Allyson Jaquith

“I fell in love with you a little bit, in that stupid way where you completely make up a fictional version of the person you’re looking at and fall in love with that person. But still, I think there was something there.”
― Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

“No matter how terrible life became, no matter how blistering the pain, I was always sure I’d still have room for seconds.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“To be an empirically attractive young man, you just have to have a nice smile, an average body type (give or take a stone) a bit of hair, and be wearing an all-right sweater. To be a desirable woman—the sky’s the limit. Have every surface of your body waxed. Have manicures every week. Wear heels every day. Look like a Victoria’s Secret Angel even though you work in an office. It’s not enough to be an average-sized woman with a bit of hair and an all-right sweater. That doesn’t cut it. We’re told we have to look like the women who are paid to look like that as their profession.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“Water flows from high places to low places. That is the nature of gravity. Emotions also seem to act according to gravity. When in the presence of someone with whom you have a bond, and to whom you have entrusted your feelings, it is hard to lie and get away with it. The truth just wants to come flowing out. This is especially the case when you are trying to hide your sadness or vulnerability. It is much easier to conceal sadness from a stranger, or from someone you don’t trust.”
― Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Before the Coffee Gets Cold