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1 " Yes, but it’s, you know—every year, you’re all, ‘March! This is going to be great! Start of spring!’ But it’s definitely not, right? Because there will be a weird, freak snowstorm, and it’s like winter’s started all over. Unexpected things happen in March. "
― Kate Clayborn , Love Lettering
2 " Reid," I whisper to him. "It wasn't a mistake.""No," he says, resting his forehead against mine. "It was a sign. "
3 " If Sibby were here, she would remind me that talking about the weather in this way is functionally the same as having "I'm a Midwesterner" tattooed onto my face. For my next trick, why not bring up a garage sale I heard about? Or perhaps point out that I got the bag I'm carrying at a fifty percent off sale, with an extra five percent deducted for a temperamental zipper? Would Reid be interested in knowing my opinions on mayonnaise versus Miracle Whip? "
4 " ...Sometimes fighting isn't about leaving, it's about staying. It takes practice to get it right, and it's painful, but if you want to stay with people, you do it. "
5 " I think I quit reading at the word stochastic, which actually sort of reminded me of Reid, if what it means is a combination of stoic and sarcastic. But I’m pretty sure it has to do with calculus. "
6 " I was not speaking literally.” I think the slight softness to his voice is sympathy. Dear Diary, I imagine him writing later. Today I met a woman wearing too many buttons who does not understand what a metaphor is. "
7 " That's the truth about making mistakes, about making wrong choices. You live with them, and if you're lucky you get enough perspective to see where you went astray. You figure out what you can do to repair the damage, and you figure out how to do better going forward. "
― Kate Clayborn , Luck of the Draw (Chance of a Lifetime #2)
8 " I tell her I’ll be there soon and for the rest of the trip over, I’m doing that thing I indulge myself in sometimes, where I compose a lengthy, highly organized but incredibly witty lecture of censure to someone who has done me wrong. "
9 " You don't have to love people the way you learned to love at first. "
― Kate Clayborn , Love at First
10 " don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I’d thought he was leaving. Again. “You don’t even believe in luck.” He looks at me for a long time. “I don’t,” he says, simply, a small shrug of his shoulders. “But I believe in you. "
― Kate Clayborn , Best of Luck (Chance of a Lifetime, #3)
11 " When I had my own fight with them,I say adjusting for my limit, I guess... I felt so out of control. We all said things we can't take back, and nothing's ever been the same. So I really try hard to-I keep the peace with people. I don't like the way it make me feel, to fight. "
12 " Whatever is worse than man-splaining, this is it. This is man-terrogating. "
13 " I enjoyed watching you work. I love that word, enjoyed. It sounds small and polite, but it contains something big, passionate. In my head I see it as it should be, I think. The en- and the -ed should be small, but sturdy. Like bookends, or like hands, supporting something that’s lean and tall, but fragile and new. A fawn’s legs. J-O-Y. "
14 " Alas,” he says, and I worry I’m going to start developing some kind of Masterpiece Theatre library of sexual fantasies. Alas, alas, alas. I’m thinking about the word cravats when he finishes his sentence. “I am not in an area known for its hands-craftsmanship. "
15 " The point is . . . sometimes fighting isn’t about leaving, it’s about staying. It takes practice to get it right, and it’s painful, but if you want to stay with people, you do it. "
16 " Whatever is worse than man-splaining, this is it. This is man-terrogating. Before, at the Promenade, his questions—they were blunt, too abrupt. But they didn’t feel this way, at least. These are vaguely accusatory and not-so-vaguely superior. "
17 " A fundamental quality of my work is its impermanence. Sure, my planners are inked, and sure, clients could always page back through and admire a particular spread. But really, the point of the planners, of the calendars, is that you make your way through them, that you check off the days and turn the page. That you move on. "
18 " A chuckle. I see that word, drawn out. I’d make it so there were no ascenders, so all the letters were on the level. I’d make it so there was hardly any space between them, so that the word would look as snug and as warm as the sound feels. "
19 " Nothing was complicated when you had an enemy. It was you versus them, and you versus them stopped you thinking about the other problem, which was usually something more like: you versus you. You versus your fear. You versus your sadness. You versus your anger. "
20 " Like he’s taken a professional brow-furrowing class and like his mouth has had a turn-down service. He is laser focused. He would definitely notice if I stress-vomited. "
