Jenny Jackson > Quotes

“She felt lonely and pathetic, but she knew that all across the city there were girls just like her who had spent their saturday nights waiting for something to happen, nursing a drink or reading a paperback in a coffee shop or scrolling endlessly on their phones, alone and biding their time until their real l ife would begin.”
― Jenny Jackson, Pineapple Street

“There were things you could do with family that you couldn’t do with your friends. You could let them see you wearing the same outfit three days in a row. You could invite them over for lunch and then mostly ignore them as you finally got off hold with the Internet provider. You could have an entire conversation while wearing crest white strips.”
― Jenny Jackson

“She felt lonely and pathetic, but she knew that all across the city there were girls just like her who had spent their Saturday nights waiting for something to happen, nursing a drink or reading a paperback in a coffee shop or scrolling endlessly on their phones, alone and biding their time until their real life would begin.”
― Jenny Jackson, Pineapple Street

“Having children was possibly the most mortifying experience of her life.”
― Jenny Jackson

“When Zoey left to go home, Augusta put her children to bed and then sat out on the back porch, listening to the crickets, wishing Colin were next to her. It was weird she’d been attracted to Stavros. But sexual attraction was a wild card. You could love how someone looked on paper but then feel nothing in person. You could think a guy was dumb as rocks, hate his clothes, and still want to jump his bones. This was why sex was the messy magic at the center of life. It didn’t always make sense, but the power was undeniable.”
― Jenny Jackson, The Shampoo Effect