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"Long distance relationships do not rely on physical love, long distance relationships are driven by the love that inspires your heart, mind and soul."

"Sleep,” he says. “I'll fight the bad dreams off if they come to get you.” “With what?” “My bare hands, obviously."

"Love falls in love with love; comes like an echo sounding back, searches its mirrored shadow within a look."

"When a man has seen the woman whom he would have chosen if he had intended to marry speedily, his remaining a bachelor will usually depend on her resolution rather than on his."

"When I lost her I gained the future, because she was my past, and she freed me to become who I was born to be."

"Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own."

"It is the same way with dating. The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don't need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose."

"Every couple has ups and downs, every couple argues, and that’s the thing—you’re a couple, and couples can’t function without trust."

"You know your problem, Quentin? You keep expecting people not to be themselves."

"I find Bukowski to be so edgy, gritty, and daring that he oozes romance, and if couples read him in bed they would appreciate what they have."

"...the opposite of love is not hate -- it's apathy. It's not giving a damn. If somebody hates me, they must "feel"something ... or they couldn't possibly hate. Therefore, there's some way in which I can get to them."

"Often romantic relationships fail because you are trying to get someone to fall in love with the YOU that you never discovered."

"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't being said. The art of reading between the lines is a life long quest of the wise."

"I had a dream about you. You suggested to split the profits, so I did. I threw one half in the furnace to power the steam engine, and the other half in the air to distract our pursuers."

"Her love was too cold, like an anti-oven. That's called a freezer, and sometimes it burns food. She gave me heartburn, just like coffee, and it really woke me up to the reality of relationships."

"How do new watches catch up with old watches that have had more time to get a head start? This is what I pondered while I waited on her to fall in love with me."

"I once loved a girl who almost loved me, but not as much as she loved John Cusack."

"Anything disguised as anything is chameleon. A ghost disguised as an unobservable and invisible object is a great example. Still, that’s easier to see than the love my ex wife had for me."

"I had to hand it to him, leaving the empty glove lying on the bed was an apt metaphor for love. Two things I can say about my grandpa are that he is wise, and his left hand is probably cold."

"The manlier you are, the harder it is to understand what a woman wants: there is not a hint of female brain in you."