Meggan Benoit

“He had stopped checking her side of the bed in the middle of the night. Stopped wondering if she was already up. He didn't call her name. He didn't check his watch, wondering if it was time for her meds or a walk or some breathing exercises. He didn't accidentally reach for two plates at dinnertime, whenever that was, and when he realized he didn't, he deliberately set out two plates, because the acceptance of her absence was worse than the forgetting of her death.”
― Kristan Higgins, Pack Up the Moon

“Brendan sighed. "I always thought it was ridiculous, the way the guys can't peel themselves off their wives and girlfriends at the dock. Pissed they're making us late! He regarded his beautiful girlfriend stonily. "I'll be surprised if I don't try and carry you over my shoulder onto the boat next time. Take you with me.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“Stop what, Piper? Thinking about you every second of the day? Missing you so much I climb the fucking walls? Stop being hungry for you? I can't turn any of that off and I don't want to.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“And when her face transformed with pure joy And she waved enthusiastically, Brendan knew he loved her.
God knew, it had happened fast, but he'd been incapable of putting the brakes on.
Not when she was the destination.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer