quotations about flirting
Her heart consenteth before her lips say: Yea; and in this interval lieth her Paradise; wherefore she would prolong it.
GELETT BURGESS
The Maxims of Methuselah
Flirting is like an inactive volcano that can become active any moment.
AARON BEN-ZE'EV
Love Online
It rarely happens otherwise than that a thorough-faced coquette dies in celibacy, as a punishment for her attempts to mislead others, by encouraging looks, words, or actions, given for no other purpose than to draw men on to make overtures that they may be rejected.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
letter to Eleanor Parke Custis, Jan. 16, 1795
Embarrassment sweeps through me. Flirting. A dirty word. He thinks I think he's flirting. "I'm not--I don't think you were--I would never think that you--" The words collide in my mouth, and now I know there's no amount of darkness that can cover the rush of red to my face. He cocks his head to the side. "Are you flirting with me, then?" "What? No," I splutter. My mind is spinning blindly in a panic, and I realize I don't even know what flirting is. I just know about it from textbooks; I just know that it's bad. Is it possible to flirt without knowing you're flirting? Is he flirting? My left eye goes full flutter.
LAUREN OLIVER
Delirium
Flirtation was already outside Marian's expertise, but trying to seem receptive to his advances was all the harder when he made none.
MEAGAN SPOONER
Sherwood
For some people, flirting is how they relate to others. They laugh, they make eyes, they touch arms, and they shower people with compliments. They're naturally flirty, and that part of their personality doesn't go away once they're in a monogamous relationship or marriage. Yet, many people may consider their partner's flirting as a form of cheating, or at least a red flag that they aren't all-in on the relationship.
KASANDRA BRABAW
"It's Okay to Flirt Even If You're In a Relationship", Refinery 29, September 28, 2018
Or light or dark, or short or tall, she sets a spring to snare them all; all's one to her--above her fan, she'd make sweet eyes at Caliban.
THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH
"Coquette"
Here she comes, that little town flirt
You're falling for her and you're gonna get hurt
Yeah, I know it's so hard to resist
The temptation of her tender red lips
SMOKIE
"Little Town Flirt"
She was so fresh in that dress
Flirting's such a bore
Why can't she just walk up to me and say
You're the man I'm looking for?
RIGHT SAID FRED
"Upon My Heart", Up
Flirting is a woman's trade, one must keep in practice.
CHARLOTTE BRONTE
attributed, Love Stinks
The amount of women in London who flirt with their own husbands is perfectly scandalous.
OSCAR WILDE
The Importance of Being Earnest
Sex without flirting is like dance withou music.
ANONYMOUS
Cosmopolitan, 1984
Flirting is an essential part of survival. It allows us to make contact with and then mate with the opposite sex. Without flirting, we wouldn't be able to have offspring, and humans would become extinct as a species.
SAM VAN ROOD
Successful Flirting
If your flirting strategy is indistinguishable from harassment, it's not everyone else that's the problem.
JOHN SCALZI
attributed, Leadership Secrets for Everyone
It's sexier when a girl is flirty but she doesn't do anything.
PARIS HILTON
Guardian Unlimited, Jul. 8, 2006
Flirting is a wonderful thing. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Flirting is fun. Done properly, it makes both the flirter and the flirtee feel great about themselves; and how can giving compliments, making someone feel special and relaxed be anything more than fun?
JO HEMMINGS
Be Your Own Dating Coach
Flirting is like a toothbrush. It's hard to improve on something so simple that has worked so well for centuries. Basically, I still use the same kind of toothbrush that my great- grandmother used, and I still flirt like she did.
RONDA RICH
What Southern Women Know about Flirting