“Rumors about me? Calista Flockhart, Pam Anderson, and Matt Damon. That's who I'm dating.”
Dating is equal parts exciting and terrifying, sometimes in the same evening. These quotes capture the awkwardness, hope, disappointment, and occasional magic of trying to find someone whose weirdness is compatible with yours.
“If you can lie, you can act, and if you can lie to crazy girlfriends, you can act under pressure.”
“Rumors about me? Calista Flockhart, Pam Anderson, and Matt Damon. That's who I'm dating.”
“It was just that we had this phenomenal honeymoon relationship that just kept on going.”
“Workshops and seminars are basically financial speed dating for clueless people.”
“The prospect of dating someone in her twenties becomes less appealing as you get older. At some point in your fife, your tolerance level goes down and you realize that, with someone much younger, there's nothing really to talk about.”
“I don't really believe in rules, but I do like old-fashioned dating where you don't call the guy until he calls you. I don't think it's like he's got to do this and that's the rule.”
“I like the bad-boy types. Generally the guy I'm attracted to is the guy in the club with all the tattoos and nail polish. He's usually the lead singer in a punk band and plays guitar. But my serious boyfriends are relatively clean-cut, nice guys. So it's strange.”
“Do not just look at your boyfriend as just a boyfriend. Look at him as a friend, too.”
“Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.”
“I'm so an all-or-nothing person in dating, always. I'm big on not wasting time. And so, yeah, if something's not working, it's time to not hold people back.”
“I had to find a diet that would kick me back into dating shape, because I know that I can't date at size 8. I have to date at size 2. And it's just a fact of nature. Go get your injections and your chemical peels. You gotta look good to attract a man.”
“Save a boyfriend for a rainy day - and another, in case it doesn't rain.”
“I suppose I was a little bit of what would be called today a nerd. I didn't have girlfriends, and really I wasn't a very social boy.”
“Personally, I don't like a girlfriend to have a husband. If she'll fool her husband, I figure she'll fool me.”
“I don't have the best dating track record.”
“Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.”