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One Golden Summer
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Carley Fortune401,062 ratings, 4.29 average rating, 50,202 reviews
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“I'm lucky to have so much past, so many memories. It's a gift to age.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“But the thing about love languages,” Charlie says, “is it’s not just about how we express love, but how we receive love. You need someone to do something for you that makes you feel loved. Someone to help you.” I shake my head. “I hate asking for help.” “That’s because deep down, you want someone to see what you need before you have to ask.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“That’s why you should grab onto whatever makes you happy now and hold on for as long as you can. Life’s short.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I think of all the times in my life when I’ve stayed quiet because it was more comfortable than speaking up.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“Just see where the sun takes you. And don't forget: Good things happen at the lake.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“No, it’s because when you speak, he listens. When you smile, he smiles. When you need something, he offers help. When you give him something, he thanks you. You’re peas and carrots—I think you’ve found yourself a lifelong friend.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I’m not sure when I start crying, only that I’m overwhelmed with how big the galaxy is and how insignificant I am.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I’m turning thirty-three tomorrow. You’d think I’d be a little braver.” “I think the older we get, the scarier shit becomes.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“When you aren’t staring at him, he’s staring at you. It’s like watching a tennis match.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“Because for once in my life, I don’t feel like I’m on the sidelines. For once, I’m in the photo.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“It feels like all the greatest kisses in one. Like kissing your high school crush, and the best friend you’ve fallen in love with, and the person you want to stand beside for as long as time will let you. It’s the starting gun and the finish line. It’s a surge of pleasure and satisfaction and rightness that reaches deep into my soul.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I saw a man who couldn’t keep his eyes off you. A man who hasn’t looked so happy in a very long time. I saw a man who finally found the kind of person he always wanted for himself. A best friend. A smart-ass. A brilliant, talented, caring woman, who deserves so much more than me.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I know that he’s worth so much more than he thinks he is. I will give him everything I have— my time and my devotion and my heart. And I know he’ll give it right back to me. Because I know Charlie. The incorrigible flirt. The human beam of sunlight. The man I love. He’s my best friend. And he’s remarkable.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“Charlie looks at you like he’d follow you anywhere.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“It takes a lot of energy to be on all day, and I’ve been on for so long, I suspect my off button is broken.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“What’s wrong?” Charlie asks. I look down at him. “I’ve been smiling too much,” I tell him. Charlie’s eyes flash with delight. “No such thing.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“You feel things deeply. You always have.” I wipe my cheek. “I hate that about me.” Her laugh is kind. “It’s one of your best qualities. In the long run, it will be more difficult to keep pushing your feelings aside than it will be to stare at yourself in the mirror and accept who you are and what you want.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I’ve spent years imagining how different everything would have been if I’d just made one different choice.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“You and me, Alice Everly.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“because deep down, you want someone to see what you need before you have to ask.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I hate asking for help.” “That’s because deep down, you want someone to see what you need before you have to ask.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“He drops my hand, and mine feels so much colder. Charlie steps into the boat with grace, pulls the T-shirt over his head, and tosses it to me. “Wear it to bed, Alice. Picture me in your dreams.”
I wrinkle my nose, but it only makes him laugh.”
― One Golden Summer
I wrinkle my nose, but it only makes him laugh.”
― One Golden Summer
“But there’s an unscripted kind of magic in shooting from my heart. I follow my instincts, not a meticulously planned brief. And, sure, some of the shots aren’t any good, and they’re far from flawless, but even the mediocre images are rich with emotion. Photos of Nan. The water. Charlie’s yellow boat flying across the bay. Memories of this second golden summer.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“Knowing one’s own mind is one of the secrets to a good life.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I like who I am with him. I laugh until tears stain my cheeks. I say what I think, and when he senses I'm holding something in, he tells me to spit it out. I don't have to be a perfectly edited version of myself - it's okay to have a few bumps. And I don't have to try.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“My family was big into teasing,” he says. “It’s basically the Florek love language.” I mellow. “I don’t speak Florek, so you’ll need to translate.” “The one thing you really need to know is that we only make fun of people we like.” “What happens when you fall in love? Do you stage a roast? Gift wrap a rubber chicken?”
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― One Golden Summer
“He waves, and I wave back. This, I decide, is my ideal form of socializing.”
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― One Golden Summer
“I decided it wasn’t fair of me to ask for their vulnerability without confronting my own. It’s one of the most terrifying things we all do—allow people to see us without all our protective layers.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I pride myself on being a solid friend, a helpful sister, the good daughter. But for the man I loved? I would have done anything.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
“I saw something else in those photos,” Charlie says. And then he goes for it. “I saw myself falling in love with you.” My heart is racing and my throat is too tight to speak. “I’m in love with you, Alice,” he says. “I knew the day you crashed John’s boat that you were going to be trouble for me. I should have kept my distance, but I couldn’t stay away. And the more I got to know you, the more beautiful and terrifying it became. Until I knew I’d finally found the person I’ve been waiting for.” He puts his forehead on mine and closes his eyes. “But I thought that asking you to be with me was too selfish, even for me. I thought I could give you what you wanted—friendship and sex—and leave it at that.”
― One Golden Summer
― One Golden Summer
