Helena Bonham Carter Quotes

Romantic comedies seem to take over where the fairytales of childhood left off, feeding our dreams of a soulmate; though, sadly, the Hollywood endings prove quite elusive in the real world.

I'm not desperately looking for a man, but I'm sure one of these days, I'll find my Mr. Right.

I was as impatient about finding my dream man as I was about everything else I wanted.

I think every girl is looking for her Mr. Darcy.

Culturally even, you have shows like 'Friends' or 'Sex in the City' that are imbibed along with like fairy stories, which are all about The One. Then we feel like we're looking for it, and if relationships end, what we've experienced isn't valid.

Women are conditioned to believe Prince Charming is going to come and sweep them off their feet.

When I find the right person, nothing else will matter, but I'm prepared to kiss a lot of frogs.

I'm a hopeless romantic. It's disgusting. It really is. I've seen 'While You Were Sleeping', like, twenty times, and I still believe in the whole Prince Charming thing.

You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility.

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet.

Romance novels satisfy a very specific fantasy of romantic love that seems to be a powerful part of the female psyche.

I'm a dreadful romantic. No matter what I go through in life, I want to fall in love with a man.

And I kissed a lot of frogs as well, but no, I kissed a lot of frogs and now I've found my prince.

I'm a patient person. I can wait for my prince charming.

That's the fairy tale. You meet, you fall in love, you kiss, and neither of you is revolted by it. You get married and have kids and live happily ever after.

When you think about it, giving up your 'real' personality is a small price to pay for the richness of 'living happily ever after' with an actual man!

I began to believe the fairy tales: You know, how we're all out there looking for our magical missing half.

I think everybody has somebody for them, and they're out there waiting for you somewhere.

Since I was 15 years old, all I wanted was to find the guy I was going to marry.

I've learned that I want what I deny. I want someone who is crazy about me, who treats me like a princess. I want the picture-perfect fairy tale stuff.

I'm not done with love, but I refuse to settle. I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

I'm turned off by the groupie thing. I'm a romantic; I like finding the right woman, and if it works, it works.

People really are looking for this perfect sort of dream person, but it's hard to go out every night or make the effort to meet people in your hometown, if you haven't already met them all. Online there's this infinite possibility of meeting this person who, no matter where they live, you're meant to be with.

I am 39. I am single. I am a black woman. I have too many advanced degrees. Many a news story tells me finding true love is likely a hopeless proposition. Now is the time when I need to believe in fairy tales.

Every one has her own love life. Every one has a dream to get a perfect life partner. But this is not so easy in real life. In fact, one doesn't love; it happens.