Emily Adrian > Quotes

“Every time my head hit the pillow, I wondered why I had ever left my bed in the first place.”
― Emily Adrian, Like It Never Happened

“I would miss grad school. I would miss not knowing what was going to happen to me.”
― Emily Adrian, Seduction Theory

“Lying flat on my back, with my toes dipped into the lake, I stared at the stars for a second. I guess I should have pondered their beauty and realized the rarity of a sky unsaturated by city lights, or something. But it occurred to me that you could probably see stars from the vast majority of the earth. It was city lights that were actually rare.”
― Emily Adrian, Like It Never Happened

“Nothing meant more to her than the legend of herself.”
― Emily Adrian, Seduction Theory

“There’s a version of Deerling that exists only in my head and only at a distance of several hundred miles. It’s the Deerling I invented whenever I was trapped in a Manhattan office building, 3:00 p.m., so far from the ground that I couldn’t hear the rain hitting the pavement. What I wanted was to touch the velvety cheek of a horse or to climb behind the wheel of a car older than myself. What I wanted was my mother, but what I thought I wanted was to go home. Being here now is like getting back together with a boyfriend whose flaws time temporarily erased. You meet on the sidewalk. He is handsome and smells great, but in the restaurant he condescends to the waitress and returns his food to the kitchen twice. Oh, you think, it’s you.”
― Emily Adrian, Everything Here Is Under Control

“Cleverness is a condiment, not a meal.”
― Emily Adrian, Seduction Theory

“When we were kids it seemed to me like you always got what you wanted. And I was crazy about you - so when it was me or my attention you wanted, you got it. But then we were older, and the stakes felt higher, and I couldn't tell where you ended and I began.”
― Emily Adrian, Everything Here Is Under Control

“I’ve never let anyone imagine for a moment that you aren’t my first choice.”
― Emily Adrian, Seduction Theory

“Only in our worst moments did we mistake our friendship for a rivalry.”
― Emily Adrian, Everything Here Is Under Control

“Sometimes love means making yourself scarce.”
― Emily Adrian, Everything Here Is Under Control

“That's the thing about babies: after you have one, all imagined alternatives to the past become tragedies.”
― Emily Adrian, Everything Here Is Under Control

“When you love a person, there is no way to avoid loving that person's child. Trust me, I've tried.”
― Emily Adrian, Everything Here Is Under Control