Parker Roberts > Quotes

“Well, was any of it true? I mean I don’t know what she said, but are you mad because she was wrong or because she was right?”
― Parker Roberts, Grounds for Impropriety

“Romance. Is. Faithfulness.” His normally icy blue eyes burned into hers like two smoldering coals. “It’s faithfulness…being true; nothing else. All th’ accents and decorum…th’ elaborate suit coats and gowns…chocolates…roses…gifts…poetry ‘n’ songs…all that kin be faked by th’ unfaithful. Th’ one thing that can’t be faked is fidelity.”
― Parker Roberts, Grounds for Impropriety

“And you know what? She was sweet. She was earthy. She went with anything and anyone. She is the caramelized onion personified! And I will never forget her.”
― Parker Roberts, Grounds for Impropriety

“The countryside sped by like a green and gold mass of insignificant color. Unbeknownst to her, somewhere along the way to London, Avi’s subconscious took the wheel from her consciousness. The foggy trance it allowed her to enter sped up the duration of the drive, but it came with its drawbacks. Like the side effects mentioned as quickly as possible in a pharmaceutical commercial, Avi suffered from drowsiness, random bouts of crying, forgetting to signal, accidentally thinking about the person she never wanted to think about again, loneliness, sudden urges to turn the truck around, and failing to recognize posted speed limits.”
― Parker Roberts, Grounds for Impropriety

“He said nothing. She said nothing. For what was there to say that would add any measure to the already overflowing moment?”
― Parker Roberts, Grounds for Impropriety

“...if you can come away from all this with him, then you’ll come away from all this with you.”
― Parker Roberts, Grounds for Impropriety

“If ye think she looks good now, ye should see her when she snorts,” he laughed as Avi slapped at his abs. “Tis th’ cutest thing.”
― Parker Roberts, Grounds for Impropriety