“In the car I just can't wait To pick you up on our very first date Is it cool if I hold your hand? Is it wrong if I think it's lame to dance? Do you like my stupid hair? Would you guess that I didn't know what to wear? I'm just scared of what you think You make me nervous so I really can't eat”— Blink 182, open.spotify.com
“I don’t want this to be another mistake. I don’t want us to make cautionary tales out of each other. I don’t want to be scorched to cinders by heartbreak anymore.”— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.com
“Baby, I am a fool for the hitch in your breath. I am a fool for the back of your knees.”— Sade Andria Zabala, thoughtcatalog.com
“Well maybe I'm in love (love) Think about it every time I think about it Can't stop thinking 'bout it”— Counting Crows, open.spotify.com
“These last five days have been magic. I feel so happy and nervous at the same time. This is my first girlfriend so I don’t even know what to do. I don’t know what to talk about. I don’t even know how to sit.”— Anonymous, facebook.com
“She had always thought that exquisitely happy time at the beginning of her relationship with Nick was the ultimate, the feeling they'd always be trying to replicate, to get back, but now she realized that was wrong. That was like comparing sparkling mineral water to French champagne.”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com
“Early love is exciting and exhilarating. It's light and bubbly. Anyone can love like that. But after three children, after a separation and a near-divorce, after you've hurt each other and forgiven each other, bored each other and surprised each other, after you've seen the worst and the best--Well,…”— Liane Moriarty, amazon.com