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Emily Bronte’s classic line ‘whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same’ is voted the most romantic in literary history
The words of Emily Bronte, A A Milne and Shakespeare prove that many of us still hold a candle for the romantic notions of old, as they are announced as the most romantic lines in literacy history, according to research released today.
The survey of 2,000 adults was specially commissioned to mark the DVD release of romantic comedy, ‘Going the Distance’, starring Drew Barrymore and Justin Long. The respondents were asked to vote for the prose that they considered to be the most romantic in history.
The research shows that the most romantic line in literacy history is Emily Bronte’s quote from Wuthering Heights ‘Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same’ with 20% of votes. This is followed by English author AA Milne, who received 13% of the votes, for his moving line from Winnie The Pooh, ‘If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you’.
Infamous British playwright and poet William Shakespeare, comes in at number three with his touching line from Romeo and Juliet, ‘But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun,’ (11%). W. H. Auden’s line, ‘He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong,’ takes the number four spot with 10% of the votes.
Completing the top five, with 8%of the votes, is Dr. Seuss’s romantic prose; ‘You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.’
Top Ten Romantic lines in History.
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Romantic Line |
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Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same - Emily Bronte |
20 |
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2. |
If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you - A A Milne |
13 |
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3. |
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun. - Shakespeare ‘Romeo and Juliet' |
11 |
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4. |
He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last for ever: I was wrong. - W. H. Auden |
10 |
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5. |
You know you're in love when you don't want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams - Dr. Seuss |
8 |
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6. |
When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part - Captain Corelli's Mandolin |
7 |
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7. |
Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be. - Robert Browning |
6 |
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8. |
For you see, each day I love you more. Today more than yesterday and less than tomorrow. - Rosemonde Gerard |
5 |
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9. |
But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever. - Robert Burns |
3 |
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10. |
I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator. - Napoleon Bonaparte’s 1796 dispatch to wife Josephine |
2 |