Drawn Together Quotes

“I think I’d like to know what that’s like. To be the first person someone thinks about. To be the one that everything someone else does comes back to you. The one they always choose, to not be a maybe or a possible add-on, but to be a definite. That’s got to be nice.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Maybe it is a lonely city, but we all have that thing in common. Everybody’s got something they’re taking with them. They’re all drawn together that way.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Magic was real. And it can only be found folded between the pages of books.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“I think fall will always be my favorite time of year. I like that the moment it arrives, you recognize the change it’s bringing—the color of the leaves and the way they scatter around you, the blaring heat slowly turning into cool, brisk nights where you can see your breath as you talk. I think everyone assumes that with change comes pain, and maybe that’s true. But, fall is an excellent reminder of just how beautiful the in-between stages of life can be—the uncertainty and the wonder. A point that sometimes it’s nice to not know what comes next, but to recognize the changes in us.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Maybe that says something about me, too. That my eyes water at the mere sentiment of a man buying a book for me and annotating it, but there I was on the verge of grateful tears. I guess we are friends, then.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“The longer we’re together, the sweeter he gets. By the time we're hobbling around with gray hair, he'll be giving me cavities left and right.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Word of the day: redamancy Definition: the act of loving the one who loves you; a love returned in full.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Fletcher Harding had no other goals for his future other than to do everything in his power to keep Flora Anderson in it.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Word of the day: Illumoria Definition: the realization that every person has hidden parts of themselves”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Word of the day: Nirvana definition: a state of perfect happiness, harmony, and freedom.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“I wish I could bottle up this exact moment right here. That I could squish it into a frame and set it on my nightstand and keep it forever.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“You bring everything you touch to life.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“I don’t think you realize that me wanting to be able to communicate with your family is the bare minimum. I don’t know what you’re used to from everyone else, but start expecting more from me, okay?”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Lucky was the only word Fletcher could think of when it came to Flora Anderson. How lucky he was to find her when he did. How lucky that she didn’t absolutely hate him. How lucky that a man who had the perfect shot at the most beautiful woman he’d ever had the pleasure of knowing screwed it up so colossally that he left a door wide open for Fletcher to slip into.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“I’m his best friend. And what a privilege it is to be called Fletcher Harding’s anything.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“If you pick one person that gets to have you unfiltered, then let it be me.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Fletcher’s always taken up space in my mind, but maybe this is the first time I’ve allowed him to stay there.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Word of the day: sapiosexual Definition: one who is attracted by the intelligence of another”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Let’s agree to leave the romanticizing to you and finding the horror in things for me.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“You never smile at me.” “I do, just usually when you’re not looking.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“The cold autumn air rushes in as we step out into the night. Leaves skitter across the sidewalk like tiny dancers in the wind, and the city smells like roasted chestnuts and chimney smoke.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“You bought this book,” I wave it around, fall colored tabs and all, “and annotated it for me?”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Is my first real friend in this city a man who stole my breakfast and despises the one genre that I adore with all my heart? I think, yes.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Well, I think it was some kind of agreement, where they meet once a week to exchange books and go over their thoughts. Over time, they both kind of pick up on what they’re missing, and ultimately don’t get fired from their jobs, allowing them to continue to make their rent.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Mom used to say I have no enemies except those who I played Monopoly with. Then, it’s me against the world.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“My whole mission could be split into two large categories: Make friends that are my own—friends that someone cannot swipe out from underneath me—and land a successful career in illustrating.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Cedric Brooks is ‘OTHERWORLDLY PICKY’ and that ‘HE MAY NEVER BE SATISFIED’ which I, personally, took as a challenge.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“So, that was that. Magic was real. And it can only be found folded between the pages of books.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“I learned long ago that it's far better to stand alone with integrity than be surrounded by people who don’t even like who you are at your core.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together

“Flora, I could spend every hour I have left searching for the right letters to draw together to make up some word for how I feel about you, and I’d still never find it.”
― Juliana Smith, Drawn Together