All the Rules Quotes

“Friends and colleagues meet halfway. Men (real men) pick up women at their apartments or offices for dates.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“treat the men we wanted like the men we didn’t want.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“Men love independent women because they leave them alone. They love chasing women who are busy. It gives them a thrill, as big as a touchdown or a home run.”
― Ellen Fein, The Rules (TM): Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“Because you love yourself, you are no longer interested in men who ignore you, cheat on you, hurt you either physically or emotionally, and, of course, any man who can live without you.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“We accept that some people don’t want us and we go on to the next. We don’t force people to love us.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“Your life is never on the edge because of a man.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“Maybe she was born with it. Maybe it’s Maybelline”)”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“remind yourself that you are a very fulfilled person—stable, functional, and happy—with a career, friends, and hobbies, and that you are perfectly capable of living with or without him. You are not an empty vessel waiting for him to fill you up, support you, or give you a life. You are alive and enthusiastic, engaged in work and in living fully on your own.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“You told yourself that you don’t have to do anything more on the date than show up. He’ll either love you or not. It’s not your fault if he doesn’t call again. You’re beautiful, inside and out. Someone else will love you if he doesn’t.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“You don’t grovel. You’re not desperate or anxious. You don’t date men who don’t want you. You trust in the abundance and goodness of the universe: if not him, someone better, you say. You don’t settle. You don’t chase anyone. You don’t use sex to make men love you.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“You stop waiting anxiously for the phone to ring—because you’re too busy living and pursuing your goals whether he calls or not.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right

“In the romantic world, there’s only one way that truly works. The man must be attracted to and then pursue the woman.”
― Ellen Fein, All the Rules: Time-Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right