“I guess it had to do with dating. Every time I gave a new guy a chance, something fell apart. He usually found out how fucked up I was, or made an excuse not to commit. I was convinced after a while that there was no one left for me and that I would have to give up searching. Then I would dream of you.”
“Valentine s Day is just another day to truly love like there is no tomorrow.”
“He s pretty much the perfect guy... which is why he doesn t need me and my problems in his life, I quickly conclude.”
“Familiarity destroys reverence.”
“Successful people follow their passion, not money. Nonetheless, their success attracts money.”
“We sometimes fall in love at last sight.”
“People will hunt obsessively for months or even years to find the right home to live in. When it comes to love though, they expect their future soulmate to appear out of thin air as they enter the next bar or club they go to.”
“Some people rushed into divorce even faster than they rushed into marriage.”
“Good looks are one thing, but I prefer a man who is a good person.” - Auntabelle in Amazon Lee Adventures in China by Kira G. and Kailin Gow.”
“Sex is often had by someone to whom it means everything with someone to whom it means nothing.”
“One of the most boring things about being in a relationship is that your partner usually makes their boredom your problem.”
“And it would have been one thing, all of these suitors agreed, to have been rejected for a reason, but to be passed over simply because one was, in some vague way, not good enough—that was an unequivocal blow.”
“And she did think Robert was cute. Not so cute that she would have, say, gone up to him at a party, but cute enough that she could have drummed up an imaginary crush on him if he d sat across from her during a dull class.”
“Ted was wildly uncomfortable. He wasn t quite sure who Rachel was on a date with, but it didn t seem to be him. He d contributed nothing to the outing; as far as he could tell, she could have brought an inflatable doll with her to the movie and had an equally good time.”
“Oh, my God, Ted, she moaned, fakely. They dated for the next four months.”
“Definitely too soon and she still had those antiquated notions buried deep in her head that if she gave away the custard for free, the farmer would never come back to the market or some shit. She knew it wasn’t true. But truth and reason didn’t stop her from panicking.”
“I met her on a dating app she had to be the one or something like it.”