79 Quotes by Merle Shain

You can tell a lot about what a man lacks by watching what he is cynical about, and many of us are cynical about love.

when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you.

you have to be very careful when you give to others that you don't tell them how great you are rather than how much you value them.

The answer doesn't lie in learning how to protect ourselves from life-it lies in learning how to become strong enough to let a bit more of it in.

The people in your life are like the pillars on your porch. Sometimes they hold you up, and sometimes they lean on you. Sometimes it's enough to know they are standing by.

The older I get, the clearer it becomes to me that no one is cheated in this world, unless it's by himself.

The day you spend hoping, the day you spend waiting, the day you spend in despair, is a day in your life as much as the tomorrow you hope for, but which may never come, so betting today on tomorrow is always a bad bet.

Girls gave sex to get love and boys gave love to get sex and conning girls was the favorite indoor sport.

There are no perfect men of course, but some are more perfect than others, and we can use all of those we can get.