Approach Quote by Steve Martin

“Mirabelle is not affected by a man's failure to approach her, as her own self-deprecating attitude never allows the idea that he would in…

— Steve Martin

“Mirabelle, who never takes credit for her attractiveness, believes it is not she he is responding to, but rather something independent of her.”

— Steve Martin

If he thinks he would harm Mirabelle, he would back away. But he does not yet understand when and how people are hurt. He…

— Steve Martin

“All this in no way discounts her attractiveness. Mirabelle is attractive; it's just that she is never the first or second girl chosen.”

— Steve Martin

For a while, Mirabelle believes there will be a moment when he will cave in and let himself love her, but eventually she lets…

— Steve Martin

“Mirabelle's ambition is about one-tenth of 1 percent of what would be called normal. ... She is not aware that some people fight like…

— Steve Martin

Only then does he realize what he has done to Mirabelle, how wanting a square inch of her and not all of her has…

— Steve Martin

“In spite of her depression, Mirabelle likes to think of herself as humourous. She can, when the occasion calls, become a wisecracker and buoyant…

— Steve Martin

A gentleman never uses a woman in moments of weakness.

— Miranda H

But Catherine did not know her own advantages - did not know that a good-looking girl, with an affectionate heart and a very ignorant…

— Jane Austen

Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female…

— Alexander Pope

“In real life women often complain about the reluctance of their male partners to engage in meaningful dialogue, but in the world of romantic…

— Linda Barlow and Jayne Ann Krentz