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Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2) QUOTES

Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2) QUOTES

1 " Annie surveyed the boxes of board games stacked on the table. They had everything from Battleship to Cranium to Settlers of Catan, and even a game called Exploding Kittens. If this was a test, she wanted to pass, but she also didn’t want to risk life and limb, knowing how competitive Darcy and Brendon could get. “How about Scruples?” That sounded low risk. Margot grinned. “I like you.” Darcy shook her head. “We should finish with Scruples. I need more wine before I play that game.” Elle laughed. “Charades first?” “Fine.” Darcy dropped her head back against Elle’s thigh. “But we have to pick new teams.” “Normally Brendon and I partner up,” Margot explained. “It’s not safe to put those two”—she nodded at Darcy and Brendon—“on a team together. They’re ruthless.” “I replaced your coffee table, didn’t I?” Darcy arched a brow. “No harm, no foul.” “Brendon fell through the coffee table. It was scarring.” Margot shivered. “I thought we were going to have to drive him to the emergency room. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

2 " Since when is love supposed to be convenient? "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

3 " The way I see it, you can’t rush something you want to last forever. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

4 " He looks at you like you hung the moon. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

5 " I just . . . I love the nuances of language and all their quirks. Like how certain words exist in foreign languages and have no direct English equivalent. Meraki in Greek means, basically, to do something with love, but there’s no English word for it. The closest is ‘labor of love,’ but that sounds like you’re being put-upon. Meraki means to do something with pleasure, to pour your whole heart into a task or craft. Like putting all your love into a meal or a gift.” She ducked her chin and shrugged. “So, yeah. Translation would be my dream job. Puzzling out how to keep the text true even when it’s not easy. There’s a cultural component you can’t ignore without”—her lips curved—“losing something in translation. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

6 " But I think you’re right. With the right person, I don’t think it matters what you do or where you are. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

7 " I do love it. That big, demonstrative moment where nothing else matters but making sure the person you care about knows it. That you’re in. You’re all in and you want everyone to know, no matter how wild or risky it is. Weddings are like that. The vows are, at least.” Something about the soft look in Annie’s eyes, wistful almost, compelled him to keep going. To confess what he’d never told anyone before. “I don’t have a single memory of my mom and dad saying I love you to each other.” Annie made a soft noise, but he soldiered on, wanting to get this out. “Maybe those movies aren’t perfect, but for most of my life, they were the best proof I had that people could wind up happy together. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

8 " He'd fly her to the moon if it made her happy. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

9 " What would it take to become someone Annie cared about? He wanted to find out everything there was to know about her, not just to prove her wrong about romance being dead, but to satisfy his own burning curiosity. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

10 " Why is that such a hard pill to swallow?"

"Because you want to solve everything for everybody. Make everyone happy. You like to fix things, but some things aren't yours to fix. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

11 " If his heart was elastic, it had snapped in two. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

12 " There was no going back now. Not that he'd want to. He never wanted to go back. Not when he could go forward with Annie. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

13 " And no one remembers anything, because why should they? It's all online. When was the last time you remembered a friend's birthday without Facebook reminding you?"
He frowned. "It's convenient."
"Since when are friendships, let alone love, supposed to be convenient? "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

14 " Sunscreen and watermelon Jolly Ranchers, coconut and sunshine—even in the dead of winter Annie had always smelled like summer. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

15 " She'd watched enough movies, listened to enough of her friends moon over magical kisses. She'd rolled her eyes at description of toes curling and breaths being snatched, of drowning in someone, that made it sound like a great time. Of hearts galloping like the hooves of a hundred wild horses and colors flashing prismatically behind close lids. She'd laughed at how two people pressing their mouths together could ever be described with the sort of near-orgasmic passion that usually required she have her pants off.
[...]
But kissing Brendon? That was a revelation. All those clichés? They didn't hold a candle to the way his lips turned her body into a living, breathing live wire of sensation. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

16 " Because when I’m around you, I lose my head.” “The feeling’s mutual. I told you, I’ve never felt this way about anyone before. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

17 " You're not in high school, for crying out loud."
No, but sometimes Annie made him feel like he was. Like he was a kid discovering everything for the first time, things he'd never felt before. He liked it. He loved it, loved that everything with Annie felt shiny and new, like the sunlight streaming in through the window. Golden. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

18 " Everything I learn about you makes me want to know more. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

19 " I knew I wasn't happy in Philadelphia, but I tried not to think about it. No one wants to think about how unhappy they are," she admitted. "I think... I think I've been settling for less than happy for so long that I'd forgotten what being happy really felt like." The smile she gave him started slow, almost shy, before brightening into something steady and sure. "Until I came here. You've been a huge part of that, Brendon. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)

20 " She wasn't even two feet from him but she might as well have been a million miles away already. He could see her, he was looking right at her, but it felt like he'd already lost her. If she had even been his to begin with. "

― Alexandria Bellefleur , Hang the Moon (Written in the Stars, #2)