Women are attracted to bad boys not because they want to fall in love… we just want to ride on the backs of their motor bikes.

The remnants of his adolescent vulnerability were all over his face.

Dinner for two—plus one.

safe” isn’t one of them.

He had the red serviette tucked into his t-shirt at the neck which made me laugh. He hadn’t done this since our third date when I had told him off for his bad manners.

No. No, you can’t.

Hmmm. What you’re saying is that you’ve never been kissed?” He picked at a string on the blanket under us.

It is our wounds that create in us a desire to reach for miracles. The fulfillment of such miracles depends on whether we let our wounds pull us down or lift us up towards our...

He’s so outta my league, we’re not even playing the same sport… He’s professional soccer in Europe and I’m intramural badminton in the States.

An alien had given her his phone number and asked her to wait. It was almost like dating again.

If a woman defined herself solely by the man she was with—and vice versa—the world would be a very shallow and insipid place, indeed.

A breakup is a loss to both parties; not only to he or she who is told that it’s over.

More like an offer I’m hoping you can’t refuse.

Dating meant nightclubs, heels, and black. It meant, “No, thank you. Really, I’m full.” It meant matching bras and underwear. Clothes with the word MICRO used to describe them.

I’ll date you, love…not you and your iPad. I can’t feel plastic palm play; I’m live like Memorex.

A man who offers to cook after he’s seen you trying to freeze a dead dog has to be at least a little bit keen.

When words don’t add up in love, it is because of six possible reasons: 1. They are afraid to tell you the truth because you will leave them. 2. They enjoy being a liar or...

It’s hard to decide matters of the heart, especially when Self-love is rooted in our decisions. You’ll need to balance your needs with the people you love in order to avoid hurting others.

And the third is from him: “Second date?”I immediately text him back: “Hell yeah!”Then I collapse on my bed and enjoy that “butterflies in the stomach” feeling. I’ve felt the butterflies before from time to...

Having fun is a pretty powerful way to start any serious relationship.

Dating is never mentioned in the Bible, not once. I’m not saying that dating’s a sin or that dating’s evil. That’s not what this book is about. What I am saying is that if we...

When I was younger I was attracted to gay guys and they were “attracted” to me. I don’t exactly know why…But it turned out the gay guys were the ones holding all the cards, both...

Psychotics, say what you want about them, tend to make the first move.

Love is bringing an empty Tupperware container on your date, not to hold leftovers from dinner, but just in case your date really has to shit.

no girl can permanently bolster up a lame-duck visitor, because these day it’s every girl for herself.

No man would ever want a girl who roams nude in a bar and drenches herself in bear on a slumber party.

The movies make the brooding guy the hero – the guy with problems the guy who carries a gun, the gun with unresolved anger, the guy with a chip on his shoulder, the guy who’s...

Sit your affections, your heart and your precious time out on the doorstep without so much as making him ring the doorbell first, and he’ll treat you like a doormat. Make him work a little...

I finally understood why so much monkey business happened in the backs of buses. Put us in close proximity, with wheels spinning under us, and nothing to do but wait, we’re going to start thinking...

Oh, hey, did you want to keep these for when your invisible boyfriend returns from his fake vacation?

For a moment she knew exactly what he was thinking, not just about Tom, but about her, and himself, and all of life, and she liked the way he saw things. She could spend her...

You’re about to be in a whole lot of trouble. We probably better go.

Oh hell no, I thought. I am not wasting my first kiss on some guy who’s skipping out on our first date.

I’m terrified of getting involved with someone who disappoints me or leaves me empty and alone. I’m terrified of rejection, so I set my expectations so high that they can never be met, and I...

You’re like a half-tamed creature, still shy of the bridle. ‘Except you enthrall me, never shall be free.’ But freedom is an illusion, anyway.

If love wasn’t conditional, every single first encounter with individuals of your ‘preferred’ gender would result in *love at first sight.*

Maybe I shouldn’t scare off my date so quickly by shooting guns and telling stories about vomit, but, hey, the sooner he knows the real me, the better.

It is hard to feel safe and comfortable when the only measures for what is safe and comfortable are normative ideas you don’t abide by.

When looking for a life partner, my advice to women is date all of them: the bad boys, the cool boys, the commitment-phobic boys, the crazy boys. But do not marry them. The things that...

Madness is loving the unsolvable puzzle of your soul and replacing the lost pieces with my own.

I don’t want to be your parent. I want to be your best friend, lover, cheering section, playmate and fill all the important parts of your soul. Together we will fill the rest as equals.

I guess after you’ve writhed around naked on the floor in front of a man, the least you can do is let him take you to dinner.

It was one thing to snuggle a little when the world seemed about to end, and quite another to explain to her parents that she wanted to date an ancient magical horse.

Tedious as it may appear to some to dwell on the discovery of odds and ends that have, no doubt, been thrown away by the owner as rubbish … yet it is by the study...

The treasure shouldn’t do the hunting, and you’re a treasure.

Cheaters never prosper. (Because they suck.)

I went on a blind date—with a descendent of Helen Keller.

Tanith frowned. Did people still go on DATES any more? She was sure they did. They probably called it something different though. She tried to think of the last date she’d been on. The last...

A sister should set her brother up with one of her friends, unless her only friend is her sister.

There are two identical twins, and one has money and one doesn’t. Which one is more attractive to women? Exactly—the one that is naked.