“Admittedly, most high school guys lack emotional intelligence. They develop it later in life."I smiled. "Are you telling me guys are dumb?”

“He's not the most popular guy in school. He's not the hottest guy to ever live. But to me, he's everything.”

“This guy in high school tried to run me over with his dad’s SUV. Bad shoved the vehicle through a store window.” The memory brought a smile to my face.”

“You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.”

“He just wasn’t the guy, you know? I want the guy. The everything guy. Not the dumb Prince Charming, nauseatingly-perfect everything guy. That’s pathetic. I want the flaws-and-all everything guy.”

“I crushed on the most popular guy in school! I saw him at a concert and I shouted out," Is that Shane Lopes? You were the most popular guy in my class, but you never wanted to go out with me. Instead it was Amanda Wayne. What are you thinking now?”