Happy Valentine's Day

Since this is the day for love and romance, I thought I'd share some of my favorite romantic things with you.

Favorite romantic movies: Dirty Dancing, Sense and Sensibility, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Wedding Planner, While You Were Sleeping, First Knight

Favorite romantic TV shows: The Bachelor: Paris, Courting Alex, Friends

Favorite romance novels: The Trouble With Valentine's Day by Rachel Gibson; Shadowheart by Laura Kinsale; Tonight or Never by Dara Joy; Beast by Judith Ivory; Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning; Forbidden by Helen Kirkman

Favorite romantic songs: Hungry Eyes and the whole Dirty Dancing CD, Never Tear Us Apart by INXS, Broken by Seether featuring Amy Lee; Bring Me To Life by Evanescence; Hanging by a Moment by Lifehouse

Favorite romantic food: chocolate!

Dream romantic getaway: Scotland!

Favorite romantic quotes:
For it was not into my ear you whispered, but into my heart. It was not my lips you kissed, but my soul. ~Judy Garland

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy. ~Henry Kissinger

That Love is all there is, Is all we know of Love. ~Emily Dickinson

Love doesn't make the world go 'round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile. ~Franklin P. Jones

The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ~Allan K. Chalmers

Happy Valentine's Day!