Mr. Maybe (1999) (edit title/settings)

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• Nick: poor unpublished writer
• Libby Mason: publicist looking for Mr Right
• Jules: Libby's best frined
• Ed McMann: rich investor
• Jamie: Jules husband
• Sal: a friend of Libby who introduces her to Nick
• Joe Cooper: Libby's boss
• Amanda: client of Libby's
• Olly: Libby's brother
• Carolyn: Olly's girlfriend
• Sarah: friend of Ed's
• Jo: Libby's assistant
• Charlie: friend of Ed's
• Paul: Sal's boyfriend
• Moose: a friend of Nick's

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• “...one day someone will come along who will fall in love with me, and that the trick is to stop looking and that it will happen when I least expect it.”

  Jules's advice for Libby

• “And yes, maybe you're right, maybe I'm being over dramatic, maybe I'm blowing this up into something much bigger than it is because I'm feeling sorry for myself, but why the hell not, huh? Why the hell can't I feel like this, and whether it's true or not, it certainly feels true right now. And it feels like shit. And oh my God, I'm never going to wake up next to him again. And oh my God, I'm never going to look in his eyes as we're making love, and oh my God, he's going to be doing that with someone else, and probably very soon, and me? I'm going to be on my own for the rest of my bloody life.”

  Libby

• “The only problem was that he didn't like me very much. I mean, sure, he fancied me, but he didn't like me, he didn't want to spend time with me, and I kept thinking that if I were perfect, if I acted like the perfect girlfriend, he'd fall in love with me. But he didn't. the more I tried to be the perfect girlfriend, the more awful he was to me.”

  Libby

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• I do believe that what you look for is someone who makes you a better person when you’re with them, who changes you for the better, who makes you the best person you can possibly be,

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• They say that it never hurts as much after the first time, and I suppose there’s an element of truth in that, but they also say that every time you get hurt the barriers go up a little bit higher, and you end up being hard and cynical, and not giving anything to anyone.

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• As far as I’m concerned you have to give every relationship your all because if you’re going to get hurt, you’re going to get hurt, but at least at the end of it you’ll know you gave it your best shot.

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• “The reason women generally stop having flings, or sleeping around, or whatever you want to call it, is because they realize they can’t do it, because the older they get the more they see you can’t sleep with someone on a regular basis and not want more, not when you’ve reached an age where society, unfortunately, still tells you that you should be married and having babies.”

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• That in-love feeling at the beginning settles down into a different, familiar sort of love, but it has to be there right from the start, otherwise it just won’t work.”

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• The ones that like you are never the ones you’re interested in, and the ones you like are always the bastards.

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• I don’t see the point in pretending to be something other than what you are, because if you do, at some point, you’re going to have to reveal your true self, and if it’s completely different, they’re going to run off screaming.

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• Men haven’t changed: they love the thrill of the chase, and if you hand yourself over on a plate they’ll lose interest. Simple as that.”

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• This is what I’ve never understood about men. No matter how crazy they are about you, they can get on with their lives, their work, their friends, and not give you a second thought. When they do think of you, which is generally when they’re not thinking of anything else, they’ll pick up the phone and call you, completely oblivious to the fact that you’ve been sitting there crying for a week because they haven’t called.

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• Ise
• Highgate
• London

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Jane Green (Author)

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• Dewey: 823.914

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• Books › Romance › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Classics
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Literary