The Chemistry of Love Quotes

“common sense was like deodorant. The people who needed it most never had it.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Enjoy the things you enjoy, Anna. Don’t let other people make you feel bad about it.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Neurocosmetics.” He nodded. “I’ve read a”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Marco might have been smart, but common sense was like deodorant. The people who needed it most never had it.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“strange lump appeared in my throat. That was the hardest thing about grief—you thought you were dealing well with things, going about your life, then you would hear a sound or smell a scent or someone would say something that brought you right back to that sadness.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“It was something I’d been waiting on permission for at work when I could have been doing more in my home lab. Why was I always standing aside instead of going after the thing that I wanted? I didn’t need Jerry to tell me it was okay before moving forward with experimenting in a field that fascinated me.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Aren’t we supposed to be trying to do better than the generations before us? Fix their mistakes, don’t pass along their trauma? Give ourselves the best possible shot at life?”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“bravery wasn’t the absence of fear but pushing on in spite of it.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“I told my dad that if he wanted to name it after my stepmom, he should call it the Cirrhosis of the River, but he didn’t see the humor.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“I just want you to know that I think it is ridiculous the amount of work women have to put in to look nice.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“She would have told me that it was okay to do frivolous things that made me happy. To want to feel pretty.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“So I can’t talk about Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, or the Muppets? I hate to tell you this, but that’s kind of my entire personality.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“I like the idea that I can impose order on chaos. I know I can’t control the world, but sticking to rules makes me feel like I can.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“That was the hardest thing about grief—you thought you were dealing well with things, going about your life, then you would hear a sound or smell a scent or someone would say something that brought you right back to that sadness.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Absence had made my heart forget that the guy I was pretending to date was super attractive, and it was annoying that my body kept leaping with excitement every single time I was around him.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“I had a tendency to do that—to get fixated on something I wanted and if it didn’t go the way I’d planned it in my head, then I didn’t always cope so well with the outcome.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Lunch?” I asked, surprised. “Don’t you have a company to run?” “Yes, but I let myself take a break every day to eat. I let all the other employees do it, too. I’m generous that way.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“And when was I going to stop making Lord of the Rings references to people who had no idea what I was talking about?”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“This was so unlike me. I was not impulsive! I had never quit a job before. Granted, this was the only real job I’d ever had, but until today, I hadn’t ever quit it!”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Every step felt like walking through quicksand with iron shoes. The old me didn’t want this—it was better to sit back and hope for better things instead of making it happen. That’s what I’d always done, and it was how I’d ended up here. Time to shake up my life.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“the only way to make things change was to change them.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“like lemongrass as the scent because it’s been shown to reduce anxiety. We do some aromatherapy with our”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“So currently, there are scientists looking at things like frankincense extract. It has beta-endorphins to ease your stress, help regulate cortisol, and it also is an anti-inflammatory and can restore collagen.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Grief is a great equalizer”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“What about it being the thought that counts?” “If that were true, then I would lose ten pounds today because I thought about eating healthier and exercising and instead I ate an entire bag of Fritos and had a two-hour nap.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Last night, you mentioned your mother, and I just heard something in your voice that I understood. That kind of loss causes the sort of pain that’s easy to recognize in others. I don’t know why they say time heals all wounds when years later, the wound still hurts just as much. The only difference is other people expect that it won’t.” That”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“That kind of loss causes the sort of pain that’s easy to recognize in others. I don’t know why they say time heals all wounds when years later, the wound still hurts just as much. The only difference is other people expect that it won’t.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“a tendency to do that—to get fixated on something I wanted and if it didn’t go the way I’d planned it in my head, then I didn’t always cope so well with the outcome.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“Don’t you think we’re doomed to repeat the mistakes of our parents?” “No. Aren’t we supposed to be trying to do better than the generations before us? Fix their mistakes, don’t pass along their trauma? Give ourselves the best possible shot at life? If your dad is a terrible husband, then you can be better than him. Be committed.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love

“If I had a butt like his, I would walk backward into every room.”
― Sariah Wilson, The Chemistry of Love