The Exception to the Rule Quotes

“You ready for today?” Callum asks. “For today?” A tiny smile. “The exam?” “Oh. That. Yes. Very ready for it. Ready to take it, I mean.” I pause, swallowing. Why does this eye contact feel like foreplay? “I’m referring to the exam.” There’s a twinkle of amusement in his eyes as he stands. “Good.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“He came out looking like an A+ sex stud, and I came out looking like Gollum curled around her bottle of wine. There’s no way that this isn’t going to be awkward.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“Good morning! This is crazy! My middle name is Mango! No it isn’t, I’m just kidding.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“And even as the words “I promise I won’t” flow from my lips, I know I’m lying. Thank God it happened on Valentine’s Day, because the second I get home, I’m going to email C and tell him all about this.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“The room that draws me in is a library. Bookshelves stretch from floor to ceiling and line the entirety of three walls, except for a narrow space in the center of the back wall where a long window overlooks a park lit by small spots of yellow streetlights. Isn’t it everyone’s dream to have a library like this?”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“It’s my conundrum wrapped in a mystery tied with a puzzle shoved in a pickle jar.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“I even set an alarm for midnight, but I slept right through that flimsy bitch.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“He walks around the hood and sees me at the same time I see the cupcake box in his hand. Forget flowers; give me a cupcake and it’s a perfect date.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“. . . my hands are shaking right now. I am freaking the hell out. I live in Philly, too. And I think you know that. He replies with a phone number. And when I enter it into a text box, an existing contact pops up on-screen. The Hot TA.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“I like a lot of things, but I don’t LOVE any one thing. It feels scary, you know? To worry I might commit to something because I have to but not because I love it.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“I’m a conundrum wra0pped in a mystery tied with a p7uzzle shoved in a pickle jar.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“don’t normally kiss before the first date,” I tell him. “But you’re the exception to the rule.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“We get soup dumplings when we’re thinking about each other.” She was thinking about me.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“Are we still going to be emailing each other from the same couch on Valentine’s Day in fifty years?”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule

“You’re not a slutty douche, C, you’re a conundrum wrapped in a mystery tied with a puzzle shoved in a pickle jar.”
― Christina Lauren, The Exception to the Rule