Paula Murphy

“Are you happy?" I ask him.
The question is so abrupt, I expect him to balk a little, but he doesn't. "I've had moments of it, yeah."
I don't like this answer. I want him to be joyful, loved, adored, full of everything, all the time.
"I'll admit," he adds, "I feel more of it being near you.”
― Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words

“She had not figured that Adam would notice her while in conversation with a young, beautiful faculty member. She had not figured that he’d suddenly stop speaking, eyes widening and lips parting; that he’d mutter “Excuse me” while staring at Olive and stand from the table, ignoring the curious looks in his directions that he’d march to the entrance, where Olive was, with quick, long strides and a concerned expression.
“Olive, are you okay?” he asked her.”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

“I’m going to kill you,” he gritted out, little more than a growl. “If you say another word about the woman I love, if you look at her, if you even think about her - I’m going to fucking kill you.”
― Ali Hazelwood, The Love Hypothesis

“I think of her everywhere. She is everywhere, in every moment, and also she’s in no one moment. She misses every single one of my moments and I’m not sure who that is harder for: me surviving here without her, or her without me, existing wherever she is.”
― Christina Lauren, Love and Other Words