Quote by Ambrose Bierce

Romance is the fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of things as they are. In the novel the writer's thought is tethered to probability, but in romance it ranges at will over the entire region of the imagination.

Romance is the fiction that owes no allegiance to the God of

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This quote suggests that romance is a genre of storytelling that is not bound by the constraints of reality or adherence to the way things actually are. While novels are typically grounded in probability and logic, romance allows for more imaginative exploration. It implies that in romance, writers and readers alike are free to let their thoughts and desires wander through the vast realm of their imagination, detached from the limitations of reality.

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