Amanda de Cadenet Quotes

Back in the day I had a tendency to fall in love with people who were very challenging to be in a relationship with. But truth was I just loved the fire and the drama.

I'm drawn to bad romances.

For some unknown reason, bad-boys draw you in despite the fact that they are jerks.

I'm attracted to heartbreakers.

For me, the most interesting people are ones who often work against their best interests. Bad choices. They go in directions where you go, 'No no no nooo!' You push away someone who is trying to love you, you hurt someone who's trying to get your trust, or you love someone you shouldn't.

I think so many young girls get caught up in the challenge of being with somebody who's dangerous, who's bad, who's enticing, who's all of those things, and you forget what it's like to enjoy simple love.

I pick the wrong kinds of guys, but they're so hot.

See, I will always have this penchant for what I call kamikaze women. I call them kamikazes because they, you know they crash their plane, they're self-destructive. But they crash into you, and you die along with them.

I knew what love was supposed to be: obsession with undertones of nausea.

Oh, my, yes. I was raised in this Southern culture where if a guy was sarcastic, that just meant he didn't know how to show his love - but secretly he cared! I completely bought that. The men I chased and the things I put up with - it was criminal.

I think there are times in a lot of people's pasts where they've unintentionally fallen in love with really damaged people. You go out with someone who's a mess so you can feel less of a mess.

I'm a guy who has problems with moderation. All or nothing. Binge and purge. Kill or be killed. Gray is not a color I wear well. I should be dead. I know that. I should not be successful. I know that too. My daily existence is a toss of the coin - one side, fear, the other side, gratitude.

I'm a bad girl. I always fall for good guys.

What is it about women that they just go right for the guy that totally repulses them?

Right now the only people I can really fall in love with are people who don't really, truly want me around. Now why do I do that?

I have breakups that I can credit to every song. In my twenties, I picked people who would create that dysfunction and drama, so I could draw upon it.

I drink too much, I smoke too much, I take pills too much, I work too much, I girl around too much, I everything too much.

Oh, I've been in love with every woman I've ever worked with.

That's not a villain, that's a man whose a victim of being in love with the wrong one.

What feeds me destroys me.

I've always been the kind of woman who had a man in her life even when he was the wrong man.

For a century, women have binged on romance novels that encouraged them to associate intimidation with infatuation; it's no wonder that this emotional hangover still lingers.

If you have a history of being attracted to people who have failed you in relationships, find people that aren't so exciting and aren't quite so attractive. Try that on for size and see if you can tolerate that.

I am attracted to bad people because they are very human.

When we prolong negative behavior - the kind that hurts the people we love or the kind that hurts us in some way - we are leading a changeless life in the most hazardous manner. We are willfully choosing to be miserable and making others miserable, too.