Frederick Lewis Allen quotes

“Romance cannot be put into quantity production-the moment love becomes casual, it becomes commonplace.”
-- Frederick Lewis Allen

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“Everything is more complicated than it looks to most people.”
-- Frederick Lewis Allen

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“It is easier to tear down a code than to put a new one in its place.”
-- Frederick Lewis Allen

Source : Frederick Lewis Allen (2015). “Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s”, p.82, Open Road Media

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“We have something special...a culture which we do not think of as something for the elite, but as something which is accessible to practically everybody.”
-- Frederick Lewis Allen

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“But if you ever come to a road where danger; Or guilt or anguish or shame's to share. Be good to the lad who loves you true, And the soul that was born to die for you; And whistle and I'll be there.”

“If this world affords true happiness, it is to be found in a home where love and confidence increase with the years, where the necessities of life come without severe strain, where luxuries enter only after their cost has been carefully considered.”

“It was like she'd become the sun, and I started revolving around her. She was my center.”

“Only those who love with the heart can animate the love of others.”

Source : Abel Stevens (1881). “Madame de Staël: A Study of Her Life and Times: the First Revolution and the First Empire”

“Yeah, but there's nobody who represents romance to me like Cary Grant.”

“I feel about romance the same way I do about a vocation; it's a calling.”

Source : Interview with Michael Martin, www.interviewmagazine.com. October 27, 2016.

“I think there has to be an underlying sexuality. There has to be a perverseness to the clothes. There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance. It's like a Story of O. I am not big on women looking naive. There has to be a sinister aspect, whether it's melancholy of sadomasochist. I think everyone has a deep sexuality, and sometimes it's good to use a little of it-and sometimes a lot of it-like a masquerade.”

“Romance is finding your fantasy in people who don't have it.”

“I can't remember all the times I've tried to tell myself to hold on to these moments as they pass”

“I just had one of those 'what the hell are we doing' moments.”