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> [“He thought women were every bit as intelligent as men, every bit as capable of figuring out how long it would take for train A to crash into train B if the two were moving toward each other at an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/he-thought-women-were-every-bit-as-intelligent-as-men-every-bit-as/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

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## More by Adelle Waldman

> [“...in a certain sense, it's harder for men to say no to sex than it is for women. When a woman says no, nobody's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/in-a-certain-sense-it-s-harder-for-men-to-say-no-to-sex-than-it-is/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“If his relative success hadn't made him happy, it had, on average, made him less unhappy.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/if-his-relative-success-hadn-t-made-him-happy-it-had-on-average-made/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“Of course, these women ought to have listened when he told them he wasn't looking for anything serious. But on a certain level, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/of-course-these-women-ought-to-have-listened-when-he-told-them-he/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“It was not always unpleasant to deal with a hysterical woman. One feels so thoroughly righteous in comparison.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/it-was-not-always-unpleasant-to-deal-with-a-hysterical-woman-one/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“Dating is probably the most fraught human interaction there is. You're sizing people up to see if they're worth your time and attention, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/dating-is-probably-the-most-fraught-human-interaction-there-is-you-re/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“...the belief that success was something that just happened to you, that you just did your thing, and if you were deserving, it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/the-belief-that-success-was-something-that-just-happened-to-you-that/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“Each time Nate saw her, Elisa’s beauty struck him anew, as if in the interval the memory of what she actually looked like had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/each-time-nate-saw-her-elisa-s-beauty-struck-him-anew-as-if-in-the/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“Once she’d remarked, for example, that the problem, even for socialist countries, is that those people who are deeply committed to ideals of any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/once-she-d-remarked-for-example-that-the-problem-even-for-socialist/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“He would have denied it, even to himself -deemed it a laughable affectation- but it seemed to him now that he had always secretly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/he-would-have-denied-it-even-to-himself-deemed-it-a-laughable/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“As he tore his eyes from the books to meet hers, he was, as a matter of fact, nearly overwhelmed by sadness. It gusted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/as-he-tore-his-eyes-from-the-books-to-meet-hers-he-was-as-a-matter-of/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“Many of those late nights, when he'd paced his apartment, his mind roaming the world he'd painstakingly created and could finally inhabit - moving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/many-of-those-late-nights-when-he-d-paced-his-apartment-his-mind/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“He had a bad habit of initially zeroing in on one or two things he liked about every new girl he found himself interested…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/he-had-a-bad-habit-of-initially-zeroing-in-on-one-or-two-things-he/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“I’m sure a lot of it is my fault,” he said. He smiled ruefully. “And by a lot, I mean all.” “Ah, the self-deprecating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/i-m-sure-a-lot-of-it-is-my-fault-he-said-he-smiled-ruefully-and-by-a/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“...good drivers are people who can put their brains on cruise control.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/good-drivers-are-people-who-can-put-their-brains-on-cruise-control/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

> [“What began, after a few more minutes, to irritate him was that she didn’t even attempt to be engaging—made no effort toward wit or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adelle-waldman/what-began-after-a-few-more-minutes-to-irritate-him-was-that-she-didn/)

[Adelle Waldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adelle-waldman/)

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