Time Loops & Meet Cutes Quotes

“Dalton hold Lenora back from trying to scribble with a crayon on Cecil....

With infinite patience, Dalton explains over and over that you should only draw on paper, not on babies; Lenora tried to draw on her father instead.”
― Jackie Lau, Time Loops & Meet Cutes

“I wanted him to point to something in particular; I wanted to know exactly what the problem was so I could fix it. I wished it could be like a difficult question on an exam. If I'd studied hard and prepared for it, I could solve it.

Except people's feelings don't work that way, and my long-term relationship had gone up in smoke, even though, as far as I knew, nothing had started the fire.”
― Jackie Lau, Time Loops & Meet Cutes

“I pull on my winter hat before returning to the zipper, feeling like I'm in grade one -- I regularly needed my teacher to help with my coat then -- and almost punch my fist in the air when I finally get it. Success!”
― Jackie Lau, Time Loops & Meet Cutes

“On the transit ride home, I read about how switching jobs can help maximize your income. I also read about how to build your resume to get past AI screening tools, which may toss your application for the most arbitrary of reasons.”
― Jackie Lau, Time Loops & Meet Cutes

“The next hour passes similarly to how it has in the past, but whenever Cam smiles in my direction, I remember that mouth on mine -- and between my legs. At one point, he winks at me, and I almost fall off my stool.”
― Jackie Lau, Time Loops & Meet Cutes

“I don't know how to answer. How am I supposed to think straight? I thought he was fairly attractive before, but now, I swear there's a goddamn sparkle in his eyes, and it's bewitched my brain.”
― Jackie Lau, Time Loops & Meet Cutes

“Sometimes I feel like a poorly planned design project, the sort cobbled together by engineering students pulling an all-nighter, possibly held in place by the miracle of duct tape.”
― Jackie Lau, Time Loops & Meet Cutes