Molly

“Matt answers on the second ring. I knew he’d be on standby. “Operation Alpha is a go” I say.
“I’m assuming that means you want me to come get you guys?”
“Just pretend we gave the plan a name!”
“Fine! Alpha code received. Niner Niner.”
― Hannah Bonam-Young, Next to You

“For someone with the innate social charm of a mounted fish (me), watching Miles befriend this stranger felt like seeing Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel: impressive, but also dizzying.”
― Emily Henry, Funny Story

“I want to slow clap for her, but I refrain because she hated it when I did that to her last time.”
― Sarah Adams, The Rule Book

“The entire funeral had been a blur. My dad’s death had come as a shock-he was still in his fifties, he was supposed to have plenty of time left. But the whole day had felt surreal, like I was in a dream, or in someone else’s life. I hadn’t known what to say or how to act, and so I’d just kind of shut down, retreated inside myself to the place I could always go as a kid when I needed some quiet.”
― Alicia Thompson, Love in the Time of Serial Killers