Цитаты из книги First-Time Caller

I thought we were on the same page, but apparently we aren't even in the same library.

I could not sound more like a dumbass if I tried. Who is this person? Why can't I connect my brain and my mouth? I talk to people for a living, but I can't manage to string a sentence together when I'm alone with Lucie.

The hopeless romantic in me is ruthless, apparently.

I want to find a date. I want someone to ease the ache of loneliness pressing down on my chest. I want a connection with someone that feels real, and I can't do that if I keep sitting here in the booth with Aidan, talking to people on the phone. This whole thing is about being brave, taking chances. I've gotten comfortable with Aiden. I need to get out there.

"I like that. Thinking that I'm worth paying attention to. Something ordinary made extraordinary by the person you're sharing it with."

You don't have to be alone to be lonely.

"... I want to feel something when I connect with someone, I want sparks. The good kind, you know? I want to laugh and mean it. I want goose bumps. I want to wonder what my date is thinking about and hope it might be me. I want... the magic."

"I hate it (dating). It's like everyone is doing some dance that I never learned the steps to. I'm clueless, and I'm not using that as an excuse. I am genuinely clueless. I don't understand all of the... stuff you have to sift through before you can be yourself. "

It feels like every time I get my hopes up for something good, reality comes out swinging. I don't know how to be a hopeful person anymore.

Maybe that's its own sort of bravery. That I'm willing to try again

"Is that- are you going to be okay in the morning? Not too tired?"

She shrugs.

"I'll manage. Having a kid and sleep deprivation go hand in hand."

"My mother has a saying. She always used to say,'There is truth in wine and children."

"Promise you're not a cult leader?" she asks.

"Not at the moment, though I suppose that's a direction I can explore if the radio thing doesn't work out."

People don't want to be told how to fix their lives or be held accountable. They just want to hear themselves talk and validate their own narcissism.