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I am reading my book (I know, big surprise) and two characters had a very interesting insight into my last post about my life not being a Romance Novel. They said...
"'And what it all came down to was that she expected me to fight. I've been fighting all my life, but I've never had a fight like this one. But she's worth it. For Emma I would fight the world. And yes, like you, I would die for her.' Michael laughed again. 'I got thinking about that later, and I realized from reading one of those silly books Emma likes that fighting is what it's all about. If women like those books, then it stands to reason they want to know a man cares enough to fight for her.'"
(Gables Against the Sky - Anita Stansfield, page 374)
Michael Hamilton (the one speaking in that excerpt) hit the nail on the head. He describes perfectly what it is about the romance novels that I love. I love the feeling of someone fighting for someone else (not physically, in most cases, of course). I want to feel like I am worth fighting for. Now, with that said, that leads me to say...
My life CAN be like a Romance Novel without all the Conflict!!! I am so excited about that!
:)
Saturday, March 31, 2007
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3 comments:
Good post. While I like reading romance novels, I don't want my life to be like one, in fact, the less like one, the better, mostly because someone usually dies, or something else terribly tragic.
Does this mean you want me to start picking fights to show you I love you? Man, I better start taking some kung fu classes.
On a serious note, I think there are ways we can fight for each other each day. Some are in the way we most fundamentally live our lives, like in defense of our time, energy, health, goals, happiness and our dreams.
I agree with you, Autumn. Definitely don't need the tragedy or drama. :) But I do like the idea of the "fighting" for the one in other ways... I think it can be done in the way we treat each other, the little things we do for each, and sometimes the compromises or sacrifices we make for each other. :)
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