Matt Dunn > Quotes

“All a woman actually wants is to feel special.”
― Matt Dunn, The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook

“When someone loves you, there's nothing they won't do for you. When they stop loving you, there's nothing they will.”
― Matt Dunn, The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook

“A relationship needs constant attention. It’s a living thing, not just a habit. You’ve got to keep on top of it.”
― Matt Dunn, Best Man

“Because that's what unfaithfulness is, isn't it? A cancer that's always there in the back of your mind, eating away at the foundations of the relationship.”
― Matt Dunn, The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook

“Because that’s what unfaithfulness is, isn’t it? A cancer that’s always there in the back of your mind, eating away at the foundations of the relationship. It’s happened once, it could happen again, so you’re always looking for telltale signs or symptoms to show that it’s reappeared...”
― Matt Dunn, The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook

“Skinny jeans were only good if you had skinny genes.”
― Matt Dunn, A Day at the Office

“All I'm saying is, where relationships are concerned, don't confuse length with strength.”
― Matt Dunn, The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook

“Look at your eyes. You've got bigger bags than Louis Vuitton.”
― Matt Dunn, The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook

“Dan, rabbits who've been fed oysters laced with Viagra don't like sex as much as you do.”
― Matt Dunn, The Ex-Boyfriend's Handbook

“Why, oh why had he taken up Debbie's offer of a free personal training session, and today of all days? There was no way he was going to get ripped abs by this evening, and the muscles he suspected he'd torn in his lower back were hardly the same thing.”
― Matt Dunn, A Day at the Office

“But sometimes you’ve got to seize the day. Be a bit more spontaneous. Say yes to things when they come up, rather than always saying no. Turn every negative into a positive. Otherwise you might be missing out on life.”
― Matt Dunn, Then I Met You

“It’s possible to do everything right and still lose. That’s not a weakness. It’s life.”
― Matt Dunn, Then I Met You

“Patrick raised and lowered his eyebrows in a ‘gotcha!’ kind of way.”
― Matt Dunn, At the Wedding

“Whereas couples who aren’t married stay together because they want to be together.”
― Matt Dunn, At the Wedding

“At the time, it never occurred to me there was a grander life out there than the one I had. I didn’t realize the situation I was in wasn’t healthy. Had no idea I needed to be rescued. A little, I suspect, like Julie feels right now.”
― Matt Dunn, Pug Actually

“He’d admired it in the window of a shop on the Strand when he’d met her for dinner one evening, never expecting her to surprise him with it a couple of days later. Now he could see that perhaps she’d bought it out of guilt, but at the time, he just felt it showed how much she’d loved him. He’d been too wrapped up in their future to see it as just a present. And today, perhaps appropriately, it had stopped. Still, at least he was making good time—for”
― Matt Dunn, A Day at the Office

“point. Married people . . . you’ve always got that divorce thing looming on the horizon, haven’t you?”
― Matt Dunn, At the Wedding

“everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time,”
― Matt Dunn, Home

“because it’s not my dad’s fault he wasn’t the dad I wanted growing up. Just like it’s not his fault he got cancer. Blaming other people for the situation you find yourself in is just a waste of time. And besides, what’s he going to learn if I tell him a few home truths?”
― Matt Dunn, Home

“Is it the lack of opportunity that creates the lack of ambition, or has that always existed? Most of them must have parents who work, or who studied, and who of course want the same thing for their kids. But how do you find that in a town where the major achievement was always seen as escaping it? Eventually”
― Matt Dunn, Home

“bottle of Chardonnay permanently in her fridge for ‘emotional emergencies,’ which”
― Matt Dunn, A Day at the Office

“Maybe it’s living back at my parents’ house, or perhaps going back to school, but somehow, surrounded by all these reminders from my past, in the middle of all the stuff I grew up with, with the people I grew up around, I think I’m finally beginning to understand what ‘home’ means.”
― Matt Dunn, Home

“sometimes you find your path gets blocked, and you have to take a step back – back home, even – to move forward.”
― Matt Dunn, Home

“Watch.” Priya helps herself to another chip from the bowl, then holds it out to me, just out of reach, and though I regard it hungrily I decide not to debase myself by begging. “Just find someone who looks at you the way Doug is looking at this Kettle Chip.”
― Matt Dunn, Pug Actually

“skinny jeans were only good if you had skinny genes, and”
― Matt Dunn, A Day at the Office

“I stare in horror at the tweezers. "I don't know how you women manage to put up with having your legs done. or even, you know, your other bits". Joanna smiles. "You should ask your friend Dan,"she says. 'He'll tell you how it feels'. For a moment I just stare back at her,thinking she's joking, before I cotton on. You're kidding? Dan? I point to my crotch. 'Down there?' Joanna nods. Its very popular nowadays. 'I think the guys believe it makes them look, you know, bigger.' And for the rest of the afternoon, I can't get the phrase 'last turkey in the shop' out of my mind.”
― Matt Dunn

“that”
― Matt Dunn, Home

“True to Dot’s description, he appears to have both hair and teeth. I lick his hand, and when he doesn’t recoil, take that as a good sign, and go in for another, a bit like Julie’s “double-kiss” greeting, though for some reason, Julie seems just as embarrassed by my reaction.”
― Matt Dunn, Pug Actually

“His ‘babe-dar’ suddenly fired and Liam glanced to his left, where he spotted Patrick making his way through reception, Izzy on his arm, so he waved them over.”
― Matt Dunn, At the Wedding