“Essentially, being the payer and the paid-for on a date replicates actual dom-sub sexual dynamics. But being a sub isn’t about not being in control—it’s about being in control of not being in control. There’s still power in relinquishing power.”— Karley Sciortino, vogue.com
“Before I met her, I drank and swore without reason...now I have a reason.”— Benny Hill, mirror.co.uk
“I thought I couldn't afford to take her out and smoke as well. So I gave up cigarettes. Then I took her out and one day I looked at her and thought: 'Oh well,' and I went back to smoking again, and that was better.”— Benny Hill, books.google.com
“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.”— Jill Santopolo, amazon.com
“Mobile dating went mainstream about five years ago; by 2012 it was overtaking online dating. In February, one study reported there were nearly 100 million people—perhaps 50 million on Tinder alone—using their phones as a sort of all-day, every-day, handheld singles club, where they might find a sex…”— Nancy Jo Sales, vanityfair.com
“As much as you might doubt it, being single as an adult has some seriously noteworthy perks. The world is your oyster and you can do whatever, whenever, with no one else to consider but yourself. You can hop on a plane to anywhere, eat whatever foods you want, and live out the dreams you never thoug…”— Andrea Wesley, bolde.com
“You should date a girl who reads. Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve. Find a gir…”— Rosemarie Urquico, goodreads.com
“Some people don’t know how to fall in love, like not knowing how to swim. They panic first when they jump in. Then they figure it out.”— Sarah Addison Allen, amazon.com
“Although women constantly swear to the heavens that they know sex won’t keep a man, they still do things that reflect the contrary. Even right down to how we talk about other women.”— D. DANYELLE THOMAS, unfitchristian.com
“I am afraid of many things, but I force myself to do them. I went to Magic Mountain, and I looked at the bungee jump and I thought, This is the devil's work. I did think for a moment, I should do it, it will make me more courageous. But no. There's a line. The roller coasters scare me, too. As does…”— Garry Shandling, nytimes.com
“Dating a professional actress is tough. Especially if you're up for the same part.”— Garry Shandling, esquire.com
“You can have all the [dating] criteria and standards in the world, but what you draw to you is what you are. If you’re not abundant in love and self-esteem and self-respect and self-worth in [your heart], you’re not going to draw somebody that’s the same way.”— Iyanla Vanzant, nancyyard.wordpress.com
“The world is made up of too many girls wondering if they are pretty and too many boys too shy to tell them.”— Atticus, amazon.com
“I want someone who will drink the other half of the bottle of wine so I don't. And someone to make it worth sitting down at an actual table to eat. I want someone who's dying to get home after a long day because I'm going to be there.”— Claire Cook, amazon.com
“Romantic love, I think, requires a degree of physical attraction, but devotion is needed to maintain it as an actual relationship. Physical attraction is a feeling you don’t really have control over, but devotion is something that has to be chosen. So, ideally… I suppose it’s passion combined with t…”— Angela N. Blount, amazon.com
“Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes. She has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve. Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she…”— Rosemarie Urquico, patheos.com
“Don’t date the most beautiful girl in the world, Date the girl that make your world the most beautiful.”— Wiz Khalifa, goodreads.com
“Suffering is the boundary. When a relationship persistently crosses that line, its time to go. We need to cultivate loving relationships, and reject those that wound. Suffering is the boundary.”— Jeff Brown, facebook.com
“I tried to take a girl out to hunt seals for a first date. But she wasn't really Inuit.”— Wqksayi, reddit.com