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21 " Work like a captain, play like a pirate. "
― Christina Lauren , The Unhoneymooners
22 " You don't need him to like you. Or, you know, know that you continue to exist "
23 " Honesty has always seemed to work best for us: "
24 " I want to say something sassy, but the only thing that comes to mind is how insulting it is that eyelashes like his were wasted on Satan's errand boy. "
25 " He tastes like cheap alcohol and contradictions, but it is still hands-down the best kiss of my life. "
26 " I stare up at him, hating the tiny fluttering that gets going in my chest because he knows the Harry Potter reference. I knew he was a book lover, but to be the same kind of book lover I am? It makes my insides melt. "
27 " She’s candy-sweet at the surface and probably terrible at communicating negative emotions. Meanwhile, I’m like a sour patch kid on the surface, but will happily detail all the ways I think the world is going to hell. "
28 " I’m a terrible liar.” “Really? You hid it so well.” “It’s never been my strength, okay? Those of us who aren’t summoned by the Dark Mark consider honesty to be a virtue. "
29 " Ethan,” he supplies, and his dazzling smile punches me right in the vagina. “Ethan Thomas. "
30 " Should I have told them about the time you gifted me that Last Will and Testament software at the family Christmas party? I mean honestly-?""I was looking out for your loved ones. "
31 " I don’t want to get your hopes up or anything, but I look really great in this bikini. There’s no revenge like being with someone new who has a great rack. "
32 " His eyes dart from the horizon to my red bikini and back again. “I saw that,” I say. He sips his drink. “Saw what?”“You checked out my chest.” “Of course I did. It’s like having two other people up here with us. I don’t want to be rude. "
33 " When someone doesn't like us, it's natural to not like them in return, right? "
34 " I like to think I can be affectionate, but some things are infinitely better when they happen behind closed doors. "
35 " 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? "
36 " I think I would have been delusional to think I could ever get this lucky. "
37 " You’re looking at me like you like me,” he says. “It’s the mai tai goggles you’re wearing. I hate you as much as ever.” Ethan lifts a skeptical brow. “Really?” “Yep.” Nope. "
38 " I get the bedroom and Netflix, and you wander the island to check on your hidden horcruxes. "
39 " 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? "
40 " Things are easy, and fun, and effortless. This isn’t how new relationships are supposed to be: they’re supposed to be stressful, and exhausting, and uncertain "