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“Please, God. Don’t let her have a fisting kink, I thought. Being used like a puppet was not something I wanted to experience.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“When did you stop drawing penises on stuff?”

He snorted. “What?”

“Like, how old were you when you stopped drawing penises on stuff? I was just thinking how great a guy roommate would be and I realized the only downside would be finding penises drawn in the steam on the bathroom mirror.”

His dimpled smile made me grin.

“I just drew a penis on Brandon’s truck the other day.”

I laughed. “So men never outgrow it. Nice.”

He smiled at me. “Is this really what you’re standing there thinking about?”

“Welcome to my brain. Strap in and keep your arms inside the ride at all times.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

“I took a swallow of beer. “I’d put my wife in a chair when I’m supposed to pull off her garter, and I’d dance around her to ‘Stuck in the Middle with You’ like in Reservoir Dogs.”

“Yes! And I’d want my husband to show up at the last minute all red like in The Hangover. The pictures would be awesome.”

I turned back to the show with a smile.

Thisis the date I should have been on tonight. This was a date I would have gone home with.

“Hey,” she said, leaning her head back on the couch and looking at me. “I’m sorry I was rude to you when we first met.”

I chuckled. “So you’re going to stop giving me shit about my driving?”

“No. You’re a horrible driver. I meant that stuff.”
― Abby Jimenez, The Friend Zone

“Yes, that’s true,” I said. “Boredom is not just boring. It can also be terrifying. It forces us to come face-to-face with bigger questions of meaning and purpose. But boredom is also an opportunity for discovery and invention. It creates the space necessary for a new thought to form, without which we’re endlessly reacting to stimuli around us, rather than allowing ourselves to be within our lived experience.”
― Anna Lembke, Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence