The True Love Experiment Quotes

“Truth is, you’ll never meet a book lover who hates the quiet.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Romance isn’t gratuitous bodice ripping. It can be, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but in the end, romance isn’t about the fantasy of being wealthy or beautiful or even being tied to the bed.” More laughter, but I have their attention now. “It’s about elevating stories of joy above stories of pain. It is about seeing yourself as the main character in a very interesting—or maybe even quiet—life that is entirely yours to control.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“People think romances are just about sex—and some are, which is fine—but they’re also about social change and challenging the status quo, such as who the world thinks deserves a happily ever after.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Last week I considered going jogging in flip-flops just to remind myself how sex sounds.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“intolerance is a failure of curiosity, and it’s always stuck with me. Am I being quick to judge things I know next to nothing about?”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“And I guess I want what most women want: someone who makes me laugh and doesn’t take themself too seriously. Someone who’s ambitious but good, who’s supportive of me and the things I love. But mostly, I want us to be head over fucking heels for each other.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“You look in the mirror and see all of the ways you are letting me down. I look at you and see everything I’ve ever wanted you to be. That admiration is where expectations come from, dai leu, not from disappointment. And if I want something for you, like marriage or a baby, it’s because these things have made me happier than anything else in life. You spend so much time working to make other people happy, and all I care about is that you are happy.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“You were perfect then, too, and you are perfect now.” Eyes watery, I laugh. “You are not a credible source.” “I am the only credible source. I’ve known you every second of your life.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“My grandparents have been married for over sixty years, and when my grandma walks into the room, my grandpa looks at her like he’s still nineteen and trying to figure out how the prettiest girl in school is giving him the time of day.” He laughs. “I want that. To be as head over heels in love at eighty as I was at thirty. To be together and just… feel joy.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“If I eat something delicious, I want him there to take a bite. If I see something beautiful, I want to turn to him and point it out. If I hear something hilarious, I immediately want to call him and tell him everything.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“I am a lot of work.”
This makes him laugh. “Felicity, you are the easiest thing I’ve ever done.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“I don’t know how to go about the rest of my life pretending I don’t want her, with a force that rivals the pull of the tides.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“But I'm saying that I love you," I continue," because I sometimes think we as a society hold too many things back. We're afraid of being vulnerable or rejected, we're scared that we're weird or say things that no one else thinks. And that's okay. I'm not scared of that with you.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Because you seek out power struggles with men to avoid being vulnerable?”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Is this 37-year-old Fizzy’s kink? Honesty, accountability, and open communication?”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“I love that he’s respectful, even if I crave being disrespected by him, and only him.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“He is the stillness to my storm, the shadow to my bright sunlight, the Styles to my Harry.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Romance isn't gratuitous bodice ripping. It can be, and there's nothing wrong with that, but in the end, romance isn't about the fantasy of being wealthy or beautiful or even being tied to the bed." More laughter, but I have their attention now. "It's about elevating stories of joy above stories of pain. It is about seeing yourself as the main character in a very interesting--or maybe even quiet--life that is entirely yours to control. It is, my friends, the fantasy of significance.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“You describe them as my ‘guilty pleasure.’ Do you have any idea how condescending that is?” “Well, don’t they bring you pleasure?” I ask, confused. “How is that condescending?” “Yes, but why should I feel guilty for reading something that makes me happy?” I open my mouth to respond, and she pins me with a look so clear in its meaning it might as well be a warning shot fired overhead.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Have you ever been slapped? By yourself?”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“intolerance is a failure of curiosity,”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“when every single one of you gets to the end of this crazy ride, you look back and can truly say you were happy.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Romance isn't gratuitous bodice ripping. It can be, there's nothing wrong with that, but in the end, romance isn't about the fantasy of being wealthy or beautiful or even being tied to the bed[ . . . ].It's about elevating stories of joy above stories of pain. It is about seeing yourself as the main character in a very interesting--or maybe even quiet--life that is entirely yours to control. It is, my friends, the fantasy of significance.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Take you as you are by day and fuck you till you’re wrecked by night.” I pass the back of my hand over my mouth and reach over to set the empty bottle down on the nightstand.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“You don’t have to pretend,” he says. “You always take my breath away.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“She doesn’t look away as my gaze holds hers. It’s this, and the way her voice goes a little hoarse when she says, “I’ll tell you anything you want to know,” that make me suspect I am absolutely, irrevocably, and undeniably fucked.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Every day of my life from this point forward, I will be able to sincerely say I love and cherish you with every fiber of my being.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“You always take my breath away.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“Yes, but it doesn’t have to affect the show! This isn’t about feelings, it’s a distraction. I have a taste for him now.” I sigh. “I am a hunter.” She nods in understanding. “Like James in Twilight.” “Exactly like James in Twilight,” I confirm. “Except how Alice popped his head off.”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment

“because I sometimes think we as a society hold too many things back. We’re afraid of being vulnerable or rejected, we’re scared that we’re weird or say things that no one else thinks. And that’s okay. I’m not scared of that with you. I know I’m being rejected, I know I’m weird,”
― Christina Lauren, The True Love Experiment