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“And then—” I pause because I’m a fan of the dramatics. “—we’ll both stare at your reflection while you try to explain to me on what fuckin’ planet you think I’m fuckin’ this”—I gesture to her—“when I’m already fuckin’ that.” I nod my head in the hypothetical direction of my girlfriend.

I shouldn’t have laughed but I did

Just a weeeee bit obsessed with them already. But now I’m scared it’s going to turn to shit real quick…. But I love them 😭

Reread!!!!! 🫡🫡🫡

“Because it’s about the journey, not the destination,” Ryan says. “You’re willing to follow these characters to the darkest depths because you know everything will be all right in the end.”

You showed me love doesn’t care about whether or not you have your shit together, or if you’re a grieving mess. Love doesn’t care if you’re anxious or depressed or drowning in everyday life. Love just loves. I feel grateful, every day, that I puked my guts out in the bathroom here, & that’s insane because that was one of the worst nights of my life, but it led me to one of the best things in my life. You.

“Being up here makes me feel small, but being with you makes me feel significant.”

“Having your shit together is not a prerequisite for love.”

Goodbye 😭😭😭😭 this book is making me feel all of the feels

It’s a gift to age.” She looks at me over her glasses. “Even though sometimes it really sucks.”

Feels

I’m highlighting like every word/sentence/page because I’m in love with this book already. Charlie is a DREAM

This is like the 3rd time they’ve broken up?? And I’m still confused as to why???? SOS help.

“Your heart’s broken without her, Peggy,” he said, “and mine can’t be whole until yours is.”

“I think you live in a world that’s more interesting than the one most people live in,” he says, and just as my heart starts to sink with disappointment, with a kind of loneliness, he adds, “and I wish I could live in it too.” I feel myself beaming. “I’ll take you sometime.” “I’d like that,” he says.

LAUREN ROBERTS YOU CRUEL WOMAN!!!!!

I like this book but ugh why are these small comments necessary 🙃 “God, I love when he calls me his girl. I’m a grown woman and a badass feminist, but for some reason, that term of endearment makes me feel silly with happiness.”

Can I just enjoy it when he says “my girl” without all the other stuff 🙄🙄

Okay no offense but why is Rose being dumb. Leaving your phone ringer ON when you’re trying to MURDER someone in secret is crazy.

“Our thoughts create our emotions. So if you fixate on your worst-case scenario, you’ll make things harder for yourself.”