Melanie Summers > Quotes

“The world falls away, and we are no longer a prince and his harshest critic, but two flawed human beings needing to be understood.”
― Melanie Summers, The Royal Treatment

“it’s the people we make our lives with that make our lives. Not our careers or titles or bank accounts.”
― Melanie Summers, The Royal Delivery

“Marriage means you stay together and work it out, no matter what the problem.”
― Melanie Summers, The Royal Wedding

“Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“Doesn’t it feel like you’re on a thankless hamster wheel, and you will literally never get off until one day you drop dead, having never done anything wonderful?”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other. ~ Audrey Hepburn”
― Melanie Summers, The After Wife

“Be decisive. Right or wrong, make a decision. The road of life is paved with flat squirrels who couldn’t make a decision.” ~ Anonymous”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“It’s okay to not know. It’s okay to hit pause. It’s okay to shift directions.” ~Erin Cassidy”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“He has stood beside me through so much. No matter what I'm facing, he's there, saying 'You've got this. You'll make it work. You're smart enough and talented enough, and what you don't know, you'll figure it out.' He's the first person who will tell you I don't need him, which is exactly why I need him so much,”
― Melanie Summers, A Hollywood Ending

“This is what life is meant to be. It’s not about how many commas are in your bank account or whether your name is on a building. It’s about the little moments spent with the people you love, having fun and making memories.”
― Melanie Summers, The Space Between Us

“To share your weakness is to make yourself vulnerable; to make yourself vulnerable is to show your strength.”
― Melanie Summers, The After Wife

“I’m forty-six years old and I have no idea who I am or what I’m actually meant to be doing with my life. It’s like I was just twenty-two yesterday and the world was chockful of possibility.” She stared at him, her eyes wild with desperation. “I was special. I was going to be somebody. I was going to leave my mark on the world. But then I didn’t. Not even a scratch. I relegated myself to a supporting role in everything I do, and suddenly half my life is gone and I have nothing to show for it. I mean, kids and a husband, yes.” With a careless wave of her hand, she added, “Yippy. But what do I have to show for it? Who am I? What am I doing with the time I have on this planet? I mean really doing with it, because it feels like a whole lot of busy work that adds up to nothing. And I just can’t stay this way anymore because I don’t know what I’ll do if something doesn’t change soon.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“Women still have to give up so much for love, and once the passion is gone, all those things that made you different and drew you together at the beginning end up pulling you apart.”
― Melanie Summers, The Royal Wedding

“Sometimes things seem like such a good idea at first, but the reality is totally different. That’s why it’s so important to think things through before you jump into something.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“What woman has time for more than one dream at a time?" Jessica scoffed. "The fun ones. The ones who get how short the ride is and are determined to enjoy every last second.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“You’ve been trying for years to find a way to be happy with the life you were living, but it wasn’t going to happen because it was the wrong life for you. Just like the life your dad and I built was the wrong one for him. He needed to go off and roam the world, but we were living the life I needed instead. And you, my girl, have been living the one you thought you should have, instead of the one you were meant to have.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“Because it’s the people we make our lives with that make our lives. Not our careers or titles or bank accounts.”
― Melanie Summers, The Royal Delivery

“Karma’s a bunch of bullshit. If it were true, how come most Fortune 500 companies are run by sociopaths?”
― Melanie Summers, The Royal Wedding

“It's the most important test of my entire life, " he said.
Jess shook her head, "Not even close."
His eyes grew wide. "It's not?"
"No. You're going to have all sorts of far more important tests in your life. None of them complete with a pencil. Choices you'll make, moments when your integrity is tested to the limit, and you can't get a do-over. Those are the life-changers. Not the LSAT. You can redo the LSAT in a few weeks.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“That man is so mean, he could go to hell on a scholarship".”
― Melanie Summers, Even Better Than the Real Thing

“Now do I have to put you in a headlock and give you a noogie until you admit you love Heath.”
― Melanie Summers, Resting Beach Face

“I need some time to figure out if there's anything left between us.”
― Melanie Summers, A Hollywood Ending

“Don’t you ever let a soul in the world tell you that you can’t be exactly who you are.”
― Melanie Summers, The After Wife

“She wanted to live. Some other life. One that amazed her or, more accurately, one in which she was amazing. Before she was”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“And I promise you, when it’s right, you won’t ever want to lose her. Not for an hour. Not for a second. Not for a nanosecond. Because it’s the people we make our lives with that make our lives. Not our careers or titles or bank accounts. I have nothing without her, even though from the outside it looked like I had everything. I am nothing without her. An empty shell of a man with a stupid crown and some shockingly big crown jewels. But because of her, I have everything. I have two children who will have their dad wrapped around their little, tiny pinky fingers forever, I have someone to share my life with, someone to laugh with and fight with, someone to make up with, and someone to love. And the very best thing in the world is if you love someone intensely and wildly and unconditionally, and she loves you right back.”
― Melanie Summers, The Royal Delivery

“When you're an adult, it's too easy to let yourself be comfortable all the time. You forget to stretch your limits and test yourself out, but it's important. If you don't, you forget what you're capable of.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“Everyone else gets to have their own life, and yours just revolves around them.”
― Melanie Summers, I Used to be Fun

“love is worth every hurdle, every mess, every awful, horribly terrifying moment.”
― Melanie Summers, The Royal Delivery

“anger turned inward becomes depression, As I see it, you have every right to feel angry. Just be careful not to turn it on yourself.”
― Melanie Summers, A Hollywood Ending

“You can get through this, but only if you don't give up.”
― Melanie Summers, A Hollywood Ending