Mary Kay Andrews > Quotes

“Never, ever ask a former clergyman to say the blessing over a holiday dinner. Not if you like your dinner warm, anyway.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Blue Christmas

“And that point is, it doesn't matter how long you've known somebody. People change. Or you don't really know them as well as you thought you did in the first place.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Summer Rental

“You have more issues than National Geographic by
Austin LeFleur in Hissy Fit”
― Mary Kay Andrews (Author)

“Don’t never depend on somebody else to take care of you, sugar. Trust in the Lord, and then you just take care of yourself, and things will work out fine.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Little Bitty Lies

“I may be furious and sad about what happened with us, but that doesn't make me believe that what we had wasn't real. And it doesn't make me believe that I won't find something that real again.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Summer Rental

“They’d like the world to think they’re hot snot on a gold platter. But really, they’re just cold boogers on a paper plate.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Savannah Blues

“Never trust a man who hollers at the help,”
― Mary Kay Andrews, The High Tide Club

“Sometimes the people we think we know the best are the ones with secrets we can't even fathom.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, The High Tide Club

“You don’t have to be Southern to have good manners. And you don’t have to be a Yankee to make a total ass of yourself.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Save the Date

“Losing a parent, I guess it makes you realize none of us is gonna be immortal.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, The Weekenders

“A house is just a bunch of lumber and nails, Hattie. It’s just a thing. Never fall in love with anything that can’t love you back.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, The Homewreckers

“In times like these, I think it's a good policy to hope for the best, but expect the worst.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, The Weekenders

“Don’t look over your shoulder. The past is past. Just try to get through it, and give yourself some grace.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, The Homewreckers

“Why was it, Whelan wondered, assholes only saw the light after the damage was done?”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Summers at the Saint

“Doesn’t everyone, after they reach a certain age, think they want to die at some point in their life?”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Bright Lights, Big Christmas

“He’d died his blond hair purple in honor of his best friend’s wedding, and he wore skinny white jeans, a red shirt, and”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Save the Date

“It made perfect sense to me. My whole life I'd gone along with somebody else's plans. Not wanting to rock the boat and put myself first. After all, most of the time I didn't know what my own plans were. But the need for my own dream was screaming to get out of me.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Savannah Blues

“Old wounds. They faded, but they never really went away, did they?”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Spring Fever

“Alma? You had that sweet lady fired?”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Holiday Hideaway

“Sometimes you have to trust your heart, too. You give what you think the other person needs, and hope they know that you’re doing it out of love.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Save the Date

“she felt the past come rushing back with a ferocity that nearly knocked her down. And it struck her, this was not just a flare-up she was experiencing, not just a bout of spring fever. This was full-blown passion.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Spring Fever

“she found a worn and well-loved copy of The Night Before Christmas. She curled up in her armchair and found herself fantasizing what it might be like if it were just the two of them, cozy and snowbound, with herself in her kerchief and George in his cap, settled in for a long winter’s nap.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Holiday Hideaway

“Everything was in order, although coated in dust, cobwebs and what looked like an entire village of dead bugs. A pegboard held his saws, chisels, hammers, vises and screwdrivers. He’d used old wooden cigar boxes with tiny knobs screwed to each to construct drawers for a homemade cubby holding a wide assortment of nails, screws, bolts and washers. The power tools were neatly arranged on the wooden shelves beside the bench. An old nail barrel held scraps of lumber. She inhaled deeply. The shed smelled of cigar smoke, WD-40 and sawdust. It smelled like Papi.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Sunset Beach

“Ezra kissed Ivy's right and then left palm. "Your hands".
Then he clasped both her hands between his. "Ours”
― Mary Kay Andrews, The Santa Suit

“Maybe he was. Maybe he had something to smile about these days.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Save the Date

“towing the trailer while braving New York City traffic,”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Bright Lights, Big Christmas

“That conniving little slut,” Pokey said. “I’d like to rip her arms off and beat her to death with ’em.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Spring Fever

“Never fall in love with anything that can’t love you back.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, The Homewreckers

“It was a closely held family”
― Mary Kay Andrews, The Weekenders

“Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan. In a large mixing bowl cream together butter and sugar; add eggs, beating until fluffy. In a small bowl mix together dry ingredients, including cocoa. Mix tomato soup and water together. Add dry and wet ingredients alternately to the butter/sugar bowl. Bake 30 minutes and let cool before frosting.”
― Mary Kay Andrews, Deep Dish