211 Quotes by Neil Strauss

"After all, everyone’s favorite subject is themselves."

"The underlying cause of most unfulfilled lives is that we are simply too close to ourselves to see clearly enough to get out of our own way."

"Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments."

"We have this idea that love is supposed to last forever. But love isn’t like that. It’s a free-flowing energy that comes and goes when it pleases. Sometimes it stays for life; other times it stays for a second, a day, a month, or a year. So don’t fear love when it comes simply because it makes you vulnerable. But don’t be surprised when it leaves, either. Just be glad you had the opportunity to experience it."

"Life’s too short to be stuck in your own past."

"But now, everything I once thought I liked about myself has been turned into a symptom of something wrong with me. I’m told over and over by addiction experts not to trust anything I say, think, or feel. They tell me I need to build self-esteem from within. Yet in order to do that, I have to accept that I’m broken, shattered, stigmatized, diseased, and traumatized – and all that does is make me want to throw myself off a rooftop so I can start all over again."

"In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out."

"Beauty is common but what’s rare is a great energy and outlook on life. Tell me, what do you have inside that would make me want to know you as more than a mere face in the crowd?” If she begins to list qualities, this is a positive IOI. 12."

"When it comes to meeting and attracting women, many men are resigned and complacent. We figure some guys were born with that particular power and other guys weren’t. I wasn’t."

"A pick-up artist gave me a good piece of advice: the three most important things in a relationship are honesty, trust and respect, and if you don’t have those, you don’t have love."