Jacqueline Sweet > Quotes

“In fairy tales,” her mother used to say, “no one ever says I love you. They give food and they kiss. That’s what love is made of.”
― Jacqueline Sweet, A Slice of Honeybear Pie

“Marriage wasn’t a beer. It wasn’t some product that you sweat over and cooked up and then consumed. No, it was alchemy. It was taking two disparate ingredients and merging them together in just the right way at just the right time so that you got something new and wonderful and delicious out of it that lasted forever.”
― Jacqueline Sweet, A Taste of Honeybear Wine

“Most people spend their entire lives chasing love without ever finding the real thing. They settle. They mistake affection for romance. They choose companionship over the toe-curling, panty-wetting awe of real love.”
― Jacqueline Sweet, A Taste of Honeybear Wine

“Someone's been sleeping in my bed.”
― Jacqueline Sweet, A Slice of Honeybear Pie