Pae Natthakit

“Play the psychoanalyst: make cutting comments concerning their unconscious motives (you are only being truthful), then sit back and listen. Your silence will goad them into embarrassing admissions. Leaven your judgments with occasional praise and they will strive to please you, like dogs.”
― Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction

“And the most dangerous of their weapons was insinuation—the means by which Madame cast her spell on the young man, making him seem the aggressor, giving her the night of pleasure she desired, and safeguarding her guiltless reputation, all in one stroke.”
― Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction

“Some people, too, are inveterately passive: they are waiting for you to make the bold move, and if you don’t, they will think you are weak.”
― Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction

“we have of seeing love and romance as some kind of sacred, magical realm where things just fall into place, if they are meant to. This might seem romantic and quaint, but it is really just a cover for our laziness.”
― Robert Greene, The Art of Seduction