Love On The Brain Quotes
"Trusting people to stick around is a bad idea. One way or another they’ll end up gone."
"The real villain is love: an unstable isotope, constantly undergoing spontaneous nuclear decay."
"I feel just like I imagine Dr. Curie must have felt: as though a world of scientific discoveries is finally within grasping distance."
"I’m not even sad when Monday comes. It’s same old, same old—but with the prospect of BLINK, even the old feels new and exciting."
"What never, ever abandoned Dr. Curie in all her years? Her curiosity. Her discoveries. Her accomplishments."
"Marie would slip some radium in their coffee."
"I can’t believe that some people work out every day."
"You only say so because I look exactly like you."
"I’m focusing on my career. Permanence and love are clearly incompatible."
"I’ll settle for loving other people’s cats and never knowing when they pass away."
"It’s difficult, and by difficult I mean impossible, to imagine him siding against a non-me party in any me-involved accident."
"I want to put down roots. Security. Stability."
"The internet is a sea full of creepy, cybercriminal fish."
"I’m going to rock this project and make neuroscience my bitch."
"Why the hell is the feel of his thigh in my brain again?"
"I’m a proud resident of his bad side for several years, who just renewed her housing permit with a few simple words."
"I’m a cave troll. I’m so unpleasant to be around, I make him clumsy."
"I sometimes daydream about murdering people."
"I’m too busy not kneeing him in the nuts to apologize."
"What kind of careless, inconsiderate boob steals the single available option from a starving, needy vegan?"
"I’m absolutely not thinking again about his thigh pushing between my legs."
"I’m being revolting sometimes has its own advantages."
"I miss doing science. I miss the elation I felt during my three days of celebration."
"I’m cautiously optimistic. BLINK will work out; I’ll make sure of it."
"It’s not easy. But not for any reason you think."
"I’m grateful every damn day for those two extra inches."
"The universe keeps expanding and getting colder."
"I’m not sure how I feel about the fact that Levi’s armpits and mine have similar needs."
"I need you to know that I’d never do anything to make her uncomfortable."
"I’m not planning to do the conference circuit anymore."
"Fine. But if you’re not feeling well, you tell me immediately and I’ll take you away."
"I now know more about body decomposition and makeup palettes than I thought I ever would, but I regret nothing."
"I was right there with you, thinking that it was my error."
"None of this was his fault. Plus, think how good your Ph.D. applications will look when they come with a recommendation letter from the Director of Research at the Johnson Space Center."
"I’m not sure what the charges are, but Guy was so high up, had access to so much information."
"I explained everything to NIH and my superiors, and of course I am begging you on my knees to return."
"He nods. 'I reviewed the security footage. I didn’t notice at first, but after you wrote that text—I was jogging, by the way, so maybe next time give me fifteen minutes or so before jumping headfirst into danger alone—after your text I looked at the footage more closely. And saw your computer.'"
"I only saw Levi once, in public, and the one interaction we were able to sneak was his hand briefly brushing my lower back."