Jasmine Guillory > Quotes

“Just because their standards are low does not mean that we should lower ours.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“Anne was right to smash her slate over Gilbert’s head—fuck him for calling her Carrots.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“Alexa looked down into her coffee again, gazing into the dark brown liquid like it was Dumbledore’s Pensieve”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“I’ve spent so long being afraid of love, because the last time I was in love, the man I loved only loved one part of me, but not all of me, and I thought love meant having to sacrifice a part of yourself. But then I was with you, and you loved every part of me, even the parts I don’t like. And that scared me more, because I thought there must be some trick and that I couldn’t let myself believe it or I’d fall into the trap. But finally I realized it wasn’t a trap.”
― Jasmine Guillory , The Proposal

“White men hated it when you reminded them of their privilege, she knew that all too well.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“I think I mostly realized I couldn't live in fear anymore.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“I’ve never seen you look at anyone or anything like you look at her. And you’re just going to throw all of that away for some bullshit reason? Because you’re too scared for something real?”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“He believed her. Just like that. So often, guys would jump in to defend other men when women said they’d crossed a line. It had happened to her over and over again.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“I love books. I love everything about them. I love the way you can fall into another world while you’re reading, the way books can help you forget hard things in life, or help you deal with them. I love all the different shapes books come in, and the way they feel in your hand. I love seeing authors develop their idea from just a few sentences to a manuscript to an actual book that’s on the shelves, and I love the face they make when they see their name on a book cover for the first time. I love when readers discover books that felt like they were meant just for them, and they’re so happy and grateful and emotional that everyone in the room wants to cry, and sometimes they all do. Those books do change lives. I hope that answers your question.”
― Jasmine Guillory, By the Book

“Alexa looked down into her coffee again, gazing into the dark brown liquid like it was Dumbledore’s Pensieve.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“I get trying to make a big romantic gesture and all, and wanting a surprise, but . . .” “Deciding to spend your life together shouldn’t be a surprise,” Angela said. “It should be something the two of you talk about first!”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“Women who know how to fight hold themselves differently. I’ve seen that in the women who’ve taught me, in the women who’ve taken my classes, and especially in myself. You walk into any situation with an attitude that you’ve got this, you can defend yourself, you are strong.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“I missed you so much, too. I kept trying to deny to myself how much I missed you, and how much a part of my life you'd become, and how important you were to me. And then when I realized it, it terrified me.

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"And then I was scared that you wouldn't still feel the same way. That I'd been right the first time, that it was all because of emotion and adrenaline and you'd realized you were better off with me.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“Does cookie dough ice cream go better with red or white wine?”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“Cheese-flavored anything was the solution to every problem.”
― Jasmine Guillory, By the Book

“This wasn’t a staircase a person would simply walk down, it was a staircase you would descend. Preferably, in a long, trailing gown.”
― Jasmine Guillory, By the Book

“He opened his arms for a hug. “Thanks for all of your help today. With the books, and everything else. Now I definitely owe you a drink. Next week?” She let the hug linger”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“The only way out is through. I know it’s hard, really hard sometimes, but your options are to either give up, or push through the hard parts. And I know you don’t want to give up.”
― Jasmine Guillory, By the Book

“You walk into any situation with an attitude that you’ve got this, you can defend yourself, you are strong.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“As my friend Colleen always says, ‘Don’t bring a sandwich to a buffet.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“They’d learned how to deal with two busy careers and a relationship, too; what the other person was like on an early Monday morning and a stressful Thursday night instead of just their idyllic weekends; that she never made the bed; that Drew always left the lights on.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“Don't bring a sandwich to a buffet.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Wedding Date

“Thank God for that sour cream,”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“Once I learned to trust myself, my instincts, and my emotions, trusting other people was a lot easier.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“If only every workday could be spent in the sunshine with pineapples full of rum. She'd get very little work done, but she'd be in an excellent mood.”
― Jasmine Guillory, Party of Two

“The question I want you to think about is whether it will feel worse for you to push through this hard, scary feeling now, and do it, or if it’ll feel worse to turn around, walk back in the house, and wake up tomorrow, and every day after this, knowing you didn’t do this.”
― Jasmine Guillory, By the Book

“I'm sorry, it's probably not my business."

He shook his head.

"No, it's okay. One of the things I like about you is that you always say what you mean."

Huh. That was a thing that most people didn't like about her. She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. He turned and kissed her on the lips.

"Thanks for listening. I'm sorry if I---"

She held her finger up to his lips to stop him.

"No apologies. We all need a shoulder to lean on sometimes. I wouldn't have offered mine if I didn't want to.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“Life is short. I need to stop waiting for special occasions in order to treat myself.”
― Jasmine Guillory, Royal Holiday

“I love you so much," he said, she said, they said.”
― Jasmine Guillory, While We Were Dating

“Life gets busy, with so many things that aren’t actually important but feel important. And there are plenty of weekend days where I could decide to forget my to-do list, spend a few hours at the beach instead, but I’ve only ever done that if there’s a special occasion.”
― Jasmine Guillory, Royal Holiday