Jacq

“a woman always slots into a man’s life better than he slots into hers. She will be the one who spends the most time at his flat, she will be the one who makes friends with all his friends and their girlfriends. She will be the one who sends his mother a bunch of flowers on her birthday.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“One never learns how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her—is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if so is he not a devil?”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“As I got older and mercifully more aware of what a precious gift a healthy working body is, I felt ashamed and bewildered that I could have treated mine so badly. But it would be a lie to say I think I will ever be entirely free of what happened in that time, which is something no one ever tells you. You can restore your physical being to health; you can develop a rational, balanced, caring attitude to weight as well as good daily habits. But you can’t forget how many calories are in a boiled egg or how many steps burn how many calories.”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love

“he takes me to a martini bar because he remembers I said it was my favorite drink (at this point I am still in the “training myself to like martinis’ phase, so worry he’ll see my first-sip wince, but I manage to hold it together).”
― Dolly Alderton, Everything I Know About Love