Beth Kendrick > Quotes

“Blind date' is code for 'We met online and don't want to talk about it.”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“...and remember: There's no crying in pie baking. -The Bake-Off”
― Beth Kendrick

“...so we could all burn in our beds with no warning?' 'Oh, you’d have plenty of warning, ma’am. The smoke detectors all work.”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“Epigraph, Chapter 10
"If things were simple, word would have gotten around." ~Jacques Derrida, 'Limited Inc.”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“Anna shrugged one shoulder. "If Jonas had an MLS listing, that's exactly what it would say: such a nice guy, move-in condition. It's not that simple, though. It's never that simple." (p 187)”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“To the English majors. We may not always be practical, but we have infinite potential.”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“She gazed up at his face, ran her fingers along his unshaven cheeks. "I missed you."
He pulled her into his arms. She relaxed into him and let him hold her. She could feel the rhythm of his heart and pressed her lips against the soft cotton T-shirt that covered his chest.
"I missed you," she whispered again.
He stepped back for a moment, holding her at arm's length. "I missed you, too.”
― Beth Kendrick, Cure for the Common Breakup

“And with that, she put her emotions on autopilot and focused on getting to the end of this conversation without any more dashed hopes or hurt feelings.”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“Epigraph Chapter 21
"Truth is tough."
~Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 'The Professor at the Breakfast Table”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“But Brook was on a roll. She started gesturing and pacing the carpet.

"All I ask for is a cute little hideaway that hasn't sustained decades of internal structural damage. I don't want a fixer-upper; I don't want to spend all my free time fixing the previous owners' mistakes; I just want to move in and unpack. Is that really so much to ask?"

"Yes," Anna said. "Both with houses and with men." (p 187)”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“Epigraph, Chapter 20
"If this were played upon the stage now, I could condemn it as an improbable fiction."
~William Shakespeare 'Twelfth Night”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“You know men. You confuse ’em, they panic. Much like possum.”
― Beth Kendrick, Exes and Ohs

“Epigraph, Chapter 22
"We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us."
~George Eliot, 'The Mill on the Floss”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around

“I'm going to do what any self-respecting English major would do: pull something out of my ass.”
― Beth Kendrick, Second Time Around