Best Modern Romance Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“The world always said to just be yourself, but it turned out when Evelyn was herself, no guys were at all interested, so she was left with games of make-believe, expressing enthusiasm for whatever the men wanted to do, be it rock climbing or going to a cheese-beer pairing or a Knicks game.”

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Book:Everybody Rise

Source: Everybody Rise

“I quickly found the dating/hookup app to be a dangerous addition to my iPhone. A friend recommended it after shit hit the fan with my boyfriend. With enough breakups under my belt, I knew that the healthiest remedy was a solid rebound fuck or two. Tinder made it easy- too easy. Suddenly, I could sit in traffic, on the toilet, or in line at the DMV and carelessly swipe, swipe, swipe my way to dick-on-delivery. Tinder selections are based on proximity via smart phones, so there are tons of tourists, travelers, and young professionals on business trips swiping through new hunting grounds. Its loose, easy-come-easy-go method made hookups as convenient as picking up lunch. Tinder’s nonchalance went both ways. We had nothing to lose.”

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Author:Maggie Young

“Seasoned digital daters are like lions who have had their prey killed, butchered, and served to them on a tray in their artificial habitat for so long that they’ve forgotten how to hunt.”

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Author:Maggie Young

“Deposit a million as a token of my love, darling." "Go on, put your love on a pedestal and proclaim it loudly for the world to hear.”

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Author:Samraat Singh

“Hi, Anya. Can I join you?" Anya looked up from her meal with a dour expression. "I'm not a blond." An obvious statement, it made no sense without a context. She added, "I'm not a twig." "You're not a twig, that's also true." He gave her a smile, curious where this was going.”

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Book:Anya

Source: Anya

“Honestly? I actually prefer to be a little intellectually intimidated by the women I love.”

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Book:Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

Source: Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

“In my early twenties, I treated sex like a bartering system, trading giving for receiving, feeling victorious when I’d received more pleasure, and swindled when I’d given more. As I matured, sex became a bond that was only gratifying when both parties were equally satisfied.”

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Author:Maggie Young

“I am inside her head, but I am utterly incapable of being in her life. We are best friends in the gutter and total strangers in the light.”

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Book:Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

Source: Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

“This experiment has made it very clear that the majority of my day is spent on my phone or laptop, trying to figure out both where, and with whom, I am dining. And now, I'm reading my book on an iPad for an audio recording, so you, you lazy piece of shit, could listen to me, instead of reading the book yourself.”

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Author:Aziz Ansari

“While we may think we know what we want, we’re often wrong".”

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Book:Modern Romance

Source: Modern Romance

“That's the thing about the Internet: It doesn't simply help us find the best thing out there; it has helped to produce the idea that there is a best thing and, if we search hard enough, we can find it. And in turn there are a whole bunch of inferior things that we'd be foolish to choose.”

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Book:Modern Romance

Source: Modern Romance

“Stop outsourcing your emotional fulfillment to a man exhibiting hot and cold behavior. The most powerful women in the dating world know that committing to a relationship is a liability, not an automatic benefit. They know choosing the wrong partner means wasting their time building up a toxic man only for him to go cosplay emotional maturity for someone else. Women with emotional mastery invest in themselves and don’t overexplain their high standards. They speak with their actions and detach.”

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Book:Power: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse

Source: Power: Surviving and Thriving After Narcissistic Abuse

“I want her sharp. I want her cunning. I want to look at her across a room full of plastic smiles and hollow conversations and think: She is out of my league in ways I don't even understand yet.”

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Book:Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

Source: Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

“I want to engage in a conversation that feels like a knife fight in a phone booth, and if she can’t mentally back me into a corner and hold a blade to my throat, what are we even doing?”

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Book:Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

Source: Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

“I want to look into her eyes and feel utterly, comprehensively outmatched.”

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Book:Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

Source: Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

“What do you mean we never dated, and yet I am still not over you?”

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Book:Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”

Source: Notes From Exile: The "Manual for the Broken”