The Intimacy Experiment (Shameless #2)

by Rosie Danan

“The tricky thing about grief,” his mom said, “is that even when we know it’s coming, we underestimate our own capacity for suffering.”

If you don’t know what you want, you shouldn’t be dating.

“knowing your weaknesses doesn’t make you immune.”

“I forgot that love is essential. That even in its absence, you occupy yourself with the lack of it.”

Ethan spent so much time listening, sometimes he forgot how much he missed being heard.

Naomi knew more than anyone that good things happening for you didn’t make the bad things fade any faster.

“After all, a trade that only goes one way is actually called stealing, and after a while, even the most callous hearts grow guilty.”

“Remember, each new day is another chance to heal your sorry, broken heart.”

There was no glory in a soldier who kept fighting when the war was over. No honor in championing a cause that carried no one.

“I don’t want to give the impression that any kind of ending—any breakup—is easy. You’re still losing something that matters to you. Still failing when you wanted to succeed. And it’s awful.”

breakup is a crumbling of something you believed in. There’s always going to be collateral damage. Time and energy, sometimes years of your life, that you’ll never get back. And you deserve to mourn in whatever way makes sense to you.”