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“Look, I wouldn’t say I’m being especially picky. I know what I want and I don’t feel like I should have to settle for less.” “And what exactly is it that you want?” “I’ll know it when I see it,” I say.
If you play the field for too long, only the divorcés and weirdos will be left.”
His easy smile suggests someone who thinks the world a wonderful place, which no doubt it is when you look like him.
“People don’t want to be bitten into like an apple, Laura—to show you their core in one conversation. Sometimes you have to peel the skin away slowly.”
“When you are with someone for a long time, you grow into each other, like adjoining trees with tangled roots. It’s hard to extricate yourself and find the part that’s left—who you were before.”
“You know, sometimes, when people are sad, they don’t think they deserve happiness.”
Women constantly undermine themselves with qualifying phrases like, “Sorry,” “I’m no expert but . . .” “I just wanted to check,” “I might have an idea.” Change the words you use, and you will change the way you are seen:
“There is an old proverb: He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear.”
“I thought you hated Phil Collins.” “I do,” he says. “But if you love him, I’ll allow my ears to be assaulted once in a while.”
“Some people bring out the parts of yourself you like the most,” he says. “I like the version of myself I am when I’m with you.”
