The hum of a memory, blurry around the edges, soft and nothing particularly special, all kind of blending into one moment.
She hot-potatoes the phone to me.
The clouds in his face clear away instantly, and he is sunny and bright again.
I’m definitely a person who worries too much over every little thing.
Lara Jean, promise me you won’t let her get her hooks in Daddy. He doesn’t know the first thing about dating in the twenty-first century, and she’ll just eat him alive. He needs to be with someone mature, someone with wisdom in her eyes.” I snort. “Like who? A grandma? If so, I know a few from Belleview I could set him up with.
With his fair hair and milky skin and rosy cheeks, he looks like he could be an English farmer’s son. But he’s slim, so maybe the sensitive farmer’s son who steals away to the barn to read.
Don’t say no when you want to say yes.
You should give him a picture of you to keep him company, if you know what I mean.” She frowns at me. “Do you know what I mean?
No, I’m gonna get it. Just give me a second. I’m gonna master it just like I mastered the other kind of French. – He winks at me.
We three probably won’t ever live in the same house together again. We’ll come home for holidays and school breaks, but it won’t be the same. It won’t be what it was. But I suppose it hasn’t been, not since Margot left for college. The thing is, you get used to it. Before you even realize it’s happening, you get used to things being different, and it will be that way for Kitty too.
I just needed to be on the beach. The beach would make me feel better. Nothing, nothing felt better than the way sand felt beneath my feet. It was both solid and shifting, constant and ever-changing. It was summer” -Belly.
At college, when people ask us how we met... I suppose I’ll say it all started with a love letter.
You’re a little player, Covey. We aren’t even broken up yet and you’re already trying to talk to other guys. I would be hurt if I wasn’t impressed.
I can feel tears and panic building up inside me. If she asks me another question, it will be too much, and I’ll cry.
Stormy taught me that love is about making brave choices every day.
And now she’s off on a new adventure, and we wish her well.
From the moment Leo comes on screen in that navy blue suit, I have chest palpitations. He’s like an angel, a beautiful, damaged angel.
But maybe it is worth it. You never know how long you have with people.
There’s making do, living a pleasant life, no big ups or downs, and there’s all the friction and fire that come with being in love with someone.
Oldest children are always high-achieving bores.