Status Updates From Loved You Once (The Baker’s...

I wouldn’t promise her the stars because I want to create them with her. And once we have enough stars, we’d form entire constellations.

lies are useless. They take too much time and energy from you. Life is too short to be spreading that shit. Lies are toxic and keeping up with them is useless.

“I’m not sure what the future will bring, but I want to see what the odds give me.”

“Odds?”

“There’s only a fifty percent chance that I can get pregnant,”

Blaire isn’t just a moment in time; she’s a lifetime. My stardust is everywhere, and like a star, I can follow her no matter where she is.

“How do you do it?”

“What?”

“Always make it special?”

He kisses me on the corner of my mouth. “You’re what makes everything special.”

“Where’s your Prince Charming?”

She gives me a sad smile. “Maybe that’s why I love it. Those who can’t do, teach. Or in my case, watch.”

People come into your life and then they leave. That’s an unavoidable cycle. You have to live with it and keep what you learn from them.

“Seeing you,” he says. “Every time I see you around campus is my favorite moment of the day.”

“Favorite moment of the day,” I tell him. “I collect them, in my journal. Back when days were dark, & I felt like I could barely hold onto this life, I’d read them. They helped me get through day. I still collect them. It’s way to remind myself there’s always something good, even on darkest days. That it’s okay that not every day is bright, but there’s always brightness within it.”

“I’m telling you I wanted to be a constellation, and you're telling me that I’d explode if I shine too much.”

“You are, in fact, part of a star …According to an article in National Geographic, we’re made out of stardust. Most of the material we’re made of comes out of dying stars. I’d guess you originated from one of the biggest, brightest ones.”

“You wanted to be a star?”

“I guess, if you put it that way, it sounds ridiculous.”

“No, it’s just strange. Do you know that stars always shine brighter seconds before they fall apart?”

“Well, aren’t we a glass half empty kind of guy.”

“No, sweetheart. I’m a who the fuck needs a glass kind of person.”

I’m grateful for all my blessings, but I’m also human. We can’t be all smiles and positive thoughts twenty-four seven.

Monte Bello Preserve, which is one of the best places to stargaze in the Palo Alto area,

Henry: You’re an asshole.

Hayes: Takes one to know one. See you at seven.

“I’m a surgeon,” Hayes protests. “What the fuck am I supposed to do, perform surgery on the spreadsheets?”

It was the doctors and the nurses who, unlike my parents, stayed with me during those treatments and made me realize that they do not just cure you, but they give you emotional support too. They matter in so many different ways.

Charming is a word he uses a lot when he doesn’t like someone, but that person is pleasant.

My heart had been broken way before that day. I guess that day those fragmented pieces were pulverized.

After graduation, I moved back to San Francisco, choosing to walk or use public transportation. It’s good for the environment and the other drivers.

When I travel, there’s always a designated driver who knows the area better than me.

“Hey, I’m trying to be a good father. I had a shitty one, so I have to figure out how to do it right, you know,” he says. “So, I go to a guy who tells me I’m an idiot and an asshole in a constructive way, so I can change.”

“I’m married,” Pierce protests. 

“Are you in all honesty happy with your life?”

“I will be when she signs the fucking divorce papers,”

Beacon plays for one of the most famous bands in the world, Too Far from Grace. At almost thirty,

Hayes: I was three when Carter was born.

Pierce & Mills are 33?

Who the fuck cares about being the legitimate child? I don’t think that’s even important in modern life. We were all the same to William Aldridge—nothing. Just products of his irresponsible sex life.

Hayes is 6’ 3”.

Hayes! I just finished Pippa Grant’s “The Last Eligible Billionaire” … who is *Hayes* Rutherford.

Is Hayes more common of a first name than I realized? Or only for alpha males in romance novels? 😅

Mom to Hayes: You’re thirty-five and still single.

(He’s also an orthopedic surgeon.)

Ack. I just started the audiobook, and realized I also have the ebook.

I don’t recall the audiobook mentioning that this book ends on a cliffhanger. The HEA is found in “When Forever Finds Us”. 🙃