Daniel Tammet Quotes

I've learned that sometimes love is not enough. You can have a soul mate and be madly in love with that person, but it's not necessarily enough. I think you have to have personalities that mesh well. You have to be the yin to their yang. You also have to be open to figuring things out together and communicating even when it's the last thing you want to do.

If you made a list of reasons why any couple got married, and another list of the reasons for their divorce, you'd have a hell of a lot of overlapping.

The whole idea of love is scary - so is being with someone for the rest of your life and being happy with them for the rest of your life. There's lots of research to suggest that, actually, love's not really that simple.

I'm no genius, but I'm real smart in one area - I picked the right mate.

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.

To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job.

Every relationship has its complications.

Maintaining marriage seems to be tougher than fatherhood: apparently it's the most difficult thing in the world.

You have to be with the right person. It's so much more important to meet the right person, whether you're married or not, than it is to get married and get a divorce.

Love is hard.

The most important thing - and I've said it a hundred times and I'll say it a hundred times - if you marry a man, marry the right one.

Opposites may attract, but I wouldn't put my money on a relationship of financial opposites.

Finding the right person can be so hard that often, when a person finally finds someone she or he is comfortable with, she or he just makes it work.

I think it's a mistake if people just fall in love and think that that's the only thing you need to keep you happy. There's a lot more to being with someone than just love.

Finding a job is hard enough, but have you ever considered the odds and the challenges of finding a good man?

Being in a successful marriage is no different than being cast in a successful movie. It's all about who you pick; in that first moment, did you pick the right person? I think you need to pick somebody who's more interested in being married than in getting married.

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.

I really admire people who have long-distance relationships. It's an incredible achievement. I couldn't do it.

Marriage is miserable unless you find the right person that is your soulmate and that takes a lot of looking.

I know for me the subject of how to be in a relationship is precious and complicated and challenging.

You connect with who you connect with, and if your feelings are strong enough then you'll make that work.

I was very young when we got married and I don't know why it worked out like it did or how I was smart enough to know that this was the right guy, but somehow I got lucky.

I can imagine it's hard to make a relationship last. I wouldn't know.

I mean... in life... what relationship is easy?

I think we all cheer for couples who just seem right together and go the distance.