People We Meet On Vacation Quotes
"Maybe I could be this person who doesn’t brush her hair, who doesn’t mind being sweaty or having sand in all her crevices."
"You’re whoever you want to be. You can do whatever you want."
"I love everything about this place in theory, but in practice, I think letting my bare foot touch the anonymous filth on the laminate might be a good way to contract one of those rare diseases kept in the refrigerated vials of a secret CDC facility."
"It’s a resort town but a locals’ bar, free of printed sundresses and Tommy Bahama shirts, though also sadly lacking in cocktails garnished with spears of tropical fruit."
"First of all, Flannery O’Connor is not an asshole," he says. "She’s shy."
"I have lower standards. And no Flannery O’Connor to get in the way."
"I tried to write something about that in the caption, but it was hard to explain."
"What’s the point of taking this ridiculously expensive vacation, then writing all about it for the forty-two people in the world who can afford the time and money to re-create it?"
"My life turned out how I hoped it would, and now I just miss wanting something."
"I’m afraid to even drink the bottled beer here—have you seen the Yelp reviews for this place?"
"A friend dragged me here. For vacation." He says this last word with some disdain.
"Touching is such second nature to me that once I accidentally hugged my dishwasher repairman when I let him out of the apartment."
"Time is making up for the ballooning it did during the flight, shrinking so that I travel the whole length of the jet bridge in an instant."
"It’s more like sculpting. Gentle pressure on all sides that briefly compresses us into one living, breathing thing with twice as many hearts as we should have."
"Despite his general aversion to any form of public affection, neither of us lets go right away."
"I hate driving too," he says. "I know you do. But my point is, this is better than that."
"I promise you, in that situation, I will panic and you’ll know something’s wrong. Until then, you can relax."
"Because you need to be well rested when I get tired in Butchart Gardens and make you carry me the rest of the way."
"If you don’t want to hook up with me, then I might."
"We can't just push a thermostat down to seventy degrees!"
"I see Alex Nilsen in a purely platonic way, and I’d guess his number hovers a bit higher."
"You look better than you did back then, Poppy."
"But who among us will live long enough to see the end of the Star Wars franchise?"
"I’m not too happy with him either," I say, and cut a long flap in the plastic.
"I love thinking about you having it, and as much as I hated school, I love thinking about you teaching there."
"I don’t think you’re boring, so that whole argument fails."
"I think I understand you better now than ever before."
"Turns out Siberia is actually sort of beautiful. Perfect for a self-imposed exile if one should have need of such a thing."
"It’s not always about the work, Poppy. I have personally invested in mentoring you."
"Professional burnout is always a challenge. I’ve been there, trust me."
"I am having a hard time, I think desperately a thousand times a day."
"Living, being responsible for myself, seems like an insurmountable challenge lately."
"Every day for the rest of my life, I’m going to have to figure out what to eat, and make it for myself."
"I don’t say any of this to Swapna, because it would be humiliating to admit that I feel exactly like that incapable, lost, melancholy stereotype of a millennial."
"What I’m saying is that of course you’re not obligated to talk to me about what’s going on, but I do think it would help if you spoke with someone."
"I don’t know what’s going on with me," I admit.
"I know that there’s still no other job out there calling to me, the obvious answer to my unhappiness."
"You are, you know. My home," he says, and kisses me.
"Tomorrow we will love each other a little more, and the next day, and the next day."
"Wherever he is, that will be my favorite place."
"Even being uncomfortably warm is better with him."
"We’re happy, and even when we’re not, it’s so much better than it was without him."