Taylor McLaughlin’s Reviews > Great Big Beautiful Life > Status Update

"Maybe I wanted to taste like you." YOWZA

“After more than three decades on this planet, all it took was a few weeks and the right person to entirely rearrange my composition.” UGH!

“Not an accidental release of pent-up lust but an intentional exploration, of each other’s topography…” GREAT LINE

“”Bernie, I think we should get married.”
And she’d laughed because it was ridiculous, but eventually she realized he was serious.
“Why?” she said.
“Because you’re my favorite person in the world,” he said. “And talking to you three times a week isn’t enough.””

“What if they have to care for me, for years, after I’ve stopped calling them by their nicknames or telling them I love them?”
hey i’m crying again reading this page emily what the heck bro

"His smile-wide enough to reveal teeth-dazzles me for a moment. I want to climb inside of it."

""You can come over, if you want," I say thickly.
"Stop inviting me," he says.
"Why?" I ask.
"Because eventually I'm going to say yes," he replies."

“If Fish Bowl verged on overstimulating during my last visit, this time it can only be described as visually cacophonous.”

“Once more, he stops walking. I’m used to walking and talking, but it seems like every time Hayden has something he really wants to say or ask, he has to go still first.” i love love love love the way she describes these people in ways that aren’t just their physical appearance

""Memory problems?" I say.
Our server drops my drink off as she sweeps past us. I thank her and face Hayden again.
"Maybe I'm just seeing things that aren't there," He shrugs. "Ever since Len, I've been a little..." He shakes his head. "I don't know, every time I visit my parents and one of them misplaces the remote, a little part of me is asking if it's normal forgetfulness, or something else.""