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1 " When I signed up for this honeymoon, I had no idea it would involve so much nudity... "
― Christina Lauren , The Unhoneymooners
2 " I wanted to translate your frowns and find out what your problem with me was and then bend you over the back of my couch. "
3 " I can appreciate my body in a bikini and still want to set fire to the patriarchy. "
4 " knew he was a book lover, but to be the same kind of book lover I am? It makes my insides melt. "
5 " I am a homebody, through and through, and there’s nothing like being home. "
6 " An eight-hour flight, and there’s no movie,” I say to myself, glaring at the screenless seat back in front of me. “Maybe they’re hoping your life flashing in front of your eyes will be distraction enough. "
7 " love is exhausting. "
8 " And I get it. As much as I hate him . . . I think I’m starting to like us. "
9 " Rumor has it your dad brought her flowers and she pulled off every petal and used them to spell PUTA in the snow. "
10 " Don't threaten me with a good time "
11 " I like the idea of saving to buy a place of my own or having some extra in the bank for an adventure once I figure out what kind of adventure I want to have. I see all these choices unrolling in front of me - career, travel, friends, geography - and despite things being insane and hard and messy, I don't think I've ever liked myself more than I do now. It's the strangest feeling to be proud simply because I'm taking care of me and mine. Is this what it's like to grow up? "
12 " Think out loud with me. "
13 " It's so exhausting pretending to hate you. "
14 " Ethan Thomas is doing something weird to my emotions. "
15 " I feel like I should apologize,” I say. “You did throw up directly afterward.” He laughs quietly, under his breath. “As if that would be my reaction to seeing you naked, Olive.” The door opens and closes again. When I turn to ask him what he meant, he’s gone. • "
16 " the only coherent thought that comes to mind is how insulting it is that eyelashes like his were wasted on Satan’s Errand Boy "
17 " It's the strangest feeling to be proud simply because I'm taking care of me and mine. Is this what it's like to grow up? "
18 " Those of us who aren’t summoned by the Dark Mark consider honesty to be a virtue. "
19 " What’s it like having a twin?” “What’s it’s like not having a twin?” I reply, and he laughs. “Touché. "
20 " You don't get to choose the circumstances. That's the point of luck: it happens when and where it happens. "