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“Your eyes are quite the most beautiful shade of green and have the most glorious flecks of blue, just like a Zambian emerald.”
“Jesus, everything I say to you sounds positively fondue-like. What is it with you?” I laughed. “You think it’s me? I’m cheese-inducing? That’s like the best compliment ever,”
messing up is to be expected. It’s part of life. What’s important is that we learn from the mess.
It was as if he were the sun and we were all orbiting him, our only option to surrender to his gravitational pull.
We’re skating on the surface and it’s nice and all. I mean—you’re great to look at, and fondue is a riveting topic of conversation, but what are we doing here if we’re both trying so hard not to share who we are?”
“You don’t have to offer me a job to get into my panties. You are welcome there. There’s a little brass band down there, ready to say hi whenever you’re ready. They have banners and balloons. There is no job required.”
When had kissing ever been like this before? It felt so perfect, so intimate, so completely necessary.
“All I’m saying is, don’t say things you don’t mean. Don’t make promises you won’t keep, and don’t pretend to be anything you’re not. Let’s just enjoy these weeks together.”
you just said yourself that you don’t even realize when you’re giving, when you’re doing nice things for people. It’s ingrained in you. You’re so used to it that you don’t even see it. Usually between people, it’s a two-way street—both parties are nice to each other.
I didn’t want to lose her. The realization hit me like a tree trunk to the forehead—I liked this woman. Really liked her. Liked her more than I could ever remember liking anyone.
“No, Hollie, you don’t keep a tally. You’re just caring for each other—him for you, you for him. Equal doesn’t mean identical.”
Things didn’t have to go right—if they just didn’t go wrong, that was a good day.
“I’m not trying to save you, Hollie. I know you’re perfectly capable of saving yourself. I’m trying to share my life with you.”
In a roomful of priceless jewels, she outshone them all.
