Jacq

“The Most Annoying Things People Say –​“I’m not going to have a starter, are you?” –​“I’m more of a boys’ girl”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“he takes me to a martini bar because he remembers I said it was my favorite drink (at this point I am still in the “training myself to like martinis’ phase, so worry he’ll see my first-sip wince, but I manage to hold it together).”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“But I found the reality of boys to be slightly disappointing. Not as funny as the girls I had met there, not nearly as interesting or kind.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“As I got older and mercifully more aware of what a precious gift a healthy working body is, I felt ashamed and bewildered that I could have treated mine so badly. But it would be a lie to say I think I will ever be entirely free of what happened in that time, which is something no one ever tells you. You can restore your physical being to health; you can develop a rational, balanced, caring attitude to weight as well as good daily habits. But you can’t forget how many calories are in a boiled egg or how many steps burn how many calories.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love