"We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity – romantic love and gunpowder." ― Andre Maurois Topic(s): Romantic More From Andre Maurois "Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them." "A marriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises." "Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold." More In Romantic "I broke my nose in gym when a ball hit me. I took a girl to her debutante ball the next week wearing a tux and a big, honking bandage. Not the romantic night she had in mind."― Wentworth Miller "But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven’t read too many, and I can’t say I’m crazy about romantic vampires anyway – to me the vampire is simply an evil monster."― Brian Lumley "I will never say never, but I will say never to doing the more typical romantic comedies. You know, unless I’m getting audited and I’m on the street and I desperately need some dough and that’s the only thing that I’m getting."― Christian Bale