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You should only marry your best friend. Remember that when you grow up.”
You need to learn that shutting the fuck up is free, but constantly talking out of your neck can cost you.”
I want to strip you bare,” he whispered. “And once you’re naked, I’m going to sit you down on my tasting table and do exactly what its name dictates I do.” Kamilah inhaled shakily. “That’s right. I’m going to taste you. I’m going to savor you like one of my whiskeys, and I’m not going to stop until I’m drunk on you.”
missing someone you loved for the rest of your life doesn’t make you weak, Liam. It makes you strong, because you survive despite that onslaught of pain.”
Life is a series of unexpected, uncomfortable, and usually-unwanted incidents that you can either grow or hide from.
“You need to realize that family first doesn’t mean at the expense of everything else. It means that we all look out for one another, support one another, and respect one another because the love we feel for each other is first in our hearts.”
“I named this whiskey Coquí, because, like the goddess to her love, my heart has always called for you.”
Everything about this whiskey was his love letter to her. A love letter he’d started years ago.
The particulars of your relationship are private. A relationship concerns only the people in it. Don’t let outside forces intrude in its growth or affect its progress. Keep each other’s counsel, because you need to trust one another.”
“Number two. Be present. Loving someone is not easy. You both have to show up ready to put in the work and stay even when things get hard, and they will. But they will also be good, so enjoy each other, and enjoy the way you feel together. Life is too unexpected to waste it not living every moment to the fullest.”
“Number three,” Abuelo said. “Support each other. You don’t always have to agree or understand each other, but you have to remember that you have a partnership. Life is full of ups and downs, but together you c...
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