Second First Impressions Quotes

“I always thought that love would feel like something gentle, but this isn’t. I feel a clawing, desperate need to hold his heart in my hand and to fend off anything that might damage it.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“It’s amazing how life works. You can wake up in your current existence and then go to bed with everything changed.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“I’m starting to notice that he always checks to see if I laugh at his jokes.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Brown-eyed sublime being. She of soft, deep cardigan pockets. Bubble-bath taker. Pool jumper. Cheese provider. Sunset glower. Heaven sent.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“You’re the thousand-dollar dress on the rack in this thrift store and I can’t believe no one’s picked you up yet.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Why do I require you? What a weird question. I always require you.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“When you eventually leave, please do it really gently, okay?”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Have you ever been caught off guard by the sound of your own heartbeat? Maybe you’ve pressed your ear weirdly on your pillow, and now all you can hear is your own proof of life. You are confronted with your mortality in a base, clock-ticking kind of way: you have an engine room, and it has a finite timeline. What a miracle and a privilege.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“You think you’re done with me? Because I’m not done with you.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“All I know is, nothing in life feels that bad when I’m eating carbs and fat. Everything will work out, because of cheese.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Don’t seduce Ruthie if I don’t plan on sticking around, because she’s a tender treasure that must be protected at all costs.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“He sees a freckle on my collarbone and loses composure.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“So what’s the name Theodore mean, anyway?
Guess. If he was hoping for flattery, he is sorely disappointed.
Me: “Vagabond.”
Melanie: “Infant bear.”
Me: “Lord of legs.”
Melanie: “Train wreck.”
Me: “Hot mess.”
Melanie: “Lazy rich boy.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Neat and tidy is my absolute favourite kind of girl.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Go down to the bar and find someone whose teeth don’t repulse you. Boy or girl, doesn’t matter. Go home, take all your clothes off, roll around together. It’s how we did things back in the day.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“right.” “Seems like a lot of people have been telling you what you’re like. It’s time to decide if you believe them.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Show me what you know. Teach me what I don’t.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“I’m fairly inexperienced at these things, but this feels like a really romantic setting.

It is. You’re finally noticing that?”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“I can’t slow down with you,” he argues. “You make me want to speed up everything.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“So that’s what it feels like to be visible for a few long moments. Like touching a live wire.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“You know, I'm livin' dat temp life. I'm dating all the jobs until I find my perfect match.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“That reminds me. I know he got a copy of my first worksheet from you.” “I truly don’t know how that happened. He asked to read it, I told him to get lost. Then there was a giant Snickers in front of me. Then he was gone. I’m slightly sure he’s a wizard or a vampire.” She shakes herself out of the memory fog with some difficulty. Poor kid.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions

“Please don’t ask me to talk about the family stuff. Just put your mouth on me again.”
― Sally Thorne, Second First Impressions