Cathy Cepeda

“I stopped having meat at seven, when I realized that the delicious pollo nuggets my Sicilian grandmother served nearly every day and the cute galline grazing about the farm were more . . . connected than I’d originally suspected. Stunning plot twist, I know. Reike wasn’t nearly as distraught: when I frantically explained that “pigs have families, too—a mom and a dad and siblings that will miss them,” she just nodded thoughtfully and said, “What you’re saying is, we should eat the whole family?”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

“I’ll let any dude buy me dinner until the gender pay gap is ungapped).”
― Ali Hazelwood, Love on the Brain

“What is your body telling you? What thoughts are running through your head? Ignoring the alarms, numbing them by mindlessly scrolling through Instagram, or trying to drown them out with that third beer or that thirteenth episode of your favorite show will only depress the problems and make them worse down the road.”
― John Delony, Redefining Anxiety: What It Is, What It Isn't, and How to Get Your Life Back

“They aren’t bad people, but I doubt they wanted a kid, and I know for sure that they weren’t fans of whatever changes my arrival brought to their lifestyle. Probably the reason they were never huge fans. We talk maybe once or twice a year now—and I’m always the one who calls. Oh well.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Loathe to Love You