“In the field, one quickly learns that everything that was funny at age ten is funny all over again.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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?”

“If a woman has been married three years or more, you come to learn that she's usually easier to sleep with than a single woman.”

“I want to learn martial arts," he said docilely, "so when I want to killsomeone, I can do something about it.”

“The problem with being a pickup artist is that there are concepts like sincerity, genuineness, trust, and connection that are important to women. And all the techniques that are so effective in beginning a relationship violate every principle necessary to maintaining one.”