“When a man takes a romantic interest in you I suggest you follow his lead at a pace that is most comfortable with you.”— Bruce Bryans, brucebryans.com
“I’ve learned that you can’t predict [love] or plan for it. For someone like me who is obsessed with organization and planning, I love the idea that love is the one exception to that. Love is the one wild card.”— Taylor Swift, taylorswift.com
“I write a lot of songs about love and I think that’s because to me love seems like this huge complicated thing. But it seems like every once in a while, two people get it figured out, two people get it right. And so I think the rest of us, we walk around daydreaming about what that might be like. To…”— Taylor Swift, taylorswift.com
“I've learned that you can't predict [love] or plan for it. For someone like me who is obsessed with organization and planning, I love the idea that love is the one exception to that. Love is the one wild card.”— Taylor Swift, seventeen.com
“I think it’s healthy for everyone to go a few years without dating, just because you need to get to know who you are. And I’ve done more thinking and examining and figuring out how to cope with things on my own than I would have if I had been focusing on someone else’s emotions and someone else’s sc…”— Taylor Swift, j-14.com
“Real life is a funny thing, you know. I think most of us fear reaching the end of our life and looking back regretting the moments we didn't speak up. When we didn't say 'I love you'. When we should have said 'I'm sorry'. So there's a time for silence, and there's a time for waiting your turn. But i…”— Taylor Swift, amazon.com
“We grow up thinking the only love that counts as true love is the kind that lasts forever or is fully realized. When you have a broken heart the first thing someone will ask is how long were you together? As if pain can be determined by how long you were with someone. Or if you were with them at all…”— Taylor Swift, teenvogue.com
“The way I look at love is you have to follow it, and fall hard, if you fall hard. You have to forget about what everyone else thinks. It has to be an us-against-the-world mentality. You have to make it work by prioritizing it, and by falling in love really fast, without thinking too hard. If I think…”— Taylor Swift, eonline.com
“I'm the kind of person who needs all her time to be worth the energy. Let's say I date a guy who really does nothing but damage me. And you've spent time, you've spent effort, and you've put everything into trying to make that work. And it didn't. So you write a song about it. It was worth everythin…”— Taylor Swift, eonline.com
“If you need to put me down a lot in order to level the playing field or something? If you are threatened by some part of what I do and want to cut me down to size in order to make it even? That won't work either.”— Taylor Swift, eonline.com
“Here's what I've learned about deal-breakers. If you have enough natural chemistry with someone, you overlook every single thing that you said would break the deal.”— Taylor Swift, eonline.com
“All you can do is be honest and real with him as you get to know each other. Deciding not to play games is the best way to go because it keeps things simple: If he messes it up by playing around with your heart, you'll know he doesn't deserve you. You were real with him, and he didn't return the cou…”— Taylor Swift, eonline.com
“Relationships are like traffic lights. And I just have this theory that I can only exist in a relationship if it's a green light.”— Taylor Swift, eonline.com
“[Guys] can be a part of your life but never let the guy be your life. They can live in your world, but never make the guy your world. Knowing who you are and being independent and strong will be attractive to the right guy.”— Taylor Swift, eonline.com
“In fairy tales the bad guy is very easy to spot. The bad guy is always wearing a black cape so you always know who he is. Then you grow up and you realize that Prince Charming is not as easy to find as you thought. You realize the bad guy is not wearing a black cape and he's not easy to spot; he's r…”— Taylor Swift, eonline.com
“As you’re learning, when a man gets overwhelmed he shuts down...When a man does this, it’s perceived as a rejection to most women. While this isn’t a man’s intention to reject and not support the woman emotionally, it’s just a natural thing for men to do. Women want to share their feelings with a ma…”— Alex Altman, amazon.com
“Give men the needed space (freedom) to see how great you are, and they will realize you are great.”— Alex Altman, amazon.com
“Every guy imagines the girl of his dreams as having a vibrant, interesting life that he wants to become a part of.”— Matthew Hussey, amazon.com