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“Liz Buxbaum had always been my secret. She was the incredible thing I’d known about but everyone else seemed to miss. The treasure hidden in plain sight, the fortune of a lifetime that was somehow only visible to me.”
― Lynn Painter, Better than the Prom

“Well, why did you act like you wanted me to say yes to Michael’s promposal?” “You’ve loved him since kindergarten.” His eyes were all I could see as he quietly said, “I didn’t want our kiss to get in the way of that if it was what you really wanted.” How had I ever thought Wes was anything other than amazing? I didn’t even try to stop the lovesick smile from taking over my face as I set my hands on his chest and said, “What I really wanted was to go with you.” “Well, you could’ve told me that, Buxbaum.” His voice was just a breath between us as he said, “Because just seeing you in that dress made me want to punch our very good friend Michael.” “It did?” He yanked on the drawstring. “That’s not supposed to make you happy.”
― Lynn Painter, Better Than the Movies

“My favorite thing about music—when you played it loud enough through good headphones (and I had the best)—was that it softened the edges of the world.”
― Lynn Painter, Better Than the Movies

“I pulled back and let myself stare at his handsome face,
at the person who had always been there for me, even when I hadn’t wanted him to be.”
― Lynn Painter, Better Than the Movies