Suzanne Harper > Quotes

“Problems can be fixed. But unrequited love is a tragedy.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“She looked like an angel who had decided that it was far more amusing to be wicked than to be good.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Let this night remind us to celebrate love, whenever it comes, in whatever form it appears, however enduring or fleeting it may be. For whether we search for love or are surprised by it, it always transforms us in ways we never expect.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Of course, all knowledge is useful. But not all knowledge is worth the cost.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“After a moment, she said, "Yes. I think she will be good for you."
"You do?" He couldn't keep the surprise out of his voice.
"Si." She smiled grimly. "She will break your heart and leave you shattered and alone." She paused to think that over, then nodded approvingly to herself. "It will make you a man.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Learning to cover a mistake is as important as getting everything right.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Si! Today there was a report from scientists who have spent their entire lives studying chimpanzees and you know what they said? They said the monkeys are learning to make spears! They've never been able to make weapons before but now, now, all of a sudden they can!" She gave him an ominous look and took the lid off the pot of boiling water. "Mark my words, Giacomo. They're doing it for a reason. The next thing you know, they'll be coming after us."
"Mmm. That will be bad."
"Si, very bad." She threw the pasta into the pot. "But I will be ready for them.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“We should always prepare for the tests that we know about. After all, there are so many that surprise us.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney

“The things you think are your weakness are often really your strengths. The things you think are your strengths are what trip you up. Everything you take seriously doesn't matter in the end. Everything important in your life is the stuff you're not even noticing right now. And...you really don't have to worry so much. Everything's going to be fine.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney

“He wanted to dismiss Saint Rosaline's comments out of hand, but this was impossible because he knew that the comments came from the recesses of this own mink. Either that, or he was truly going mad, which at this point seemed like an attractive option.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“I realized that Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love and get married and die in three days, which is like a super-condensed version of what happens to most people over their whole life. One way or the other, you end up losing the person, but you still are happy that you loved them. I mean, Uncle Dub wouldn't have wished that he had never met Aunt Zinnia, just because he knew that one day she wouldn't be in his life anymore.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Well, you already knew that life isn't fair, right?" he said. "I guess death isn't either.”
― Suzanne Harper

“That's what I'm talking about!' Grandma Bee said, vindicated. 'He can hunt for food the way his ancestors did! Eating meals from a can is an insult to his noble lineage.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney

“Looks aren't everything," Kate said. "After all," she quoted, "'the devil hath power t'assume a pleasing shape.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“This is what comes of making up conversations with frescoes, he chided himself as he dropped to his knees and bowed his head. Nothing but trouble.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Muttering a curse, he wiped his face with a towel and wondered why everyone suddenly felt that they had to offer an opinion on his love life, although he was fairly sure he had never asked for anyone's views on the matter.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“You should always use your own words when telling a girl that you love her.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Given enough time, the impossible becomes possible.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“A complicated life is an interesting life.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney

“This is what comes of making up conversations with frescoes, he chided himself, as he dropped to his knees and bowed his head. Nothing but trouble.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“raspberry cobbler,”
― Suzanne Harper, Swept Up

“Kate ate the cracker in one bite. “Very tasty,” she said.
“Excellent,” the waiter said solemnly. “Our chef now has a reason to live.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Do you see Professoressa Marchese?”
“No.” His eyes narrowed dangerously as he glanced from one person to another. “Of course, I’m not sure what she looks like these days. Once she became rich and famous, she stopped attending conferences. Too busy to toil in the groves of academia with the rest of us.” He added waspishly, “And she’s been using that same author photo for at least twenty years. Too vain to let the years show, I suppose.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Kate often wondered how they ever got together in the first place. When asked, her father would hum a few bars of "Why Do Fools Fall in Love?" and then change the subject. Her mother would offer a more scientific, but no more helpful, answer. "There is a natural law that states that, given enough time, the impossible becomes possible, the possible probable, and the probable virtually certain," she would say. Then she would peer over the top of her glasses and add, "Thus the dodo bird. And my marriage to your father.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Benno knew that trick, too: to keep from telling the truth about what you did do, simply explain all the far worse offenses that you didn’t commit.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“Villa Marchese,” she murmured, a shiver of excitement running through her. “Bellisima!”
But her father glared, first at the villa, then at her. “Indeed,” he said coldly. “It’s amazing what the wages of sin can buy these days.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“From a distance, Giacomo reflected—say, the distance from their table to Silvia and Lucy’s table—her gaze might look adoring.
From close to, however—say, the distance across this table—it most definitely did not.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“So, what fresh calamities have struck the world today?”
“Oh, there is all kind of horrible news, everywhere you look.” She shook her head mournfully, clearly enjoying herself. “Murderers roaming the streets, buses crashing off mountaintops, people getting hit by lightning! And the international money markets! Pah!” She made an emphatic gesture of disgust, and flour flew through the air. “Sure to collapse any day now.”
Giacomo clucked his tongue and picked up another tomato. “What a world.”
“And I have not even told you the worst!” she added.
“There’s more?”
“Si! Today there was a report from scientists who have spent their entire lives studying chimpanzees and you know what they said? They said the monkeys are learning to make spears! They’ve never been able to make weapons before but now, now, all of a sudden, they can!” She gave him an ominous look and took the lid off the pot of boiling water. “Mark my words, Giacomo. They’re doing it for a reason. The next thing you know, they’ll be coming after us.”
“Mmm. That will be bad.”
“Si, very bad.” She threw the pasta into the pot. “But I will be ready for them.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“An Italian romance is just the thing to put Jerome in his place. Imagine it, Kate,” she said in a low, thrilling voice. “You’ll come back tanned and glowing and elegant. You’ll absentmindedly begin speaking Italian in the middle of conversations. Sometimes you’ll forget yourself and casually mention Roberto—”
“Roberto?” Kate interrupted.
“Or Enrico or Raffaele, the name’s not important!” Annie said impatiently. She took a deep, calming breath, then went back to weaving a hypnotic spell. “You will wear a simple gold necklace that he gave you as a symbol of his undying love. You will exude an air of soulful mystery.” She finished with the solemn authority of an oracle. “You will be transformed.”
For a few seconds, the air vibrated with the power of this prophecy.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Juliet Club

“I had hoped this would be easier but – well, it wasn’t.” He sounded tired and disappointed, but when I turned to look at him, he managed a smile. “On to plan B.”
“Plan B?” I asked dangerously. “What Plan B?”
“Sparrow,” he said, his voice stronger, “there’s always a Plan B. We just have to figure out what it is.”
― Suzanne Harper, The Secret Life of Sparrow Delaney