Favorite Book Quotes

I stared at the stars, remembering her comment that for a child Cheyenne was as far away as the moon. I wished I was on the moon, far away from all this pain and loneliness.

Jules left the office and sat down so hard in her chair that it probably bruised her tailbone. Thank God Allie was making copies somewhere so she couldn't see her bird-smacked-into-window impression.

"Because I was so deeply in love with you, I couldn't see straight anymore. I wasn't seeing anything correctly, not even my career. And that terrified me. So I ended it. And I was wrong."

A shiver runs through her, and I envision us arguing over the ambient air temperature of an apartment we don't have yet. It's a dispute I'm stoked to get into someday. She'll win because I'll allow her to. I'll sweat my ass off in rooms that are ninety degrees in the height of summer while she's happy as a pig in shit, and I'll be happy because she is.

I couldn't think of anything to say that would wisk her off her feet, so I stayed quiet.

"Can she rub two thoughts together to create a spark?"

"I haven't been trying to date or find a partner for years, Regan, because every time I've had my heart broken, apparently there was nothing I could change. Both times, there was nothing I could do differently; there was nothing I could change about myself. Nothing I could work on. I give everything I am in a relationship; I treat my partner as best as I can, and yet it's not enough. I'm sick to death of being the perfect partner and still never being enough. And I can't do it again. I can't handle it. I can't.

It's raining, so the Maine Mall in Portland is extremly crowded. I don't let go of her hand as we stroll through it, partly because I'm embracing my role as emotionalsupport human, and partly because holding hands in a mall is the most fantastically ordinary thing we've ever done.

One fucking day at a time. Okay, one day at a time I took another piece out of my life, causing it to teeter precariously a little bit more each day. One day at a time. Until it all fell down and I was left with nothing.

This beautiful woman. She is funny and smart and weird. All at the same time, and I want my days to start and end with her.

"The only reason I was able to rule while you were running was because I imagined the queen you were supposed to be," she said. "I wanted you to come home to a place that was taken care of, to people who missed you. Every day I thought of what you would look like atop that throne and how it would feel to keel in front of you once more, my people doing the same behind me. You gave me strength.

"Huh," she said. "Not bad."

Abi looped her arm around Tess's neck and kissed her soundly on the lips. Tess blushed yet again, peering up at Abi under hooded eyes. "What's that for?"

She cracked her heavy eyes open, turning her head to the side to look at Maddie's tear-streaked face slowly, she lifted her blood-soaked hand to cup the side of Maddie's face. Then she leaned into her, placing a soft kiss against her cheek. And as she did it, she knew then that she could've done it every single day for the rest of time, and lived a happy life. Because that's what she'd had in those few weeks with Maddie. And maybe this was her happy ending.

"You just said it. I'm perfect. Well, if that's true, how come I've fallen in love with two women who have both left me?" she challenged, the backs of her eyes burning at this raw truth. "How come every time I'm in love, I get blindsided by a breakup? And how come, in those breakups, I get told I've done nothing wrong?"

Amazing how quickly couple-y habits develop between two people who are right for each other.

"Do you ever think that we were never meant to be? That all the signs are telling us to stop."