Key Insights & Memorable Quotes
Below are the most popular and impactful highlights and quotes from Second First Impressions:(Showing 13 of 13)
“I always thought that love would feel like something gentle, but this isn’t. I feel a clawing, desperate need to hold his heart in my hand and to fend off anything that might damage it.”
“It’s amazing how life works. You can wake up in your current existence and then go to bed with everything changed.”
“Brown-eyed sublime being. She of soft, deep cardigan pockets. Bubble-bath taker. Pool jumper. Cheese provider. Sunset glower. Heaven sent.”
“I’m starting to notice that he always checks to see if I laugh at his jokes.”
“Why do I require you? What a weird question. I always require you.”
“You’re the thousand-dollar dress on the rack in this thrift store and I can’t believe no one’s picked you up yet.”
“When you eventually leave, please do it really gently, okay?”
“Have you ever been caught off guard by the sound of your own heartbeat? Maybe you’ve pressed your ear weirdly on your pillow, and now all you can hear is your own proof of life. You are confronted with your mortality in a base, clock-ticking kind of way: you have an engine room, and it has a finite timeline. What a miracle and a privilege.”
“You think you’re done with me? Because I’m not done with you.”
“All I know is, nothing in life feels that bad when I’m eating carbs and fat. Everything will work out, because of cheese.”
“Don’t seduce Ruthie if I don’t plan on sticking around, because she’s a tender treasure that must be protected at all costs.”
“He sees a freckle on my collarbone and loses composure.”
“So what’s the name Theodore mean, anyway?Guess. If he was hoping for flattery, he is sorely disappointed. Me: “Vagabond.”Melanie: “Infant bear.”Me: “Lord of legs.”Melanie: “Train wreck.”Me: “Hot mess.”Melanie: “Lazy rich boy.”
