The Layover Quotes
"I just want to see his face, to make sure I haven’t managed to annoy him before I leave for three days."
"In my dream, I ducked at exactly the right moment."
"These are the qualities I appreciate most about him."
"The nights we’ll go to bed without each other. Large bodies of water will separate us."
"After a lifetime of floating, I’m grateful to have found an anchor."
"Life on the road was what I grew up with, my parents’ ideal. My dream has always been to stay still."
"It’s the things that have lasted that are the most valuable."
"Who doesn’t want to feel the world on their skin?"
"Every time I do this, I imagine I’m Superman in a phone booth."
"A parking space is hardly worth pistol play."
"I’ve got to get from here to Atlanta to Boise to San Francisco to Portland."
"If you’re traveling with more than one child, choose the one with the most potential and save them."
"The perfect amount of light in the cabin, enough to see comfortably without waking every person on board."
"The majority of the words I’ve spoken have been directed toward Gen."
"It’s like the desk job comes with rats in the drawers."
"Finding your life partner is a beautiful thing."
"The sky felt so close I could almost touch it."
"Everyone who doesn’t want to get married. Marriages end every day."
"There’s an undeniable charm to the ones I’ve been given instead."
"It’s a good thing this is my last trip because I wouldn’t be able to stand working a job I’m clearly getting worse at."
"It’s strange how sometimes a conversation can make you feel lonelier than silence ever did."
"It’s part of the routine we all follow, along with muting our phones once it’s time to sleep."
"I’m not looking for fun. I just want to feel it."
"The world has a way of pulling you in unexpected directions."
"Every morning I would wake up to little yellow petals of happiness."
"You should never pick up anything that might weigh you down."
"It's not about the destination, but the journey."
"We’re all just stories in the end. Make it a good one."
"The best adventures are the ones that bring you home."
"Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, dreams are forever."
"I stare up at the perfect blue sky, wondering how it’s possible there could be more to life than this."
"That’s half the magic of exploring other countries. Not being uncontactable, but being in a different world, untethered and free."
"You crazy girl, who wears a blue bra with pink panties under a trench coat?"
"In a world of black and whites, I was Alexander’s color."
"You won’t disappear, you’ll grow. You’ll improve."
"But I’m not sure I can be my half of us if I’m not me."
"I love working with different crews and chatting with passengers. I like airport eggs."
"Love me for me. Love me as the flight attendant with the nomadic childhood and the free-spirited parents."
"I’ve realized that somewhere along the way I fell in love with it. I enjoy being in the air, and exploring cities I’ve never been to."
"All my life, I’ve made myself smaller around the people I love."
"Finally, there’s no one left to be small for."
"I want to stay here and catch a ride on a sailboat and snorkel with sharks and stingrays. I want to fight monkeys for their bananas."
"We’re celebrating broken planes and free vacations in Belize!"
"You’re preaching to the choir, my strange miniature friend."
"You think you’re not good enough, but you are."
"That’s not the life I want! It never has been."
"You think you know better than her what she wants?"
"You expected to be my savior. You wanted to believe I needed your money. Your apartment. Your car. And I expected you to be safe. I wanted you to love me and be my partner."
"We’re not getting married, Alexander. There’s nothing left to discuss."
"I should’ve told him about Alexander. And I should’ve made up with him while we were still on Eddie and Celeste’s boat."
"I’m not their show’s director. Runway Mom is."
"It’s not the same as actually stepping in her seat, but it’s pretty close. Close enough to be awkward for both of us."
"Relationships aren’t made up of a single day. They’re a collection of moments and feelings."
"I showed you exactly who I am. I’m a woman who asks strangers for a ride to see the bioluminescence."
"Because this isn’t the first time Jack Stone has made my world shimmer with magic."
"He’s managed to do it every day since we took to the road together."