I wasn’t a misogynist when I started this, Tyler replied. But you get good and you start sleeping with all these women who have boyfriends, and you stop trusting women.A side effect of sarging is that...
Being alone was the best thing I ever did for myself. I’ve always gone from one relationship to another, hoping the other person would help me figure out who I was or complete me and make me feel whol...
Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it's a relationship, a business or a hobby.
The strong live off the weak and the clever live off the strong.
The sins of the parents are the destinies of their children. Unless the children wake up and do something about it.
One of the things I'd learned ... was how to take a compliment. Just say, Thank you. It's the only response a confident person can make.
He was the only person I could talk to who wasn’t afraid to take chances and make changes to pursue his dreams. Everyone else I knew always said, Later; Mystery said, Now, and that was an intoxicating...
Among the required reading for all PUAs were books on evolutionary theory: The Red Queen by Matt Ridley, The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins, Sperm Wars by Robin Baker. You read them, and you understa...
We get stuck in old thought and behavior patterns that may have been effective when we were twelve months or twelve years old, but now only serve to hold us back. And, while those around us may have n...
The PUAs have a name for this: They call it one-itis. It’s a disease AFCs get: They become obsessed with a girl they’re neither dating nor sleeping with, and then start acting so needy and nervous aro...
I used to think that the term inner child was a ridiculous metaphor invented to remind responsibility-burdened adults to lighten up occasionally and just have fun. But it turns out that the inner chil...
You don't shower or shave for a month, until you smell like a sewer. Then you walk around for two weeks wearing a dress and a goalie mask with a dildo strapped to the front. That's what I did. And I w...
That's when I started to leave it behind. I realized that I got my entire validation from women. Women became like gods to me, but false gods.
One of the reasons I became a writer is that, unlike starting a band, directing movies, or acting in a theatrical production, you can do it alone. Your success and failure depend entirely on yourself.
If there was anything I'd learned, it's that the man never chooses the woman. All he can do is give her an opportunity to choose him.
I used to think that a good relationship meant always getting along. But the secret, I realize, is that when one person shuts down or throws a fit, the other needs to stay in the adult ego state. If b...
Every word, every step, every action is irreversible. If we step in front of a moving car, if we sign a contract we haven’t read, if we betray the person we love, the best we can do is try to clean up...
Used to think that intelligence came from books and knowledge and rational thought. But that’s not intelligence: It’s just information and interpretation. Real intelligence is when your mind and your...
There are only so many ways to get rejected or ignored. It doesn't hurt at all anymore because why should someone who's a complete stranger have any control over your sense of selfworth?
You know what else I did?' he yelled after me as I left. I fingered her!I turned back to look at him. He made me laugh. He pretended to be so confused and helpless, but maybe he was smarter than all o...