Bellamy Rose > Quotes

“Honestly, I feel like friend breakups are worse than romantic breakups. And way less people are out there writing songs about them.”
― Bellamy Rose, Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder: A Novel

“Family wasn’t only flesh and blood, though. Family was about who loved you and who built you up, not tore you down.”
― Bellamy Rose, Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder: A Novel

“can’t look at someone’s social media and expect to see their real life. You have to be able to remind yourself that you’re looking through someone’s highlight reel, not their actual day-to-day. It’s another way to present yourself to the world the way you want to be presented. You’re already doing that. You pick out your clothes based on what people will think of you in them, you phrase things for public consumption. It’s just another tool. You have to think about it like you’re seeing them how they want most to be seen, and go from there.”
― Bellamy Rose, Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder: A Novel

“Grandma wasn’t nice to us, but she was nicer to us than she was to them. I’d seen her use Rosa, her housekeeper, as a footrest.”
― Bellamy Rose, Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder: A Novel

“I don’t know, I think friendship can mean a bunch of different things,” she went on. “Sometimes it’s about having fun with each other, but they’re not necessarily someone you can depend on. Sometimes it’s someone you don’t talk to often, but when you do talk to them, it’s like all the years fall away and you can count on them for anything. You know? I don’t think there’s one single definition.”
― Bellamy Rose, Pomona Afton Can So Solve a Murder: A Novel