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Quotes About Compatibility

She's tough for a blueblood, he'd thought, a lifetime ago. Maybe tough enough to be with him. He hadn't considered that he might not be tough enough to be with her.
~ Cinda Williams Chima
But I know how this romantic stuff works: one girl's perfect guy is another girl's reject. And right now I'm glad of it.
~ Claire LaZebnik
Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.
~ Hesiod
You think I don't deserve him," I say to Cardan. He smiles slowly, like the moon slipping beneath the waves of the lake. "Oh no, I think you're perfect for each other.
~ Holly Black
You think I don't deserve him,' I say to Cardan. He smiles slowly, like the moon slipping beneath the waves of the lake. 'Oh no, I think you're perfect for each other.
~ Holly Black
The problem is that Sophie would't want to date the sort of man who would want to date her.
~ Liane Moriarty
Ellen had always assumed she would marry young and have a relationship like theirs. She thought she was that sort of person. Traditional. Nice. As if nice girls always found nice boys. As if "niceness" was all that was necessary to maintain a relationship.
~ Liane Moriarty
Certain people bring out certain traits in each other. Don't you think? If I had a husband, for example, who said, 'Your typing makes my brain work batter,' I would not be so ashamed of my impulse to work.
~ Lily King
One of the things I learned with Charles," said Gray carefully, "was that finding someone like you does not necessarily mean that either of you should be that way.
~ Lionel Shriver
maybe it's inevitable that the very things that first attract you to someone are the same things with which you later grow irritated.
~ Lionel Shriver
You're far too prickly tempered to be a mistress. You're far better suited as a wife.
~ Lisa Kleypas
If you won't marry me for the sake of your own honor, then do it for the sake of everyone who would have to tolerate me otherwise. Marry me because I need someone who will help me to laugh at myself. Because someone has to teach me how to whistle. Marry me, Lillian… because I have the most irresistible fascination for your ears.
~ Lisa Kleypas
I've always thought it was about finding the right person. But it's about choosing the right person, isn't it?
~ Lisa Kleypas
Very well," Beatrix said reluctantly. "But I warn you, they may be resistant to the match." "I'm resistant to the match," Christopher informed her. "At least we'll have that in common.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Great men don't nessarily make good husbands.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Sometimes when we're not paying attention, relation-ships happen. There is no rule that requires two people in love to be exactly alike.
~ Lisa Kleypas
Roy received my comments with a forced smile. "Hardy, didn't I warn you not to date a woman who reads?" Hardy seemed amused by my outspokenness. "Keeps the arguing to a minimum," he replied. "No point in trying when I know she's going to win.
~ Lisa Kleypas
It's just . . . I'd like you to find some nice guy with no weird fuckin' baggage." I had to laugh. My irritation vanished, and I reached over to pat his hand. "If you ever meet one," I said, "let me know.
~ Lisa Kleypas
But I think if it's the right person, you wouldn't have to work so hard at intimacy. I think—hope—it would just happen naturally. Otherwise, opening up to the wrong person..." I made a face. "Like putting ammo in their hands.
~ Lisa Kleypas
We talk about honesty, but the reality is we have lots of human values, and they are not all compatible. We don't always tell the truth about everything, no matter what the consequences.
~ Dan Ariely
OS X is sweet: it's simple and intuitive, and I think GNOME shares a lot of values with it.
~ Nat Friedman
Go for the girl who can eat a proper meal. If she's passionate about food, you'll most likely be fortunate in other venues.
~ Liz Vassey
The American fantasy of love is the 'meet-cute,' 'Love at first sight,' and 'You had me at hello!' The completely spontaneous version of accidental love, which doesn't care about demographics and social compatibility.
~ Susan Straight
Dog People should be with Dog People and vice versa. If you're into chasing cars, it's hard to relate to someone who compulsively bats yarn.
~ Jen Lancaster