Law of Freedom (Four Laws #3)

by David Burke

He said, things like shared interests were nice, sexual compatibility and attraction were a given, but the most important things were even more fundamental. He’d said that even love can grow, but that liking the person you ended up with was much more important—and he meant at a deeper level than just physical attraction. The second most important thing, according to him, was that she be someone you could lose track of time with when talking to them. That meant you were so completely into them, that it didn’t matter what you were talking about. At the end of the day, you had to enjoy being with them. The most important thing, though, and this he’d emphasized, was that you could sit in complete silence with that woman and not feel awkward—because that meant you were totally at ease with her.

I tend to agree with this assessment.