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"I’m recommitting to this book now, I’ve locked in" — Feb 04, 2026 03:10PM
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This was my freaking body and I loved the shit out of it. And if I kept telling myself that, maybe one day I’d believe it.
“I love you too, you know.”
His kiss turns into a smile. “Yeah?”
“I’ve probably loved you longer.”
A trickster grin. “Probably.”
I pinch his splendid ass for that and he growls, pressing into me.”
― Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
His kiss turns into a smile. “Yeah?”
“I’ve probably loved you longer.”
A trickster grin. “Probably.”
I pinch his splendid ass for that and he growls, pressing into me.”
― Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
“Dave hands me the bread. Josh takes some chicken onto his plate.
The silence is homicidal.
Emily finishes her wine and Dave pours her more. For such a small thing, Emily can really pack it away.
“Winnie has worms,” I tell the table, and spread some butter on my bread. “Took her to the vet earlier. I was so worried I was going to have to treat it with some ointment in her butt, but—nope—just a pill.”
I take a sip of wine and grin at them. Josh puts his fork down and cups his forehead. But in a few beats they all break into laughter, and Emily looks over at me with my favorite kind of fondness.
“She doesn’t really have worms. I was just kidding.”
I am nothing if not a decent icebreaker.”
― Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
The silence is homicidal.
Emily finishes her wine and Dave pours her more. For such a small thing, Emily can really pack it away.
“Winnie has worms,” I tell the table, and spread some butter on my bread. “Took her to the vet earlier. I was so worried I was going to have to treat it with some ointment in her butt, but—nope—just a pill.”
I take a sip of wine and grin at them. Josh puts his fork down and cups his forehead. But in a few beats they all break into laughter, and Emily looks over at me with my favorite kind of fondness.
“She doesn’t really have worms. I was just kidding.”
I am nothing if not a decent icebreaker.”
― Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
“I can say without question I’ve honestly never known anyone else like you.”
“So completely undatable?”
“Something like that.”
― Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
“So completely undatable?”
“Something like that.”
― Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
“The way Emily describes it: when I meet someone I love, I become an octopus and wind my tentacles around their heart, tighter and tighter until they can't deny they love me just the same.”
― Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
― Josh and Hazel's Guide to Not Dating
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