“Can I speak to Sayvyer, please?” “You’re looking for the savior? At 1:15 a.m.?” “No. her name’s Sayvyer.” “There’s no savior here. Especially not at 1:15 a.m.”
“Finding the one who loves you is like lottery but you don t have to close up the page, just keep on searching and you ll find.”
“And though nobody has been dumb enough to say anything close to You need to get laid to my face, I resent the idea that anyone might think, if they knew my history, that I d be slightly different by virtue of having a penis-however briefly-inside me. That is some phallocentric bullshit if I ever heard any. Hypothetical penises don t make the rules. I make the rules. I love the rules.”
“Dating someone exclusively for four months in New York is like four years in Anchorage.”
“If it s me who loves you, you ll know, as I will tell it you in my own words.”
“Generally, men prefer dating women they love over women who love them; women prefer the opposite.”
“Any relationship (friend, romantic or business) that s one sided isn t one; it s a one way street headed in one direction... nowhere. Cultivation requires input from willing participants.”
“Uncommunicated expectations are the shame of relationships.”
“The male tax?” “Yeah. The tax that men have to pay for not having to menstruate every month. Or risk getting pregnant. Or deal with the physically stronger sex in a macho world… Women have to put up with all that stuff, so the least we men can do is pay the male tax and get the tab.”
“Stop making a relationship about what you get and start making it about what you give, for what you give is what you ll get in return.”
“There are a lot of things wrong with this particular approach to getting your girlfriend to agree to reenter a relationship with you. Probably the biggest problem is that it s a PowerPoint presentation.”
“One o’ clock. With her fork she would tantalize the heart of an adoring artichoke, while her escort served himself up in the thick, dripping sentences of an enraptured man. Four o’clock: her little feet moving to melody, her face distinct in the crowd, her partner happy as a petted puppy and mad as the immemorial hatter…”
“Check my riddle, and I’ll let you play my fiddle.”
“. . . none of us are as sophisticated in these matters as you think. You know I always feel, with every new person, as if I am starting anew. These things are instinctive. What you need to learn is to lay aside your inhibitions, to go back to your childhood when you played marbles or whatever with boys and never thought anything of it.”
“Adolescence isn t about relationships, its about dating. Its suppose to be relaxed, and fun. Isn t that what being a teenager is all about?”
“Life is about having the courage, or finding it along the way, to become a fuller person so that you can enjoy it more and feel more alive by pursuing interests that might be out of the ordinary. It is about finding joy in connecting with others, even when those connections involve the risk of getting hurt. It is about being fueled by curiosity, not by fear.”
“Until you start building your brand don t start searching for a bride”