with the crowd doing the slow clap. It's official. Romantic comedies have ruined me.
”
”
Lex Martin (Dearest Clementine (Dearest, #1))
“
You make terrible, terrible plans."
"Hey, " I protested. "One of my plans caught you didn't it?"
"Yeah, but you meant to catch Sean."
He took his hand off my shoulder.
I waved his concerns away, along with a cloud of gnats that had found us in the forest.
"You're getting lost in the details. Keep the big picture in mind.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
Just leave me alone, I want to be alone,” she said when Jack tried to open the car door. She hit the lock, and wound the window up. Since the roof was down, it was a fairly pointless exercise.
”
”
Sarah Mayberry (Can't Get Enough)
“
All of which was to say that the sketches I’d written over the years about the absurdity and arbitrariness of beauty standards for women had arisen not from my clear-eyed renunciation of them but from my resentment at their hold on me.
”
”
Curtis Sittenfeld (Romantic Comedy)
“
He sighed, then said, "So basically, you're stalking her."
"I am NOT stalking her." I insisted.
"That's where you come in. If I followed her by myself, someone who did not understand the situation and did not realize that I am so responsible-"
McGillicuddy snorted.
"- might mistake what I am doing for stalking.
However, her big brother is with me. Therefore we are protecting her.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
Adam thinks that you two are in an argument."
My body zinged into alert mode. My mind didn't know what Mrs. Vader meant, but my body already did. Even Sean glanced over at her with a cautious look.
"He does?" I asked faintly.
"A bad one," she confirmed.
"How could we be in a bad argument without me even knowing about it?
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
Just so you know, Araragi-kun, I hate romantic comedies where it is obvious the two will get together at the end but lukewarm developments keep them at an in-between more-than-friends-less-than-lovers state chapter after chapter just to keep the story going.”
“...I see.”
“Incidentally, I also hate sports manga where each match takes an entire year and yet you know they are going to win in the end. I also hate battle manga where it is clear they will defeat the final boss and bring peace to the world, but the battles with weaker enemies go on forever.”
“I think you just covered every shounen manga and shoujo manga in existence.”
- Senjougahara Hitagi & Araragi Koyomi
”
”
NisiOisiN (化物語 (上) [Bakemonogatari] (Bakemonogatari, #1, Part 1))
“
I make jewelry. I drink caramel machiattos. I wear Hello Kitty to bed. Of course I love romantic comedies,' I said with a smile as we neared my house. But I didn’t just love them. I wanted to live within them. I wanted a love like in the movies.
”
”
Lauren Blakely (Caught Up in Us (Caught Up in Love, #1))
“
I became aware of applause. It seemed natural. I had been living in the world of romantic comedy and this was the final scene. But it was real. The entire University Club dining room had been watching. I decided to complete the story according to tradition and kissed Rosie.
”
”
Graeme Simsion (The Rosie Project (Don Tillman, #1))
“
Kyle is my best friend. Why would I risk screwing that up?"
"Mackenzie Catherine Dobson, have you learned nothing from romantic comedies? Do I need to make a trip to the video store?" Tess set her fork down and sighed. "'We're just friends' is the oldest plot device in the book. All it really means is that you're just friends until one of you get the balls to do something about all the unresolved tension.
”
”
Kathleen Peacock (Hemlock (Hemlock, #1))
“
Stubble or what?"
Eyes still closed he chuckled. "I'm not shaving until our parents let us date again."
He kissed my cheek.
"What if it takes... a... while?"
I asked struggling to talk. He'd made his way down to my neck. His tongue circled there slowly.
"There are only six or seven weeks until August football practice starts right?"
"Hm." His mouth moved up my neck toward my ear. Oh.
"Will you be able to stuff your beard into your helmet?" I croaked.
In answer he put his lips on my ear.
I forgot the next joke I'd planned to make and lost myself in Adam.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
A huge cloud of dust is not a beautiful thing to look at. Very few painters have done portraits of huge clouds of dust or included them in their landscapes or still lifes. Film directors rarely choose huge clouds of dust to play the lead roles in romantic comedies, and as far as my research has shown, a huge cloud of dust has never placed higher than twenty-fifth in a beauty pageant. Nevertheless, as the Baudelaire orphans stumbled around the cell, dropped each half of the battering ram and listening to the sound of crows flying in circles outside, they stared at the huge cloud of dust as if it were a thing of great beauty.
”
”
Lemony Snicket (The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7))
“
Adam ” Lori called loudly enough for me to hear her but not so loud that her voice would carry up to my mom in the marina office- or to her dad who might be listening from their screened porch facing the water.
“I came over to get some tips from the boys about teaching Tammy and Rachel to board. Of course I did not come over here to see you. How could you think such a thing That would be disobedient.”
I held up the wax.
“For my own disobedience I have to buff the boat. Then I’m going for a jog.”
She tilted her head. Probably her eyes widened but I couldn’t see them behind her sunglasses. I hated not being able to see her eyes.
She asked “In this heat?”
I didn’t mind jogging in the heat. The heat was a big friendly animal that liked to wrestle and only occasionally sat on me until I lost my breath. Anyway she was missing the point.
I repeated carefully ”I am GOING for a JOG.”
“I HEARD you the FIRST time ” she said. “It’s late afternoon in the middle of June. It’s ninety-five degrees out here.”
“He means he’s GOING for a JOG” Rachel and Tammy said at the same time.
“He’s GOING for a JOG.”
Lori still didn’t get it. Normally her blondeness was one of the things I loved about her. At the moment not so much.
Exasperated Cameron told her “Adam wants you to go for a jog too.”
She said “Oh ”
“If you two airheads have to hook up secretly for very long ” Sean said “you’re not going to make it.
”
”
Jennifer Echols (Endless Summer (The Boys Next Door, #1-2))
“
See, I’m the worst breed of human. Let me explain. Some people are dead inside. They go through life knowing this, and they manage fine enough, because, well, they’re dead inside. They aren’t bitter because they don’t care enough to change. They just try to get by with the things they can control. Others live in the fucking clouds, watch romantic comedies, and dream about everything being perfect one day. These people are always fine because they have an everlasting well of hope inside them, and no matter what happens they’ll just romanticize their existence.
But when it comes to me…I’m someone who’s mostly dead inside but still has a little hope for something extraordinary, which, as I said, is the worst breed of human, because it means that I know everything is bullshit, but that I secretly hope for the day when it might not be. The tension makes me wish I were just completely dead inside. It would makes things much easier for me.
”
”
Nick Miller
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William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "The Bard"). His surviving works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language, and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18 he married Anne Hathaway, who bore him three children: Susanna, and twins Hamnet and Judith. Between 1585 and 1592 he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer, and part owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men, later known as the King's Men. He appears to have retired to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about such matters as his sexuality, religious beliefs, and whether the works attributed to him were written by others. Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1590 and 1613. His early plays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. Next he wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest examples in the English language. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights. Many of his plays were published in editions of varying quality and accuracy during his lifetime, and in 1623 two of his former theatrical colleagues published the First Folio, a collected edition of his dramatic works that included all but two of the plays now recognised as Shakespeare's. Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the nineteenth century. The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeare's genius, and the Victorians hero-worshipped Shakespeare with a reverence that George Bernard Shaw called "bardolatry". In the twentieth century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly popular today and are consistently performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world. Source: Wikipedia
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William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet)
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Five thousand dollars? For a kiss?”
“That’s what I said.”
“With tongue?”
“It’s not really a kiss without it.
Just say yes, pet. You obviously need the money.”
I gasp before I can stop myself. I didn’t think five words from a stranger could hurt so much. What a dick.
“For fuck’s sake, Nicholas,” Simon says.
But he just looks at me, waiting, those arrogant green eyes alight with anticipation. So I give him what he’s waiting for.
“Hands under the table,” I order.
He smiles wider, puts his flask in his pocket, and does what he’s told.
“Close your eyes.”
“I like a woman who’s not afraid to take charge.”
“No more talking.” He’s said more than enough.
I lean in, keeping my eyes open the whole time, memorizing every angle of that face, feeling his warm breath against my cheek. This close, I can see the shadow of stubble on his chin and for just a second, I let myself wonder what it would feel like scratching against my stomach, my thighs—everywhere.
Then in one move, I pick up his plate—and smash the apple pie in his stupid, handsome face.
“Kiss this, asshole.
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Emma Chase (Royally Screwed (Royally, #1))
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I want queer authors to write anything and everything they need to write. I have no interest in gatekeeping; I want the full spectrum. I want the coming out books. I want the books about queer suffering. I want on-page catharsis and exploration of trauma. I want the happy books, too: queer joy books, cute romantic comedies, first crush books, fantasies about queer royals and revolutionaries and spaceship captains. (...) We need all types of queer stories because all types of queer people exist. I want the market to be so saturated with queer books that anyone who needs to see themselves in a story—anyone who hasn’t yet seen themselves, hasn’t yet gotten to be the hero—can walk into any bookstore and find a book (or six) about someone who experiences the world like they do. I want every queer author to get the chance to tell their story. To tell people, We exist everywhere. We suffer, we survive, we love. We can be magic, too.
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Nina Varela
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It was Valentine's Day and I had spent the day in bed with my life partner, Ketel One. The two of us watched a romance movie marathon on TBS Superstation that made me wonder how people who write romantic comedies can sleep at night.
At some point during almost every romantic comedy, the female lead suddenly trips and falls, stumbling helplessly over something ridiculous like a leaf, and then some Matthew McConaughey type either whips around the corner just in the nick of time to save her or is clumsily pulled down along with her. That event predictably leads to the magical moment of their first kiss. Please. I fall all-the-time. You know who comes and gets me? The bouncer.
Then, within the two hour time frame of the movie, the couple meet, fall in love, fall out of love, break up, and then just before the end of the movie, they happen to bump into each other by "coincidence" somewhere absolutely absurd, like by the river. This never happens in real life. The last time I bumped into an ex-boyfriend was at three o'clock in the morning at Rite Aid. I was ringing up Gas-X and corn removers.
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Chelsea Handler (My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands)