Quotes About Courtship

Vin looked down at the handkerchief. Whena nobleman wants to court a lady seriously, he gives her a handkerchief.

I can be incredibly boring.' 'That's not a weapon.' 'It might not be one in war, Tress,' he said, 'But in courtship? It is as fine a weapon as the sharpest rapier. You know how I go on. And on. And on.

Try not to flirt with the girl," Wit whispered. "Young Adolin seems to be growing possessive. Or... what am I saying? Flirt with the girl, Kaladin. It might make the prince's eyes bulge.

What young man had ever paraded about that way, without a reason, a maiden in her flower? And

A deal is like chasing a girl. You work on it until she says, 'Yes,' for a date.

Courting is the art of growing like mould on the one you want.

If the Methodists have arranged marriages," I said, "what would you say the UUs have—love matches?" "Love matches based on a very brief courtship." "And which method do you think is more effective?" "Honestly? When professionals decide, it's cleaner. Search committees are amateurs

In love, first please the eye, then win the heart.

We love flattery, even though we are not deceived by it, because it shows that we are of importance enough to be courted.

Be merry, and employ your chiefest thoughts To courtship and such fair ostents of love As shall conveniently become you there.

Was ever woman in this humour wooed? Was ever woman in this humour won?

If this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with her.

In his writings, Patton was shameless about his ambition to woo Lena to be his bride. He detailed the gradual progress he made, playing music for her on his violin, writing her poems, beguiling her with stories, engaging her in conversation. It was clear that he obsessed over her. He knew what he wanted and never relented until she was his.

Romancin' is verra important, ye ken. Basically it's a way the boy can get close to the girl wi'oot her attackin' him and scratchin' his eyes oot.

Romancin' is verrae important, ye ken. Basically it's a way the boy can get close to the girl wi'oot her attackin' him and scratchin' his eyes oot.

I'm a good juggler. If you want to court a woman, you need to be able to juggle five balls, fire, and knives.

Distinguish yourself [...] in an age where girls often make themselves too available to boys, by making him work a little for your attention. He'll think he's won a prize when he gets it, and he'll work that much harder to keep it. Boys turn into men and men put a premium on what's hard to get.

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.

Fending him off became more of a ritual courtship than a defence, until the performance just had to reach its logical conclusion: a night under the stars communing with the Goddess. Cabochan had half hoped his and Jordan's physical union would be a failure. Fate had decreed otherwise.

Very unusual. American women aren't like this, typically. They want to be wooed. Sweet-talked. Romanced. They want a big fantasy first. Reality comes later. I never have luck with American women.

It is customary for those who wish to have the most beautiful ones to endeavourer to offer them gifts of those things which they hold most precious in order to win their hearts.

I would court you, with all the grace and courtesy that you deserve,

Allow your relationship to progress at its own pace. Enjoy each moment of each date, the courtship, the friendship, and the natural progression to commitment. If it is meant to be, it will happen.

Although passionate, she required a more complex wooing. The groom's taste ran to more easily available conquests. (Or, as a future scholar would tactfully put it, "Henry needed much affection, openly expressed.")