Generally, a woman would rather be married to any man that she doesn’t hate, than remain unmarried to a man that she loves.

He’d written me up a proposal of why dating him was a sound decision. It had included things like “I’ll give up cigarettes unless I really, really need one” and “I’ll unleash romantic surprises every...

I know that you and your girls have been told for years on end that you just don’t pass up any opportunities when a man walks your way—he could be The One. But I’m here...

A man that loves and cherishes his woman and his family is a man of honor.

The biggest lie women tell themselves about men: When I get what I want, I will be happy.

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...

People pleasing doesn’t allow you to receive.

…”Dont marry an orange and expect him to turn into an apple.” If you want an orange, great. If not, put him back in the proverbial fruit bowl for someone else to enjoy and move...

You are far too amazing to be someone’s backup. You’re someone’s first choice.

If you don’t know what it is you’re looking for you’re NEVER going to find it. You have to be clear on what it is you’re seeking.

We’re taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side. Not in this case. In this case, assume rejection first. Assume you’re the rule, not the exception. It’s liberating. But we...

I asked the girl at the coffee shop out on a date. Unfortunately she said no, probably because I asked her out to coffee.

I used to date the lead singer of The Cranberries, but she cheated on me. Turns out she had some turkey on the side.

Amazing how being bathed in arterial blood can wash out any lingering romantic disappointments.

Just because you’re in the market for a minivan doesn’t mean you can’t test drive a hotrod.

I had to wonder, though, if there’s something about a murderer, particularly a confident one, that gives him a certain charisma or charm that I, in particular, am susceptible to.I mean, there’s a reason more...

It was true. Men could be with whomever they pleased. But women had to date better, kinder, richer, and bright, bright, bright, or else people got embarrassed.

I’d stumbled upon the inner sanctuary of a woman who loved the world. Loved the faces of people she saw. Loved the way a hand looked when it was relaxed. Loved the way a woman...

It’s yours.

There was a part of me that was so horny, I wanted to climb on top of Randall on the first date. But there was also a part of me that was so terrified, I...

You’re the sort of girl that should only have happiness, you know? Who should wake up smiling, feeling special because someone does everything they can to make that so.

…sometimes I get tired. Sometimes I get bored. And sometimes all I want, more than anything else in the world, is to go on a freaking date.

Why do women always feel they have to settle for less?

A fast car can make women ‘like’ a man; and a man ‘like’ women … fast.

What I personally knew about courting women could comfortably fit into a thimble without taking it off your finger first.

Be the man she can depend on, not the man that constantly lets her down.

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.

Thursday, the-night-of-the-date, comes and goes, leaving a school bus tire track across Desi’s heart, fear abrading her mind until she can think of nothing except what the future will be like if something develops between...

If you have to convince someone to stay with you, then they have already left.

Love can be expressed in a myriad of different methods, but the most timeless and most treasured will always remain the classic love letter.

Tess realized one of the great modern dating sadnesses: everyone is so used to the comforting glow of the computer screen that no one can go so far as to say “good morning” in public...

Don’t leave a piece of jewelry at his house so you can go back and get it later; he may be with his real girlfriend.

A month ago it would have been my dream just to be in his bedroom watching a movie, but now it’s torture because I want so much more. It’s like my entire conscious state has...

Don’t you understand how Cho’s feeling at the moment?” [Hermione] asked.”No,” said Ron and Harry together.Hermione sighed and laid down her quill.”Well, obviously, she’s feeling very sad, because of Cedric dying. Then I expect she’s...

Ethan, I don’t go out with secretaries.” Edward smiled at Sophia’s petulant answer. “You want to go out with me, you call me.

manhole cover” is.

Someone once said that nostalgia is longing for a place you’d never go back to and thinking about it… that’s pretty much how I’m feeling about my ex-husband: longing for someone I’d never go back...

Why one human being is attracted to another is one of the great mysteries of the world.

Maybe before you start flirting with boys and kissing boys and trying to date boys, you should know who you are and where you stand.

Hope for love, pray for love, wish for love, dream for love…but don’t put your life on hold waiting for love.

We get together with people because they’re the same or because they’re different, and in the end we split with them for exactly the same reasons.

It’s the only part of a person I really want to capture. Everything else seems to get lost in layers of deception or defensiveness. But not kindness. You can’t hide it. And people either are...

I’m here. Start at the beginning.

You could say we run a dating service. If you make a request, we can hook you up with some books that will take you on a date you will never forget.

My imagination plus Vibrizzio is not only equal to but also greater than a real man. Why should I settle for second best?

And he likes to torment me, and laughs when I get upset when he does. No, of course not. I do not love Jack Elliot. He is low and coarse and a soldier, and not...

Some couples are married because they fell in love. Some are married because the woman fell pregnant.

Are you wearing space pants?” Miranda asked him.”What?”How did it end? oh, right. “Because your butt is fine.”He gazed at her in that way he had like he was measuring her for straitjacket. “I think-”...

You’ve got two witnesses here. Happiness is a wholeness issue. If you want to be happy, you need to be whole. If you want to be married, you simply need a mate. If you want...

My brother trolled recovery and support groups, searching for women with dependency issues, the way I frequented bookstores with the hope of finding a well-adjusted, intelligent woman. Between us, his record was more stellar, his...