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1 " Her feelings for Jeremy were like Schrodinger’s Crush. As long as she didn’t open the box, their relationship existed in a state of quantum superposition: both possible and impossible at the same time. "
― Susannah Nix , Remedial Rocket Science (Chemistry Lessons, #1)
2 " It’s not about the action figures,” Melody said. “It’s about how the people making decisions at these companies view women, and it’s about little girls who grow up thinking only boys can be heroes because that’s all they ever see. People say, ‘Oh, it’s only movies,’ or ‘It’s only TV, it doesn’t matter,’ but stories matter. They’re our cultural mythology. They shape the lens through which we see the world . "
3 " I just think you shouldn't be dating anyone you don't want to be friends with. If you're looking for a real partner, there's got to more more than just sexual attraction there. You should be looking for someone you actually enjoy spending time with. Ideally, you're looking for a best friend. "
― Susannah Nix , Intermediate Thermodynamics (Chemistry Lessons, #2)
4 " I’m fine,” I assured her. “Are you scared?” Sandra asked. I shrugged. “Not really.” “Bull pucky,” Sandra retorted. “Sandra!” Elizabeth nudged her friend with her elbow. “No, I mean it.” Sandra crossed her arms and arched an eyebrow at me. “That's a load of steaming bovine dooky. "
― Susannah Nix , Mad About Ewe (Common Threads #1)
5 " it from you for so long.” “You don’t need to be embarrassed.” I shook my head because it didn’t work that way. Shame couldn’t be erased so easily. It was sticky like chewing gum and embedded itself in everything it touched. "
6 " Do you like cooking shows?” she asked, her eyes skittering away bashfully. “There’s this one I’ve been watching on YouTube—Angie got me hooked on it.” “I love cooking shows.” I leaned forward to snag the remote off the table and handed it to her. “Show me.” We settled back to watch a charming young woman attempt to replicate Girl Scout cookies. It was both amusing and stressful, and as the show’s host veered off task to clean the microwave and tried to reject the assistance of the other kitchen staffers, insisting that she worked better alone when she so clearly needed help, I began to understand why Dawn liked it so much. "
7 " Slow walkers were a scourge upon the city streets. It was all very well to live a leisurely, low-stress life, taking plenty of time to stop and smell the roses—so long as you did it off to one side so those of us with somewhere to be could get past you. "
8 " Wow, you have a lot of characters.” “Yeah, I like to try all the powers out. I’m kind of a perma-lowbie by nature.” “What does that mean?” “It means I like the early part of the game better than the endgame. I’d rather keep rolling up new characters than max out my existing ones.” “You seem to have a preference for melee classes over ranged classes. "
9 " His blue eyes were brimming with affection. Too much affection. It was painful to look at. Like stepping out of a dark building into blinding sunlight. "
10 " So, what do you say? Want to be my date for what is absolutely guaranteed to be a miserable evening—and before you answer, please remember I brought you a muffin. "
11 " Men,” Linda harrumphed from her chair by the window. “Can’t live with them, can’t tip the lot of them into a volcano and start society over without ’em. "
12 " I reached for my wine and took a drink, even though I didn’t really like wine. Jessica was right, it was too oaky. Drinking it was like licking the underside of a coffee table. "
13 " I loved listening to her talk. I’d happily listen to her read one of those software terms of service agreements just to hear the sound of her voice. "
― Susannah Nix , My Cone and Only (King Family, #1)
14 " Love should be a partnership that builds you up and frees you to be the person you’re meant to be "
― Susannah Nix , Cream and Punishment (King Family, #2)
15 " I almost couldn’t blame Jerry for seeking out greener pastures, an at least I no longer had to feel guilty about my failing marriage. "
16 " Hendrick’s martini, extra dirty with three olives, "
17 " The way he was looking at me unraveled me like a ball of yarn dropped down a flight of stairs. "
18 " Don’t make up reasons why you can’t. There’d always be reasons to say no. Fear would always be ready to supply them. The same fear I’d been hiding behind and using as an excuse. The fear that had been ruling me for far too long. Fuck that. It was time to stop living in fear. "
19 " I’m at the doctor’s office, and you know how funny they are about cell phones.” “They’re not funny about it,” Jerry said. “There are very good reasons for the rules against cell phones. "
20 " But the biggest reason I hadn’t made more of an effort on the dating front? Fear. I was a tremendous chicken. I hadn’t slept with anyone but Jerry in twenty-eight years. And it wasn’t like our sex life had been particularly adventurous. Dull, rote, and no great shakes were the phrases that leapt to mind—not to mention all but nonexistent the last few years we were together. The truth was, I was afraid to sleep with anyone else, because I was fairly certain I would be bad at it. Even if I wasn’t, the idea of getting naked in front of a man I’d just met terrified me. At my age? In my current body? Madness. And then there was the intimacy of the act itself. The vulnerability. How did people expose themselves like that in front of someone they barely knew? It seemed inconceivable to me. "
