“The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.”
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're a sports fan you realize that when you meet somebody, like a girlfriend, they kind of have to root for your team. They don't have a choice.”
“The Google algorithm was a significant development. I've had thank-you emails from people whose lives have been saved by information on a medical website or who have found the love of their life on a dating website.”
“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'm not very experienced with boys or the whole dating thingy.”
“It's a big responsibility dating me. Because I come with a little bit of baggage, you know?”
“It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate only on what is most significant and important.”
“Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.”
“Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.”
“My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to.”
“I don't have the best dating track record.”
“I can't imagine dating a boy, meeting him only outside the home. What's a home and family for if it's not the center of one's life?”
“The rich are different. Their wants are very high maintenance. They'll pick eye color and hair color, all the way down to what she does for a living, what school she went to. Their list can be extremely long. But at the end of the day, dating is dating, because they're human beings.”
“When I was first divorced, I started dating younger women, and it was really exciting. But after a while I was like, 'This is just dumb.'”
“You know when I feel inwardly beautiful? When I am with my girlfriends and we are having a 'goddess circle'.”
“I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part.”
“You know, the man of my dreams might walk round the corner tomorrow. I'm older and wiser and I think I'd make a great girlfriend. I live in the realm of romantic possibility.”