Annie Adams > Quotes

“perfect moment. ”
― Annie Adams, The Arrangements - Box Set

“A colleague had been murdered, my driver and van had been through a hit-and-run, my sister had been beat up by her boyfriend who then set a bag of poop on fire on my porch, and then did the same to my prized hydrangea bush. I’d met a handsome police officer, found out my dead colleague had been cooking the books, I’d accidentally eavesdropped on a love affair, and I had groped a corpse. Pretty impressive for forty-eight hours.”
― Annie Adams, The Final Arrangement

“I woke up just before the alarm sounded, snuck in a few sit-ups (maybe a few would be an exaggeration; a couple—well one full sit-up really, but it was a good one)”
― Annie Adams, The Final Arrangement

“What does fine mean?”  “Fine means fine,” I said. “Uh, oh.  When my mom says fine I know that means the opposite.”
― Annie Adams, A Christmas Arrangement

“been so rude to me.”
― Annie Adams, The Arrangements - Box Set

“appearances and the impressions of others meant a lot more than they should to people in my town,”
― Annie Adams, The Arrangements - Box Set

“annie@annieadamstheauthor.com”
― Annie Adams, The Arrangements - Box Set

“Somehow life always boils down to just managing the spaces in between meals, doesn’t it?”
― Annie Adams, Deadly Arrangements

“I agree, but someone’s gotta be here.  It looks worse than it is anyway.”
― Annie Adams, The Arrangements - Box Set

“heartache.” “We need to figure something out.  We can’t just leave it in the van,” she said. “I don’t know.  We can’t go back there, and I don’t want to call him either.  Alex has a friend who works for Hillside police.  I’m going to call him and tell him what we saw today.  That way it’s in their hands.  They”
― Annie Adams, Deadly Arrangements

“place where men go to grunt and use non-verbal communication with each other. There's not much—if any—speaking involved and no one else understands what's being said there. Mantown is both here and not here. It's everywhere if you're a member and if you're not, you're probably a woman rolling her eyes.”
― Annie Adams, Flowers, Food, and Felonies at the New Year's Jubilee

“I went on deliveries.  Nick had already left because he claimed he had an appointment.  It was about two o’clock I think.  I remember now, a guy wanted roses delivered to his girlfriend before she got off of work at three.”  I remembered looking up at the clock that day”
― Annie Adams, The Final Arrangement

“Thinking of your parents having sex is like imagining yourself wading in a swimming pool full of squid parts.  It’s like when you keep your eyes open in the gory scenes of a horror movie. ”
― Annie Adams, Deadly Arrangements