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.

Love shouldn’t require Windex to be clear. It either is or it isn’t.

We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction.

The first thing I needed, possibly the only thing, was to kiss her and I did, for as long as I could. I let us both breathe for a minute, and I perched her on...

I want to be the guy in a movie who’s, I don’t know, out walking his rabbit on a leash (I don’t have a rabbit) and knows exactly how to strike up a quirky, compelling...

I wondered what happened when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you...

He went out with a variety of women, slept with some of them, hated the whole meaningless process. Drinks, dinners, plays and concerts and gallery openings … He grew to despise the rigid formality of...

You men deserve whatever rabbit-boiling scenario dating crazy women gets you.

To some women, a job plays the role of a man. To most women, a man plays the role of a job.

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...

The destination is not the journey. The destination is the person you choose to enjoy the journey with.

When you’re in love with two people, always choose the second. The fact that you are constantly thinking of the second person makes it obvious that the first will never fulfill you, unless the second...

To win the hearts of beautiful creatures, your stories must always be told with a joyful face, full of sweetness and love, seen at a distance with kindness.

There’s something familiar about the curve of her lower lip. The weight cradled by a soft, slender chin. The bow of her top lip sweeps across it in a way that makes me think of...

Most people couple within their own height range- short couples are 8 percent apart, midsize couples are 8 percent apart. The exception is talls. Tall women, meanwhile, date men who are approximately the same size,...

There’s a certain worth that can only be given to us by God. You see, if you think about it, worth has nothing to do with the object. Worth has everything to do with how...

Your love is as stable as you are: It’s not about how good a person makes you feel, but rather what good you can do for them.

It’s all chop-change chop-change with you. Either go out with me and treat me nicely, or leave me alone. As I say, I am not interested in fuckwittage.

I’m so glad my date doesn’t think I’m ugly. I love blind dates where the woman is actually blind.

Outside of note passing and the occasional tight-lipped kiss after school events, “going together” in seventh grade was pretty meaningless. You couldn’t drive, had nowhere to go, and either weren’t allowed or couldn’t afford to...

God is after the bigger picture of your life. He is writing your story. I’m about to say something that may seem antithetical to this book, but need you to hear this: your story has...

You didn’t date someone to change him. You dated him because you wanted him for the way he was. Flaws and fears and all.

Conflict of interest. I wanted to date somebody who was less screwed up than me, and she wasn’t.

It isn’t you,’ he says, as though you’re to be comforted by the irrelevant role you play in your own life.

Look at this one.” I picked up a small painting of a man with dark hair and a short, dark beard. He wore a loose shirt, cobalt blue, unbuttoned at the top, showing a prominent,...

She didn’t see me because of the reflection on the store windows, and she wouldn’t know me in this car anyway. In fact, she probably wouldn’t know me with shaggy hair and the beginnings of...

At that moment, I hated dating more than doing my laundry

It is the same way with dating. The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don’t need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or...

Facebook is that successful guy you’re supposed to want to date, but you can’t keep your mind off the beautiful freak in the corner. Twitter is my freak.

I’m just playing coy; try harder.

Generally, men prefer dating women they love over women who love them; women prefer the opposite.

To drive a woman away, tell her that you are unemployed. To bore her, tell her that you are single.

I nearly dropped the plate I held. “You’ve asked me out tons of times.””Not really. I’ve made inapproprite suggestions and frequently pushed for nudity. But I’ve never asked you out on a real date. And,...

I’ve said over and over again jokingly that the only way a woman can truly be completely satisfied is to get herself four different men—an old one, an ugly one, a Mandingo, and a gayguy....

To find love is to find strength.