8 Quotes by Amy Jo Cousins

You're the optimist all the way through, pretending to be a pessimist on the inside, because you can act like it hurts less if you say you knew all along it was going to go down like that.

I'm sure lots of schools have students who are able to form bonds of friendship across sexual identity stereotypes... even in Iowa

Tom lifted his other hand and rested it lightly on Reese’s slim hip, barely holding on. “I want to kiss you.

I think it’s exactly like that. When you think you can’t do it anymore. You have to ignore it and keep going. Trust in your training.

I mean, you tell me I got a magic button up my ass that’ll make me come my brains out, of course I’m curious. But I’m never gonna go there, because gross.

C... wasn’t actually sure how things went forward from here. Normally, if he had a fight with a girl, then the relationship was over and he moved on to the next girl. Of course, that usually happened after a week or two, not after months with a woman he’d known for years, and was pretty sure he’d be content to spend the next couple of decades getting to know better.

Bi,” Tom interrupted as if it were crucial he retain some kind of toehold on heterosexuality, then flinched.

You’re the optimist all the way through, pretending to be a pessimist on the inside, because you can act like it hurts less if you say you knew all along it was going to go down like that.