Stephanie Bond > Quotes

“All we can do is make the best decisions we can with the best information we have at that time and place. And learn how to rebound, reinvent, and regroup. Remember—people who seem to move through life with confidence aren’t confident about the outcome of a decision; they’re confident that they can deal with the outcome, good or bad.”
― Stephanie Bond

“If you tell someone you're divorced they don't even blink, but tell them you've never been married and they wonder what's wrong with you.”
― Stephanie Bond

“So… this business trip of yours?”
“What about it?”
“Are you and Coop sharing a room?”
She raised her eyebrows, then said, “Right back at you, Cowboy.”
“Liz and I are just friends.”
“Uh-huh. I hope your shots are up-to-date.”
“Meow.”
― Stephanie Bond, 3 Men and a Body

“How about I kiss you so we can get past this awkwardness?”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble

“Some people were like rubber bands--willing to stretch but eager to snap back into place at the first opportunity.”
― Stephanie Bond, In Deep Voodoo

“Buckle up. It'd be embarrassing to die in a hearse.”
― Stephanie Bond, Body Movers

“There are a lot of things in the world that are unexplainable - love at first sight, vegetable pizza, and potpourri, for instance. But I doubt your ex's murder is one of them.”
― Stephanie Bond, In Deep Voodoo

“I want to sleep in your bed."

Her thighs tingled. "You must really like my mattress."

He grinned. I never heard it called that, but yeah.”
― Stephanie Bond, 4 Bodies and a Funeral

“Fils de putain”
― Stephanie Bond, In Deep Voodoo

“A lot of good the door did. The man's pheromones oozed through the keyhole and the crack underneath the panelled wood.”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble

“She might have to use her employee discount to buy something more threatening today, although at the moment the most dangerous thing she could think of that Neiman Marcus had to offer was the employee discount itself.”
― Stephanie Bond, Party Crashers

“She cried over the messed up messy mess of her life, over her parents' failures and her own shortcomings.”
― Stephanie Bond, 3 Men and a Body

“You're my hero," he murmured.

She grinned up at him. "What a coincidence. You're _my_ hero.”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble

“She had no doubt the man would kill her. Stupid things went skating through her mind--she'd never told her mother how much she loved her chocolate cupcakes... or Felicia what a kind friend she'd been... or Keith that it was cool and mature that he owned a house, even if it was in Brooklyn.”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble

“- most people don't plan past the honeymoon. But reality sets in when it gets down to dirty socks and what's for dinner.”
― Stephanie Bond, Stop the Wedding!

“Says here there's a reward," Mr. Hooks said.

Tallie blinked, then remembered Keith had added that tidbit for incentive. She opened her purse and scrutinized the contents of her slim wallet--twelve dollars and a book of stamps. She handed over the ten and the stamps, then tossed in a free drink coupon from Starbucks. "Thanks." Then she turned and fled.”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble

“Everyone has the capacity to do terrible things. Put someone in the right situation, then offer the right incentive or trigger the right emotion, and that person will choose wrong over right, even if it goes against their nature.”
― Stephanie Bond, Kill the Competition

“Everything about the man spoke of virility--his quick reaction, his calm control now that danger had passed. And she'd never seen a man wield a gun in real life--it was kind of a turn-on to know that he'd protected her. Of course he had protected everyone, but he _had_ sort of singled her out by heaving her to the floor.”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble

“People who seem to move through life with confidence aren’t confident about the outcome of a decision; they’re confident that they can deal with the outcome, good or bad.”
― Stephanie Bond

“I was an intelligence agent for the British government.

Agent double-oh-seven? she asked lightly.

No, he said in a grave tone, then leaned forward and whispered, Agent sixty-nine.”
― Stephanie Bond, License to Thrill

“She had her own barometer for knowing when a man was getting too close: as soon as he felt comfortable enough to help himself to something in her refrigerator, he was history.
...
Filching leftover was simply too domestic for her to stomach. A man might as well say, "I'm hungry and I'm taking your food, woman." First he'd be foraging for food in the fridge, next he'd be expecting her to cook for him, replace buttons on his shirt, and give up her job to have babies that looked like him.”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble

“When you care about someone, they have the power to control you.”
― Stephanie Bond, 7 Brides for 7 Bodies

“That’s the most mysterious thing about love—it takes hold of you whether you’re ready or not.”
She swallowed. “But it hurts.”
“It’s supposed to. Otherwise, you wouldn’t notice.”
― Stephanie Bond, Stop the Wedding!

“Tallie looked for something to throw, but considering the fact that she threw like a girl, she dumped that plan in lieu of grabbing her new iron and swinging it like a bowling ball between the bad man's legs, where it connected with a nauseating _thunk_.”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble

“I'm an acquired taste, he assured her, displaying one dimple, but addictive.”
― Stephanie Bond, License to Thrill

“Fiancé. Americans had simply adopted a pronunciation from the French to sugarcoat the sticky implication of the word: Constrained. Bound. Trapped.”
― Stephanie Bond, Stop the Wedding!

“Isn't Glen an accountant? We're all frugal." These days, by necessity.

"You might be frugal, but Glen is cheap. For Valentine's Day, he actually suggested that we go to a card shop, exchange cards in the aisle, then put them back because he didn't see the use in spending the money!"

"Okay, that's cheap."

Libby huffed. "I swear, if he cuts up my Bloomingdale's card, I'll cut off his pecker.”
― Stephanie Bond, Kill the Competition

“Girls, we're fiction editors--we know how to plot, and we know how to cover our tracks. We can teach Jerry Key a lesson he'll never forget.”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble

“Well," Carole said, turning in her seat, "after being fingerprinted and being given a lie detector test, I'll never complain again about going to the gynecologist.”
― Stephanie Bond, Kill the Competition

“...big, strapping macho guys were like liquid diets--they were great for emergencies, but she wouldn't want to be on one all the time.”
― Stephanie Bond, Whole Lotta Trouble