Fear makes you docile.

there are only so many ways to get rejected or ignored. It doesn't hurt at all anymore because why should someone who's a complete stranger have any control over your sense of selfworth?

Men are a hundred times worse than you can imagine. We are thinking the worst, shallowest thoughts, all the time.

If there was anything I'd learned, it's that the man never chooses the woman. All he can do is give her an opportunity to choose him.

He was telling the students about the hypnotic technique of using quotes in a conversation. An idea is more palatable ... if it comes from someone else. The unconscious thinks in terms of content and structure. If you introduce a pattern with the words, 'My friend was telling me,' the critical part of her mind shuts off.

It’s not lying, it’s flirting.

When it comes to meeting and attracting women, many men are resigned and complacent. We figure some guys were born with that particular power and other guys weren't. I wasn't.