Laura Esquivel

I wanted to share my doubts and my culinary, amorous, and cosmic experiences. So I wrote 'Like Water for Chocolate,' which is merely the reflection of who I am as a woman, a wife, a mother, a daughter.

Mexican Author

Marie Corelli

Fancy your having no sunshine in London yesterday! Here it was glorious, like full summer, and I sat up with the window wide open, listening to the discourse of two amorous thrushes.

British Novelist

Matthew Prior

Fantastic tyrant of the amorous heart. How hard thy yoke, how cruel thy dart. Those escape your anger who refuse your sway, and those are punished most, who most obey.

English Poet

Todd Haynes

The best love stories on film are rooted in the point of view of the more woundable, vulnerable party, the more amorous party.

American Director

Patti Stanger

It's not easy to date when you're hefty. Besides I like feeling thin because it makes me feel amorous.

American Businesswoman

Andre Maurois

Men and women are not born inconstant: they are made so by their early amorous experiences.

French Writer

Leslie Charteris

About the Saint's amorous adventures, by the way, I can't speak so brazenly.

British Writer

Use 'amorous' when the romantic aspect is not subtle but rather noticeable and direct.

Context Matters

'Amorous' often indicates strong, passionate feelings rather than casual or platonic interest.

Intensity of Feelings

Even if the feelings are strong, 'amorous' doesn't guarantee they are reciprocated.

Possibly Unrequited

This definition indicates a more explicit expression of sexual desire, beyond mere romance.

Explicitness

The use of 'amorous' in this sense is more adult-oriented and might not be suitable for all audiences.

Adult Context

Similar to the other definition, 'amorous' does not imply that the feeling is mutual.

Not Always Reciprocal

 as rival males compete by displaying to females. I've never really had any desire to be close to a bellowing alligator, but I do want to see this and, to do it, I've got to trigger a chorus of amorous alligators.

Alligators Showing Off...

 and in traffic jams and sell it as a snack, and it's been sold that way for 40 years. It's a business plan for a corporation. And it's not just in Africa. Here's Mr. Clean looking amorously at all the other

Robert Neuwirth: The...

 technique it's not unusual for the females to reject the amorous advances of their suitors it must be very irritating being followed around day and night sometimes they express their feelings quite locally

Mating habits of the...

 trying to keep up with their mother. But at least they've managed to get away from the amorous bulls.

Elephant Twins Escape...

 but one thing is guaranteed to make a male hedgehog drop his guard the promise of an amorous liaison