The Soulmate Equation Quotes

“I haven’t been home in years, but I feel that way with you.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Destiny could also be a choice, she realized. To believe or not, to be vulnerable or not, to go all in or not.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“I want to be here to bring you coffee. I want to take you out to dinner and order the same food and hear you recite the odds that we would have met. I want to hate-attend fancy social events together.” Jess laughed, a surprised burst of sound, and his tone softened. “I want you to call me for help—without an apology already on the tip of your tongue. I want to feel like I can kiss you again by your car at the end of the night.” He swallowed. “I want you in my bed.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Statistics can't tell us what will happen, they can only tell us what might happen.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“I realize your default energy level is Cardboard Cutout, but I can’t get to know you if you don’t speak.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“I generally want to commit a felony when I see him. I'm not sure that's a sign of romantic compatibility.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Empty companionship was lonelier than being alone.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“I realize that I’m easy to leave, but I was hoping you were better than that.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Speaking to him is like having a conversation with a grouchy calculator.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“I’d suspect most people comment on your eyes,” he said quietly, running a fingertip across her collarbone. “That startling, bright blue.” Surely he could feel her heart scaling her windpipe. He didn’t seem to remember there was anyone else in the room. “But I prefer your mouth.” “You do?” Jess managed. “I do,” he said, and bent, kissing her forehead. “You don’t give those smiles away for free.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Best friend bat signal.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Think Mr. Darcy, but without the lovely proclamations.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Ladies and gentlemen: her soulmate.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Good night, Jessica Marie and Juno Merriam.
Good night, River Nicolas.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“It hit her in a sharp, startling truth: her whole life she had been put together wrong in one tiny, invisible, and critical way. And having that piece altered just enough for it to slide into place suddenly changed everything.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Unraveled and bare, Jess knew in her bones that he was her ninety-eight.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“The two syllables of his name tattooed a permanent echo inside her.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“But come on. I know you well enough to know that you’re not carrying baggage.” He was holding her gaze, and she felt physically unable to look away. “You’ve chosen your circumstances, Jess. I like that about you. You take what you want and leave the rest behind. You decide.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“I wasn’t thinking of this roomful of people when I put the cologne on earlier. I was thinking of you.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Fondness warmed his gaze from the inside out, as if he was seeing exactly the person he wanted to see.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“He said that?” Fizzy whispered, wary of the small but excellent ears in the other room. “He actually said the words ‘I want you in my bed’? Just like that?”
Jess nodded.
“With eye contact?”
“Steady, ardent, I’m-going-to-fuck-you-until-you-find-religion eye contact,” Jess confirmed.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Steady, ardent, I’m-going-to-fuck-you-until-you-find-religion eye contact”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Just keep telling me pretty and it'll be fine. Oh and wine. Wine will help.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Youngest children are usually less ‘intense,’ ” she said with a smile, using his own description against him. “You uptight perfectionists tend to be oldest children.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Scientists are often pretty critical of other scientists and what we choose to do with our time and knowledge.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Holy shit. Why did I pick such a sedentary job? When the zombies come, I am screwed.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“I find it soothing that numbers don’t lie.”
“But they can be misleading.”
“Only if you don’t know what to look for.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“Destiny could also be a choice, she’d realized. To believe or not, to be vulnerable or not, to go all in or not.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“The conversation flowed. The silences were easy. She hadn't spilled anything down her shirt and he'd called her competent. It was the best date she'd had in seven years.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation

“I want you to call me for help -- without an apology already on the tip of your tongue. I want to feel like I can kiss you again by your car at the end of the night." He swallowed. "I want you in my bed.”
― Christina Lauren, The Soulmate Equation