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21 " I hate New York.” It almost makes me recoil, the way he’s said this. Bold, sans serif. No caps, but italics for the It’s not a harmless, pedestrian “I hate this song” or “I hate those chocolate balls rolled in shredded coconut.” It’s not one of those small, meaningless hatreds that shear the word of its meaning. "
― Kate Clayborn , Love Lettering
22 " For a split second we look at each other, and to me it feels like a mountain of letters between us, all jumbled up and unmatched, a thousand things I need to say to her but can’t figure out how to say. Not without starting some kind of terrible avalanche. Not without getting buried beneath them. "
23 " the ribbon of laughter she lets out after sends a shot of heat straight to my dick. "
― Kate Clayborn , Luck of the Draw (Chance of a Lifetime #2)
24 " She’s got to speak slowly to cut through their narcissism or their naïveté or their general unwillingness to accept reality. Says the twenty-seven-year-old woman who was just thinking about a unicorn. "
― Kate Clayborn , Best of Luck (Chance of a Lifetime, #3)
25 " Don’t,” he replies. I see the word in my head, shaped as a set of double doors closing— on one side, on the other. A tiny sliver of space between, narrowing and narrowing as they shut in my face. "
26 " All his man-terrogating got in my head. "
27 " You practiced getting along with people. You can certainly practice not getting along with them, too. "
28 " I don’t want to act like it was stressful, with my parents.” It was, though. It was stressful to spend so much time alone. It was stressful that it wasn’t easy to make friends, that most of her socialization came from people who were way older than her. "
― Kate Clayborn , Love at First
29 " 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 makes me feel, to fight. "
― Kate Clayborn
30 " If Charlie feels even a quarter of what I felt over my brother, I hope something turns around for her, and soon. "
31 " The same way I woke up on Sunday and hoped I hadn’t hurt that little girl’s feelings. "
32 " a pair of gold-brown eyes staring up at me. Hell if I don’t think of her, laying something else on the line about herself, so she can save my ass again. "
33 " Right,” I say, hoping my whole head hasn’t turned into the cringe emoji. "
34 " 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 to—I keep the peace with people. I don’t like the way it makes me feel, to fight. "
35 " I'm a Midwesterner"...Would Reid be interested in knowing my opinions on mayonnaise versus Miracle Whip? "
36 " I had to learn to fight with him the same way I had to learn how to fight with my sister and with my roommate in college."..."[Fighting] takes practice to get it right, and it's painful, but if you want to stay with people, you do it. "
37 " But that Obviously—he’s sure made it sound as if it’s a bad thing. He’s made it sound like business opportunities are the worst thing. Like that skyline is Sauron. "
38 " Do you know Nietzsche?” “Not personally!” He absolutely doesn’t get that I’m insulting him. That’s how good I am at customer service, at putting on this act. I’ve picked up my pencil again, my grip on it overfirm, my palms clammy. “He’s a philosopher.” “Cam,” Lark says. “I’m sure she knows that.” “So you’ve heard that quote, ‘God is dead’?” Lark runs two fingers along her hairline. “You want ‘God is dead’ on your bedroom wall?” I ask. “I want something true, you know?” How about YOU’RE AN ASSHOLE. Not enough letters in GOD IS DEAD to hide that, but I could think of something to get the job done. "
39 " You were the beginning of everything for me. "
40 " 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. "