Elena Graf > Quotes

“So, while she innocently sang devout words in the convent chapel, I was very deliberately plotting my way into her vagina.”
― Elena Graf, Acts of Contrition

“For a woman who took such pride in self-control, she was so damn easy to seduce.”
― Elena Graf, Acts of Contrition

“The greater the risk, the more delicious the triumph.”
― Elena Graf, Lies of Omission

“familiar. “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” The melancholy, reflective song instantly catapulted Liz across forty years to their dorm living room where that Judy Collins album was constantly playing.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“Are you in love with me?” asked Maggie. “You need to ask?” Liz was smiling. Maggie could hear it in her voice. “Yes, I’m asking. Are you?” “I’ve always been in love with you.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“that’s how she’d been raised—to please people in order to be treated well in return.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“Maybe it’s selfish, but I want to see how our story ends or doesn’t.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“They never tell you the whole truth.” “Maybe that’s because they don’t know themselves.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“I love chamomile tea.” “I remember.” “I haven’t had it in years. Why have I been depriving myself?” “I don’t know. Only you know the answer to that.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“No one thinks twice about what I wear. And if they do, I don’t give a flying fuck.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“Combined with the gentle whoosh of the wind in the pine trees, it made a perfect lullaby. She wondered if, downstairs, Maggie was listening too.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“She gave me her card.” I took it from her and read: Margarethe von Stahle, Reichsgräfin von Langenberg-Edelheim, Gräfin von u. zu Raithschau, Baronin von Leichthal”
― Elena Graf, Acts of Contrition

“How is it that we’re old enough to be grandmothers, and our mothers still occupy so much space in our heads?”
― Elena Graf, High October

“She still has feelings for me, not just the feelings old friends have for one another.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“We have an Indian summer when it’s warm enough to go without a jacket, but the nights are crisp. The old Mainers call it ‘High October.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“its pointed edges, which always made her think of Liz with her razor-sharp intellect and quick tongue.”
― Elena Graf, High October

“It will be a lot fun to have some children around.” Oh dear, I thought, and sank into a silent despair.”
― Elena Graf, Acts of Contrition

“It’s perfectly natural for us to have feelings for one another. You were the first woman I ever loved. I was your first lover. That’s very special, and it wasn’t just a roll in the hay. It was passionate and powerful, so powerful that I couldn’t face you again. But I never forgot you. I still–”
― Elena Graf, High October