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I suppose it was that in courtship everything is regarded as provisional and preliminary, and the smallest sample of virtue or accomplishment is taken to guarantee delightful stores which the broad leisure of marriage will reveal. But the door-sill of marriage once crossed, expectation is concentrated on the present. Having once embarked on your marital voyage, it is impossible not to be aware that you make no way and that the sea is not within sight—that, in fact, you are exploring an enclosed basin. ↗

— George Eliot

#marriage #dating

Tall men are the most romantically successful group on earth, bar none: more successful than rich people, accomplished people and educated people. ↗

— Arianne Cohen

#height #dating

Science [is] that wonderfully convenient personification of the opinions, at a certain date, of Professors X, Y, and Z.... ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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Frustrated, Ria threw down her napkin and rose to her feet. "If he's that great, you marry him. I will not marry a man who hasn't even attempted to French-kiss me the entire year we've been 'dating.'" Her parents yelled her name, but Jet's incredulous voice drowned them out. "Seriously? Not even a little tongue? You're right-- dude is lame. ↗

— Nalini Singh

#ria #tongue #dating

Hmmm. What you’re saying is that you’ve never been kissed?” He picked at a string on the blanket under us. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#first-kiss #glass-girl #henry-whitmire #laura-anderson-kurk #love

I'm going to put the moves on her,' he says gravely. 'Things might get weird.' He says it like a commando setting up a midnight raid. Like: Sure, this is going to be extraordinarily dangerous, but don't worry. I've done it before. ↗

— Robin Sloan

#funny #nerds #dating

Even though we've been dating over a year, I still get a small thrill when i hear the words my girlfriend come out of his mouth, especially when he emphasizes the first word the way he was doing now. I had been awake for five minutes and already he had called me twice. I kind of liked this possessive thing. ↗

— Alicia Thompson

#psych-major-syndrome #dating

We want to stay on the straight and narrow path and serve God, yet we continue a practice that often pulls us in the wrong direction. ↗

— Joshua Harris

#dating #love #attitude

The story of a life can be as long or as short as the teller wishes. Whether the life is tragic or enlightened, the classic gravestone inscription marking simply the dates of birth and death has, in its brevity, much to recommend it. ↗

— Michel Houellebecq

#death #story #dating

** The fall semester will offer such classes as Learning When to Shut Up, Asking for Directions, Chick Flicks 101 and The Art of Loading the Dishwasher (Lab Fee Extra) ↗

— K. Larsen

#humor #art