82 quotes found
Novelist · American
American novelist
“Don't even think abou”
“You've lived in America for twenty years. Eat badly, damn it.”
“Everybody's crooked. The trick is to find out how they're bent.”
“As far as I'm concerned the last good man went when Elvis died.”
“Nobody in my life has ever known me the way you do. Nobody in my life has ever made me feel as good as you do. You know me, you know everything about me, and when you leave me, you're going to be l...”
“Bet you ten bucks we make it."What are the odds? she thought, and realized with sudden, blinding clarity that she wouldn't take the other side of that bet, that only a loser would bet against them....”
“I could shove this swizzle stick through his heart, Min thought. She wouldnt do it, of course. The stick was plastic and not nearly pointed enough on the end. Also people didnt do things like that ...”
“Feel no guilt. Getting married and giving birth does not mean that you have sold your life away to perfectly healthy people who can get their own damn socks.”
“You want sensitive and understanding, stick with the therapist.You want great,headbanging sex, get off the fucking phone and come with me.”
“His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action. ”
“This is a woman you've known less than twelve hours. It took you a year to pick out a couch, but you're seriously"Yes, Roger said. She's the one.”
“Heartache often drives us to consume things we wouldn't otherwise, such as an entire pint of Caramel Pecan Perfection high-fat ice cream, covered in ganache, the crack cocaine of frozed dairy. Twel...”
“Emilio appeared with wine before Cal could say anything, and Min beamed at him, grateful for the rescue. "Emilio, my darling. I forgot to mention cake boxes. Two hundred cake boxes.""Already on it,...”
“It's not a problem. There are people out there with much worse problems than mine."-Cynthia"Doesn't make yours any more fun to bear."-Liza"No. But it does help with the self-pity."- Cynthia”
“Of course it hurt you neanderthal! See that? Thats blood. If theres blood, theres pain. Its like smoke and fire.”
“You have to open up to the world and learn optimism...Contentment with the past, happiness with the present, and hope for the future. Learned optimisim.”
“I'll never forget my first time with you' Min said as she edged the doughnut off her finger. 'The earth moved, and then my mother asked my father who he was going down on at lunch.”
“I suppose you had to," Wes said when Phin went back to join him at the table."Pretty much. She seduced me.""Yeah, right," Wes said. "She said, 'Please fix the kitchen drain,' and you interpreted th...”
“Sophie held the [hand]cuffs higher, hopint to instill some sense of shame, if not in him, then at least in herself. One look at him and she wanted him again. "I found them in the bed.""That makes s...”
“Life is more than great sex and a nice car. Well, yeah. But not a lot more.”
“No, this wasnt just about sex, but for the next hour or so, it was going to be mostly about sex.”
“You know, I'm not even sure how we ended up living together.""I am," Jake said, turning back to the lake. "Sex. It's a powerful force, my boy, and women use it.""Is that why you gave them up?" Will...”
“North is a powerful man, and you're still connected to him." Flo frowned. "Probably sexual memory, those Capricorns are insatiable. Well, you know. Sea Goat. And of course, you're a Fish. You'll en...”
“Who was the moron on the phone?""Carl Avery," Kate said. "A long-standing client and potential felon.”
