Jonathan Franzen Quotes

Falling in love indicated that your genes were complementary to those of the loved one. It told you nothing about when your personalities and sexualities were compatible.

I think if you love someone, you think that they're out of your league, of course. I go for the full package though, you know, like not everything is based on looks. I go for talent and funny.

Some say we can't choose who we fall in love with; love chooses us. Sometimes people fall for the complete antithesis of everything they believe they're looking for.

I love how deceptively simple 'love interest' is, you know? Because it encompasses quite a lot, when you think about it.

People fall in love in mysterious ways. Maybe it's all part of a plan.

There are no rules when it comes to love. I just try to let love surprise me because you never know who you’re going to fall in love with. You never know who’s going to come into your life - and for me, when I picture the person I want to end up with, I don’t think about what their career is, or what they look like. I picture the feeling I get when I’m with them.

Let's face it: a date is a job-interview, that lasts all night. The only difference between a date and a job interview is: not many job-interviews is there a chance you'll end up naked at the end of it.

There are three possible parts to a date, of which at least two must be offered: entertainment, food, and affection. It is customary to begin a series of dates with a great deal of entertainment, a moderate amount of food, and the merest suggestion of affection. As the amount of affection increases, the entertainment can be reduced proportionately. When the affection IS the entertainment, we no longer call it dating. Under no circumstances can the food be omitted.

Girls only say I hate you to the guys that they love

Men hate more steadily than they love.

Of all the paths [that] lead to a woman's love Pity's the straightest.

Men learn to love the woman they are attracted to. Women learn to become attracted to the man they fall in love with.

Women with pasts interest men because they hope history will repeat itself.

You meet someone, you care for them, and you fall in love; it's what it is.

I usually end up falling for one of my really good guy friends because I know everything about them, and you fall in love with their personalities, and it makes them become attractive to you in your eyes.

What's really interesting and fun to explore is not just the falling in love and everything being great, but the obstacles to falling in love.

Compatibility is weird. Love is confusing. Love is one wild beast.

Dating is for tools.

People fall in love for mysterious reasons.

It's difficult to say what attracts one person to another. It's always a combination, isn't it? I've always found people interesting because of the way they think, and a sense of humour is irresistible.

You don't really know who you're going to fall in love with at what time in their life. They can be the worst off they've ever been in their life, but you can't help who you fall in love with. That's part of the excitement of life - new people, new experiences.

You can't force chemistry. It's either there or it's not. You can't create it.

There's every reason to think SSRIs blunt your ability to fall and stay in love.

There's no such thing, you know, as picking out the best woman: it's only a question of comparative badness, brother.

Falling in love and having a relationship are two different things.