Picture Perfect Boyfriend Quotes

“People live out here?” Tyler asked. “Do they have internet?” “Can you imagine getting groceries?” Alana asked. “Or needing medical care?” Dad added. Living somewhere so remote sounded amazing.”
― Becky Dean, Picture-Perfect Boyfriend

“Sneaky Person about to Answer Me.”
― Becky Dean, Picture-Perfect Boyfriend

“SPAM stands for Speaking Plainly to Avoid Murder”
― Becky Dean, Picture-Perfect Boyfriend

“I was saving your grandmother. And her magical flying banana bread.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“I find first impressions are rather accurate.”
“Oh, me too. If someone annoys me right away, it’s hard to overcome that.”
“Lucky for me I make a great one, then.” He winked. “Enough to win you over the moment we first laid eyes on each other.”
“I’ll definitely never forget that moment.”
“See, I told you I make a great first impression.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“Got home and found a toe bone in my pocket, so major apologies to whoever tried to put that sucker back together.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“What do you love about them?” Jake asked.
“Everyone loves whales.”
“I’m not asking everyone. I’m asking you.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“Or the guy I went to homecoming with, who vanished halfway through the dance, and I found out later he’d been arrested for covering the principal’s car with chicken nuggets?”
“How did he do that?”
“Apparently barbecue sauce is fairly sticky.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“The world needs more women in STEM”
“That’s true. But that means making sure they have opportunities and encouraging the ones who want to pursue those careers, not forcing women into the field to make other people happy.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“The driver hadn’t said not to [climb the tree]. Maybe it was implied, because normal people’s minds didn’t jump straight to, Oh, a tree, I should climb it.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“Why do you care?”
He watched me steadily, focused as if we were alone in the world. “Because I care about you. Because I want you to be yourself and be happy and stop letting others define you. You deserve to do what you like, and I want you to stop listening to people who don’t appreciate you.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“You don’t even know me. Not really.”
“I know enough to know you’re special.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“To be fair, my whale song did sound a bit like one was mating with a bagpipe.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“I’m sorry, I was rude?”
“Um, yeah, super judgey.”
“While you were plotting my death.”
I waved a hand. “Only hypothetically.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“Mom refused to let Gran drive the convertible up the volcano in the middle of the night.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“What is I try it and don’t succeed?”
He held my gaze. “But what if you do? Don’t let the reason it doesn’t happen be because you didn’t try.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“So he showed up,” she said. “And then you fell for him for real.”
“I did not.”
She raised her eyebrows. “You just chased him through a hotel.”
“Okay, maybe a little.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“He placed his hands on my shoulders. . . A cute boy was touching me, and all I was thinking about was whether I could push him over the cliff edge and make it look like an accident.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“You are going to have to pretend to like me. You can still plot my painful death. Just do it while you’re holding my hand and making heart eyes at me.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“Listening to someone talk about what they care about isn’t a fake-boyfriend thing, Kenz. It’s a decent-person thing.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend

“I knew you were spying on me.”
“Can you blame me?”
“I’m honestly surprised you haven’t done more.”
“Maybe I have and you just don’t know about it.”
― Becky Dean, Picture Perfect Boyfriend