Jon Richardson Quotes

#1. I don't need someone to complete me, I need someone to make things a little bit better every now and again.

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#2. Anyone who tells you that it is better to have loved and lost that to never loved at all has never done both.

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#3. The last time I went back to a girl's house for an impromptu house party I spent most of the night straightening out rugs, putting down coasters and alphabetising DVDs while all around me people got off with whoever was closest and gradually headed off to various rooms to make more mess, no doubt.

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#4. It is so much easier to grieve for the dead than to care for the living. At least in death we are all perfect.

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#5. My favourite pub game is, of course, snooker. Any game whose rules basically amount to finding a table covered in mess and slowly and methodically putting it all away out of sight is one with which I can empathise emphatically.

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#6. The best dating advice I can give you is that women like men who aren't weird

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#7. I refuse to believe that clubbing is how people are supposed to meet to establish relationships on a level for beyond what we consider to be a norm in modern society.

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#8. The test of total independence comes each night when the bedroom door closes behind you, the lights go out and all that there is to keep you company in the infinite darkness are your thoughts.

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#9. I know very well that I have no reason to feel aggrieved - I am fully aware of how lucky I am, but knowing it and still being down makes me hate myself all the more.

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#10. I don't think I'd have any friends if I didn't obscure at least 99% of my thoughts.

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#11. Such is my desire only to see the best parts of my partner and vice-versa that I must confess to being able to remember each time I have seen someone I was in love with fall over. I cannot help but be disappointed by such a shocking inability to perform such a simple task as staying upright.

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#12. [On setting all clocks at varying times in advance...]
A selfless gesture on my part which ensures I am never late, but really only means that I spend time waiting not only for people who are late but also for people who are on time.

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#13. Why do fools fall in love? I'll tell you why, because everybody else has simply got too much else to do.

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#14. I don't really talk to people.

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#15. There is simply too much to be done for us all to go round 'enjoying ourselves.' When the world is perfect, then we can all sit down and eat jelly beans, but for now the fact that things are going well for you just means that you are in a position to alleviate someone else's suffering for a while.

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#16. I don't mean to hate people, I just get forced into it.

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#17. I love paying tax so much, the sight of a gritter lorry gives me an erection

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#18. I believe passionately in love, I even believe in 'the one' to a certain exert, but I am willing to play the waiting game and patiently await their arrival rather than dive into relationships I know not to be right in the mean time.

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#19. Somehow, happiness is not diminished by being shared out with other people.

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