“Whenever you say, “There aren’t any quality people online,” you should keep in mind; other people are saying the exact same thing, despite the fact you have an online profile!”
“Selfishness in the dominant dating culture most clearly manifests itself in the attitude that human relationships, and by implication people themselves, are disposable.”
“I do not want to fall in love. I want to stand in love.”
“Romance is strange in this way. It s an attraction that can t be analyzed rationally with any sense of honesty. You either fall for a guy, or you don t. This is why people always say that love is based on chemistry and sparks flying. After all, love at first sight happens a lot, and you don t know a person when you first see him.”
“Someone like him could never be content staying at home and watching a movie on the couch.”
“I can see now that it s the little things, the small efforts, that keep a relationship going. And I know now that too in some small measure I have the power to hurt him and also the power to make it better.”
“Because every decision impacts everything that follows. Especially the wrong ones.”
“Sometimes, things just happen. Things that will change everything. Things that change you.”
“Because some girls don t just fall down; some fall from grace.”
“But all good things must come to an end—and I hear the greatest things tend to end quicker than they started.”
“Perhaps the only thing worse than learning a secret is being kept from you is knowing you aren t the type to let it go.”
“But that s the tricky thing about love. If you aren t the type to walk away, and you aren t the kind of person who moves on quickly, you subsequently become the one who stays.”
“Some secrets are never supposed to be discovered. But if you re real lucky, when you re least expecting it, the most incriminating secrets will show themselves.”
“Love can lie too.”
“In three years of purposeful dating, I started to refer to the men I met by the generic name of Dick, with a letter of the alphabet assigned in the order in which they appeared in my life: A. Dick, B. Dick, C. Dick, D. Dick, E. Dick. I was so popular on the over-fifty online dating sites that I damn near ran our of alphabet letters to assign to Dicks.”
“Girls don t want men to be quiet and gentle, I m told. If you re not panting with impatient lust they think you re not interested.”
“Whenever it comes to love, Remember the part about having confidence.”