“Every body is different, but none of them are wrong.”
―
Rosie Danan,
The Roommate
“Isn’t that what all of us want deep down? Someone to hold us at the end of the line?” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“the scary things, the ones you spend the most time and energy talking yourself out of, are the ones that make life worth living.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“One of the best things about love, real love, is that it doesn’t demand perfection. It simply invites us to live up to our potential.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“Change always comes with a closing cost. But it's still worth trying. Not because the odds are particularly good, mind you, but considering the alternative. There's value in the struggle. Value in touching the raw and bloody parts of our souls, opening them up to the sunlight, and hoping they heal.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“Loving you is like sinking into a warm bath after a lifetime of feeling cold down to my bones.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“What I’m trying to articulate, probably a little poorly, is that you’re precious,” Ethan said, “not in spite of, but because of all the ways you believe you’re broken.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“Some fears kill us. They drain us our whole lives, and we die filled with regret. But this isn’t one of those fears. Make a plan.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“She looked like the first meteor shower he’d ever seen—impossible and brilliant, so far away but somehow also right inside his chest.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“In your rush to protect yourself from heartache, you’re always the first to jump to conclusions.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“The tricky thing about grief,” his mom said, “is that even when we know it’s coming, we underestimate our own capacity for suffering” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“I won’t forget that we kissed. Sorry”—Ethan tried to grin a little—“but you have to cut me some slack on that one. Because, I mean, come on, you’re you.”She nodded, not guilty at all.“But I promise not to think about it too much. I’ll save it for those really dark moments, when I look at everything wrong with the world and I feel helpless. When every good thing I’ve ever done, ever seen or heard about, pales against the garish human capacity for hate and corruption.”He bent forward quickly and kissed her cheek, lingering more than he should but less than he wanted to before pulling back.“I’ll think about it then, if it’s okay,” he said gently, “just for a few seconds, so I can remember what it was like to feel transcendent.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“I always thought love was supposed to make you itchy. A crawling-out-of-your-skin kind of obsession. I thought love was synonymous with pining and longing. That it had to hurt.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“For the first time in his life, he felt like he understood why dogs howled at the moon.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“I think I could be good at loving you,' he said, 'if you let me.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“He’d thought about her so much since she’d left, it didn’t even feel like thinking anymore.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“Were men allowed to be so lovely?” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“Art belongs to the audience, not the artist.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“You do realize if this intimacy experiment doesn’t work, it means we’re failures both professionally and romantically?”“That’s not how science works.“Even when they fail, experiments move us closer to the truth.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“Isn’t that what all of us want deep down? Someone to hold us at the end of the line?” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“the scary things, the ones you spend the most time and energy talking yourself out of, are the ones that make life worth living.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“One of the best things about love, real love, is that it doesn’t demand perfection. It simply invites us to live up to our potential.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“Change always comes with a closing cost. But it's still worth trying. Not because the odds are particularly good, mind you, but considering the alternative. There's value in the struggle. Value in touching the raw and bloody parts of our souls, opening them up to the sunlight, and hoping they heal.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“Loving you is like sinking into a warm bath after a lifetime of feeling cold down to my bones.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“What I’m trying to articulate, probably a little poorly, is that you’re precious,” Ethan said, “not in spite of, but because of all the ways you believe you’re broken.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“Some fears kill us. They drain us our whole lives, and we die filled with regret. But this isn’t one of those fears. Make a plan.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“She looked like the first meteor shower he’d ever seen—impossible and brilliant, so far away but somehow also right inside his chest.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“In your rush to protect yourself from heartache, you’re always the first to jump to conclusions.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“The tricky thing about grief,” his mom said, “is that even when we know it’s coming, we underestimate our own capacity for suffering” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“I won’t forget that we kissed. Sorry”—Ethan tried to grin a little—“but you have to cut me some slack on that one. Because, I mean, come on, you’re you.”She nodded, not guilty at all.“But I promise not to think about it too much. I’ll save it for those really dark moments, when I look at everything wrong with the world and I feel helpless. When every good thing I’ve ever done, ever seen or heard about, pales against the garish human capacity for hate and corruption.”He bent forward quickly and kissed her cheek, lingering more than he should but less than he wanted to before pulling back.“I’ll think about it then, if it’s okay,” he said gently, “just for a few seconds, so I can remember what it was like to feel transcendent.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“I always thought love was supposed to make you itchy. A crawling-out-of-your-skin kind of obsession. I thought love was synonymous with pining and longing. That it had to hurt.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“For the first time in his life, he felt like he understood why dogs howled at the moon.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“I think I could be good at loving you,' he said, 'if you let me.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“He’d thought about her so much since she’d left, it didn’t even feel like thinking anymore.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“Were men allowed to be so lovely?” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
“Art belongs to the audience, not the artist.” ― Rosie Danan, The Roommate
“You do realize if this intimacy experiment doesn’t work, it means we’re failures both professionally and romantically?”“That’s not how science works.“Even when they fail, experiments move us closer to the truth.” ― Rosie Danan, The Intimacy Experiment
