“What I personally knew about courting women could comfortably fit into a thimble without taking it off your finger first.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts To courtship and such fair ostents of love As shall conveniently become you there. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
There are so many spiders, and their rituals, their mating rituals, their courtship ritual, can be very, very different. — Isabella Rossellini Copy Share Image
“If this was cynical, then we must allow that all courtship is cynical.” — Zoë Heller Copy Share Image
A man is in no danger so long as he talks his love; but to write it is to impale himself on… — Douglas William Jerrold Copy Share Image
The aesthetic pleasure of dance is a secondary reflection of the primary, vital joy of courtship. — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
The days just prior to marriage are like a snappy introduction to a tedious book. — Wilson Mizner Copy Share Image
God has put into the heart of man love and the boldness to sue, and into the heart of woman fear and… — Margaret of Valois Copy Share Image
Fogs are like dreams that feed the soul, and without their mysterious embrace, childhood, courtship, poetry and the composition of music become… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I don't believe in courtship, It's just a waste of time. If I love a person, I'll tell here, right away. For… — Mizhan Copy Share Image
“In summer a young rooster’s fancy turns to…how can I say this delicately? The most ham-fisted attempts at courtship I’ve ever had… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Human courtship is about showing off what you have, and hoping that somebody, somewhere can appreciate it, if it's about anything.” — Bradford Tuckfield Copy Share Image
I dread success. To have succeeded is to have finished one's business on earth, like the male spider, who is killed by… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
With extramarital courtship, the deception was prolonged where it had been ephemeral, necessary where it had been frivolous, conspiratorial where it had… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
“I'll never miss a chance to remind you of what a brat you were. A gloriously beautiful and very spoiled brat. I… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Horses (thou say'st) and asses men may try, And ring suspected vessels ere they buy; But wives, a random choice, untried they… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
I had one last try. "Does it bother you that I'm not a virgin?" He hesitated a moment before answering. "Well, no,"… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Sexual behavior in our species goes through three characteristic phases: pair formation, precopulatory activity, and copulation, usually but not always in that… — Desmond Morris Copy Share Image
I never understood exactly why people get engaged--The only time I ever did the most disastrous things happened--but I feel that there's… — John Dos Passos Copy Share Image
No serious courtship or engagement or marriage is worth the name if we do not fully invest all that we have in… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When… — Roxane Gay Copy Share Image
“I just called you corny and said you were wearing a green dress. That's, like, the least flirtatious thing anyone's ever said."… — Claire LaZebnik Copy Share Image
“I flapped my hand, dismissing the matter of outlawry as a minor consideration, compared to the whole monstrous idea. I had one… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Jazz celebrates older generations and not just the youth movement. When you "sell" only to people of a certain age, you get… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
“You’ve always been so agreeable,” he remarked with something of a rueful tone. “I don’t understand why you haven’t told me to… — Kathryn Smith Copy Share Image
“little. “I know we haven’t known each other long,” he continued, “but it’s been long enough for me to realize that you’re… — Jody Hedlund Copy Share Image
“I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“In other words, you'll pretend to be someone else in order to snag a husband." "Oh, for heaven's sake," she said defensively,… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
“[God] seems so much 'for us' these days. I have not lost one nameable thing by putting her and our whole affair… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
“You realize that is you allow me to court you, all your opposition to marriage is going to have to be reconsidered."… — Sarah MacLean Copy Share Image
“...I dare say if you'd asked him plumply what he meant in regard to the young lady, he would have told you… — William Dean Howells Copy Share Image
“What is wrong with the [tale of] Two Swords?" he asked, even more surprised. "Don't you care for it?" "There is too… — Lynn Kurland Copy Share Image
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![“[God] seems so much 'for us' these days. I have not lost one nameable thing by putting her and our whole affair in the simplest way possible into His hands. There has been no careful planning, no worrying over details in the matter. I have simply recognized love in me, declared it to her, and to…” quote by Elisabeth Elliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c6/elisabeth-elliot-1209_christian_god-seems-so-much-for-us-these-days-i-ha_3023004.jpg)
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