Ramona

“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.”
― Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

“I've never trusted collaborations, because most people in this world are not closers. They don't finish what they start; they don't live what they dream; they sabotage their own progress because they're afraid they won't find what they seek.”
― Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

“In fact, every woman I met seemed disposable and replaceable. I was experiencing seducer's paradox: The better a seducer I became, the less I loved women. Success was no longer defined by getting laid or finding a girlfriend, but by how well I performed.”
― Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists

“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?”
― Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists