262 Quotes About Courtship

Our first kiss would be in a sunlit wood or under a starry sky after a village dance, not in a tomb or some dank basement with guards at the door.” “Let me get this straight,” Nina said. “You haven’t kissed me because the setting isn’t suitably romantic?” “This isn’t about romance . A proper kiss, a proper courtship. There’s a way these things should be done.

Are they trained to treat everyone as a servant?''Probably. That doesn't make you into one,

The courtship period is the foundation upon which a happy marriage will stand, and should not be hurried by any devoted lover – not even a king.

The Scotchman seemed hardly the same Farfrae who had danced with her, and walked with her, in a delicate poise between love and friendship - that period in the history of a love when alone it can be said to be unalloyed with pain.

There is proverbially a mystery among most men of new wealth, how they made their first ten thousand; it is the qualities they showed then, before they became bullies, when every man was someone to be placated, when only hope sustained them and they could count on nothing from the world but what could be charmed from it, that make them, if they survive their triumph, successful with women.

If women didn't throw themselves at men's heads, the human race would not proceed.

We teach our girls to quarantine their emotions—isolate heart and reason or risk perceptions of hysteria.We're taught that our anger is a misconception,that our discontent will pass as long as we smile pretty,clean up nice, and play into this courtship dichotomy.This twisted game of act and receivewhere your role is assigned at birth.Well, this is me telling youthat the only winning move is not to play.

Emma had no opportunity of speaking to Mr. Knightley till after supper; but, when they were all in the ballroom again, her eyes invited him irresistibly to come to her and be thanked.

I don't believe in courtship, it's a waste of time. If I love the person, I'll tell her right away. But for you, I'll make an exemption: Just love me now, and I will court you forever.