The Start of Us Quotes

“Sometimes I think things happen for a reason... And I think if we're meant to run into each other again, fate will make it happen.”
― Lauren Blakely, The Start of Us

“I’m dying to know how nights unfold when they aren’t bought, sold or arranged in advance.”
― Lauren Blakely, The Start of Us

“But everyone is trouble, I want to say. And everyone has preconceived notions.”
― Lauren Blakely, The Start of Us

“I fight the urge to smile stupidly at him, since he’s beautiful and probably the recipient of a lot of stupid smiles.”
― Lauren Blakely, The Start of Us

“Because I have to be honest here, I don’t usually have coffee with girls who walk into my shop, and I don’t usually talk about school, and I’m a little bit nervous because I think you’re both badass and beautiful. So can we make a pact for tonight to get rid of the bullshit and just talk about stuff that matters? Like why you want to go to the beach, and how it feels to listen to Arcade Fire, and whether you love or hate New York as much as I do, and what you want out of life.”
― Lauren Blakely, The Start of Us

“I’m rewarded with another sweet smirk, and the knowledge that I like this kind of back and forth when no one is paying for me, when I’m not pretending to like someone, when there’s no exchange of power or money or goods. When we are just a guy and a girl spending an hour together on a Wednesday night in the Village in Manhattan,”
― Lauren Blakely, The Start of Us

“I don’t usually feel, and so I don’t know how to respond to a real feeling in my body instead of a manufactured one.”
― Lauren Blakely, The Start of Us

“I’m drawn to the imperfection in him amidst all that surface pretty.”
― Lauren Blakely, The Start of Us

“Because, let’s be honest, if you’re going to stick a needle in your skin, you want to make sure you’re not going to a butcher.”
― Lauren Blakely, The Start of Us