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“I always thought that love would feel like something gentle, but this isn’t. I feel a clawing, desperate need to hold his heart in my hand and to fend off anything that might damage it.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Brown-eyed sublime being. She of soft, deep cardigan pockets. Bubble-bath taker. Pool jumper. Cheese provider. Sunset glower. Heaven sent.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“I’m starting to notice that he always checks to see if I laugh at his jokes.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“You’re the thousand-dollar dress on the rack in this thrift store and I can’t believe no one’s picked you up yet.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“When you eventually leave, please do it really gently, okay?”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Have you ever been caught off guard by the sound of your own heartbeat? Maybe you’ve pressed your ear weirdly on your pillow, and now all you can hear is your own proof of life. You are confronted with your mortality in a base, clock-ticking kind of way: you have an engine room, and it has a finite timeline. What a miracle and a privilege.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“All I know is, nothing in life feels that bad when I’m eating carbs and fat. Everything will work out, because of cheese.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“He sees a freckle on my collarbone and loses composure.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions