“Frank: See, I would have gone in and bought a box of magnum condoms, thus demonstrating I have a monster dong. Dennis: Right, that comes off a little bit desperate, Frank.”— Scott Marder, Rob Rosell, David Hornsby, Frank Reynolds, Danny DeVito, imdb.com
“Human beings are such knotted, desperate pieces of work- it’s a rare thing to know one completely, to the core, and still love them.”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Well evil, sure—but mostly, he's unattractive. And unattractive people are desperate.”— Bert Youn, Adam Muto, Peter Browngardt, imdb.com
“I suppose I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.”— Tennessee Williams, amazon.com
“We’re all so desperate to be understood, we forget to be understanding.”— Beau Taplin, goodreads.com
“These days, I’m as filthy as a sweaty fist. You can often find me pulling my eyelashes for extra wishes, and I am always chewing on something, maybe it’s your blood.”— Noor Hindi, publicpool.org
“Stepping too far into the future. Contrary to popular opinion, people aren’t so desperate for a mate and to settle down that it’s a turn-on for you to start talking about your future or talking in the future tense before numbers have been exchanged or you even know the person!”— NATALIE, baggagereclaim.co.uk
“Being too clingy. If you just met him, do not get jealous or clingy if he starts talking to another female. He will think you are a psycho.”— Devon Brown, yourtango.com
“You should never follow someone around or continuously make an effort to be where he is. First of all, it takes too much energy to physically stalk people (that’s what Facebook is for…kidding!), and you could spend that energy doing something productive; secondly, it makes you look really desperate.”— Nicole Akoukou Thompson, madamenoire.com
“Don't be desperate to be in a relationship. First of all, that's only going to make you feel kind of miserable and second of all, people can sense desperation and... it's not the most attractive quality out there.”— Jessica Booth, gurl.com
“At the party, you talk to just about every guy who will look at you. While talking to them, you wiggle your butt in front of them, bend down low so they can see down your shirt, and pull off every trick in the book to make sure they see you as a sexual object.”— Elizabeth Yetter, thetalko.com
“The two of you are not even officially in a relationship and yet you always have a hand on him. The two of you could be sitting in a coffee shop and each time another woman enters the place, you put your hand on his arm or shoulder to signify that he is yours.”— Elizabeth Yetter, thetalko.com
“You reason, ‘It’s better than being alone.’ He’s cheated, he’s lazy but he’s also breathing and wields a pretty mean sex game, so you opt to make it work with him instead of running the risk of staying drenched in singleness.”— Janelle Harris, thestir.cafemom.com
“You haven't been single longer than a week in your whole adult life.”— Janelle Harris, thestir.cafemom.com