Jean Stone > Quotes

“The opposite of love is not hate. The opposite of love is indifference.”
― Jean Stone, First Loves: A Loveswept Classic Romance

“think we’ve both learned a major lesson,” Meg said. “That the past is better off left alone.” Slowly, Zoe nodded.”
― Jean Stone, First Loves: A Loveswept Classic Romance

“The island was awakening. Tourism, Meg thought, is such a happy industry. So unlike politics. So unlike criminal law.”
― Jean Stone, First Loves: A Loveswept Classic Romance

“Such underpaid people with so much passion, she thought. So much passion, and so much power.”
― Jean Stone, First Loves: A Loveswept Classic Romance

“She cried for the loss of a bond she now knew she’d never had, for the aching emptiness within her heart, and for the white-hot flash of reality that told her she would gladly relinquish her parties, her photo spreads, her “Who’s Who” name in society, if only she could feel she was loved.”
― Jean Stone, First Loves: A Loveswept Classic Romance

“Had she really wanted just to see her first love? And once she found him, had she really wanted to thank him? No, Zoe knew now. Never. She had wanted to find him because she really had wanted revenge. She had wanted to watch him squirm. She had wanted to see him hurt.”
― Jean Stone, First Loves: A Loveswept Classic Romance

“They had almost slept together once, three years ago. But Meg had known what would happen. She would use him to curb her loneliness until he fell in love with her. Then she would leave him. So instead of being a lover, Danny became something Meg had never known: he became a friend.”
― Jean Stone, First Loves: A Loveswept Classic Romance