Sarah T. Dubb > Quotes

“A familiar feeling stirred in her belly. The wonderful, buzzing swirl of butterflies that came with new things. The sensation she’d been chasing as she sought out the parts of herself she’d never gotten to know, waiting for something to settle and show itself, to tell her This is you.”
― Sarah T. Dubb, Birding with Benefits

“I consume romance novels for the same reason I watch birds—for the sparks of joy, because I prefer to be happy when the world gives us so many reasons to be sad.”
― Sarah T. Dubb, Birding with Benefits

“the words her daughter had thrown at her. Celeste knew Morgan had been speaking in anger and defensiveness, but she’d managed the sinister teen magic of getting straight at Celeste’s deepest fears and yanking them out to shake in her mother’s face.”
― Sarah T. Dubb, Birding with Benefits

“That she should trust herself more. That she’s in control of keeping herself in the sun, and that what happened in her past doesn’t define her future.”
― Sarah T. Dubb, Birding with Benefits

“He’d heard encouragement as judgment and let his small dreams fade before they even began.”
― Sarah T. Dubb, Birding with Benefits

“If he thought he could make her doubt her decision with a staring contest, he’d never been in a middle school classroom.”
― Sarah T. Dubb, Birding with Benefits

“I consume romance novels for the same reason I watch birds—for the sparks of joy, because I prefer to be happy when the world gives us so many reasons to be sad. So”
― Sarah T. Dubb, Birding with Benefits

“He’s the kind of guy who will stop traffic to help a tortoise cross the road, then go home and build you a table,” his friend had said of John.”
― Sarah T. Dubb, Birding with Benefits

“There's something about realizing that the birds have been here all along, and all I have to do is learn to pay attention. It's sort of like reading, I think, looking for those little gems in the text, the words and phrases that call out to you, weaving together the story.”
― Sarah T. Dubb