The Difference Between Romance and Love
Romance is fleeting . . . Love is long.
Romance is dancing in the moonlight, gazing deep into desired eyes across a candlelit table . . . Love is saying: “You’re tired, honey, I’ll get up this time” - and stumbling through the darkness to comfort a crying child.
Romance is suspense, anticipation, a surprise . . . Love is dependability.
Romance is tingling excitement . . . Love is tenderness, constancy, being cherished.
Romance is eager striving to appear attractive to each other . . . Love is two people who find beauty in each other no matter how they look.
Romance is flattering attentions . . . Love is genuine thoughtfulness.
Romance feeds on itself and thus is self-consuming . . . Love is heightened and sweetened by romance, but it can survive without it.
Romance is delicious . . . Love nourishes.
Romance is seeking perfection . . . Love is forgiving faults.
Romance is flying . . . Love is safe landing.
Romance is the anguish of waiting for the phone to ring to bring you a voice that will utter endearments . . . Love is the anguish of waiting for a call that will assure you someone else is happy and safe.
Romance can’t last . . . Love can’t help it.
by Marjorie Holmes
Marjorie Holmes was born in 1910 in Storm Lake, Iowa, United States of America. She wrote a twice-weekly column, “Love and Laughter” (1959 - 1973) and a monthly column, “A Woman’s Conversations with God” (1970 - 1975), both published in the Washington, D.C. “Star” newspaper. She wrote articles that were published in “Daily Guideposts,” “McCall’s,” “Reader’s Digest,” and “Ladies’ Home Journal” magazines. She also wrote 134 books. Marjorie Holmes passed on at 91 years of age on 13 March 2002 in Manassas, Virginia, United States of America.
Romance is fleeting . . . Love is long.
Romance is dancing in the moonlight, gazing deep into desired eyes across a candlelit table . . . Love is saying: “You’re tired, honey, I’ll get up this time” - and stumbling through the darkness to comfort a crying child.
Romance is suspense, anticipation, a surprise . . . Love is dependability.
Romance is tingling excitement . . . Love is tenderness, constancy, being cherished.
Romance is eager striving to appear attractive to each other . . . Love is two people who find beauty in each other no matter how they look.
Romance is flattering attentions . . . Love is genuine thoughtfulness.
Romance feeds on itself and thus is self-consuming . . . Love is heightened and sweetened by romance, but it can survive without it.
Romance is delicious . . . Love nourishes.
Romance is seeking perfection . . . Love is forgiving faults.
Romance is flying . . . Love is safe landing.
Romance is the anguish of waiting for the phone to ring to bring you a voice that will utter endearments . . . Love is the anguish of waiting for a call that will assure you someone else is happy and safe.
Romance can’t last . . . Love can’t help it.
by Marjorie Holmes
Marjorie Holmes was born in 1910 in Storm Lake, Iowa, United States of America. She wrote a twice-weekly column, “Love and Laughter” (1959 - 1973) and a monthly column, “A Woman’s Conversations with God” (1970 - 1975), both published in the Washington, D.C. “Star” newspaper. She wrote articles that were published in “Daily Guideposts,” “McCall’s,” “Reader’s Digest,” and “Ladies’ Home Journal” magazines. She also wrote 134 books. Marjorie Holmes passed on at 91 years of age on 13 March 2002 in Manassas, Virginia, United States of America.
