Hang the Moon Quotes

“Since when is love supposed to be convenient?”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“The way I see it, you can’t rush something you want to last forever.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“He looks at you like you hung the moon.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“I just . . . I love the nuances of language and all their quirks. Like how certain words exist in foreign languages and have no direct English equivalent. Meraki in Greek means, basically, to do something with love, but there’s no English word for it. The closest is ‘labor of love,’ but that sounds like you’re being put-upon. Meraki means to do something with pleasure, to pour your whole heart into a task or craft. Like putting all your love into a meal or a gift.” She ducked her chin and shrugged. “So, yeah. Translation would be my dream job. Puzzling out how to keep the text true even when it’s not easy. There’s a cultural component you can’t ignore without”—her lips curved—“losing something in translation.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“But I think you’re right. With the right person, I don’t think it matters what you do or where you are.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“I do love it. That big, demonstrative moment where nothing else matters but making sure the person you care about knows it. That you’re in. You’re all in and you want everyone to know, no matter how wild or risky it is. Weddings are like that. The vows are, at least.” Something about the soft look in Annie’s eyes, wistful almost, compelled him to keep going. To confess what he’d never told anyone before. “I don’t have a single memory of my mom and dad saying I love you to each other.” Annie made a soft noise, but he soldiered on, wanting to get this out. “Maybe those movies aren’t perfect, but for most of my life, they were the best proof I had that people could wind up happy together.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“He'd fly her to the moon if it made her happy.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“There was no going back now. Not that he'd want to. He never wanted to go back. Not when he could go forward with Annie.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“Why is that such a hard pill to swallow?"

"Because you want to solve everything for everybody. Make everyone happy. You like to fix things, but some things aren't yours to fix.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“She wasn't even two feet from him but she might as well have been a million miles away already. He could see her, he was looking right at her, but it felt like he'd already lost her. If she had even been his to begin with.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“What would it take to become someone Annie cared about? He wanted to find out everything there was to know about her, not just to prove her wrong about romance being dead, but to satisfy his own burning curiosity.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“Sunscreen and watermelon Jolly Ranchers, coconut and sunshine—even in the dead of winter Annie had always smelled like summer.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“If his heart was elastic, it had snapped in two.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“Annie surveyed the boxes of board games stacked on the table. They had everything from Battleship to Cranium to Settlers of Catan, and even a game called Exploding Kittens. If this was a test, she wanted to pass, but she also didn’t want to risk life and limb, knowing how competitive Darcy and Brendon could get. “How about Scruples?” That sounded low risk. Margot grinned. “I like you.” Darcy shook her head. “We should finish with Scruples. I need more wine before I play that game.” Elle laughed. “Charades first?” “Fine.” Darcy dropped her head back against Elle’s thigh. “But we have to pick new teams.” “Normally Brendon and I partner up,” Margot explained. “It’s not safe to put those two”—she nodded at Darcy and Brendon—“on a team together. They’re ruthless.” “I replaced your coffee table, didn’t I?” Darcy arched a brow. “No harm, no foul.” “Brendon fell through the coffee table. It was scarring.” Margot shivered. “I thought we were going to have to drive him to the emergency room.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“I knew I wasn't happy in Philadelphia, but I tried not to think about it. No one wants to think about how unhappy they are," she admitted. "I think... I think I've been settling for less than happy for so long that I'd forgotten what being happy really felt like." The smile she gave him started slow, almost shy, before brightening into something steady and sure. "Until I came here. You've been a huge part of that, Brendon.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“Everything I learn about you makes me want to know more.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“You're not in high school, for crying out loud."
No, but sometimes Annie made him feel like he was. Like he was a kid discovering everything for the first time, things he'd never felt before. He liked it. He loved it, loved that everything with Annie felt shiny and new, like the sunlight streaming in through the window. Golden.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“She'd watched enough movies, listened to enough of her friends moon over magical kisses. She'd rolled her eyes at description of toes curling and breaths being snatched, of drowning in someone, that made it sound like a great time. Of hearts galloping like the hooves of a hundred wild horses and colors flashing prismatically behind close lids. She'd laughed at how two people pressing their mouths together could ever be described with the sort of near-orgasmic passion that usually required she have her pants off.
[...]
But kissing Brendon? That was a revelation. All those clichés? They didn't hold a candle to the way his lips turned her body into a living, breathing live wire of sensation.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“And no one remembers anything, because why should they? It's all online. When was the last time you remembered a friend's birthday without Facebook reminding you?"
He frowned. "It's convenient."
"Since when are friendships, let alone love, supposed to be convenient?”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“Because when I’m around you, I lose my head.” “The feeling’s mutual. I told you, I’ve never felt this way about anyone before.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“I am speaking from experience when I tell you that you will wind up the emotional equivalent of Pop Rocks in a bottle of soda. You'll bubble over and you'll burst, and it would be better if you let it out rather than let it fester and explode.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“The way I see it, you can't rush something you want to last forever.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“According to my research, we tend to show affection the way we prefer to receive it.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“I take everything she says with a heaping tablespoon of salt.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“Brendon was like one of those cakes. Delicious looking, tempting, completely off-limits if she knew what was good for her.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“All of that looks great on-screen, I guess. It's cinematic. Flashy. But at the expense of intimacy and... I don't know, I always wonder what happens after the screen goes black and the credits roll.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“You're like...Lay's potato chips. You can't eat just one.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“Most people want a thirty-second sound bite, two hundred and eighty characters or less. Anything longer than that and they move on because they don't really care. And no one remembers anything, because why should they? It's all online. When was the last time you remembered a friend's birthday without Facebook reminding you? - Brendon”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“Before she could open her camera, she noticed a notification and swiped to open it.
Elle had tagged her in a photo on Instagram.
She frowned because she wasn’t in the photo. Elle had snapped a picture selfie-style of her, Margot, Darcy, and Brendon seated around the coffee table, where Monopoly was spread out. Annie tapped the photo and pressed her lips together, her eyes watering viciously. Elle had tagged her on the empty cushion beside Brendon.
His arms were resting casually on his knees and his smile was the brightest thing in the photo. She could hear his throaty chuckle when she shut her eyes, knew exactly how his lips felt curving against her mouth in that same grin.
The caption read, The gang’s all here minus @anniekyriakos. We miss you!”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon

“Life’s too short to waste on what-ifs and regrets. Life should be lived to the fullest. Quit school. Take a weird job. Pursue your passion. Ask the girl out.” She looked at Annie askance. “Or guy.”
Her lips curved upward. “Or girl.”
Elle’s smile brightened and she held out a hand. “Bi five.”
Annie laughed and gave Elle a high five.”
― Alexandria Bellefleur, Hang the Moon