Getting Ready Quotes

“People always getting ready for tomorrow. I didn't believe in that. Tomorrow wasn't getting ready for them. It didn't even know they were there.”
― Cormac McCarthy, The Road

“Three eternities passed before she ran a hand under her red nose and nodded. "Fine. I'll go." Alex's lungs expanded as he let the air back in. "But the first woman who makes a crack about my hair--"
"I'll punch her lights out." Alex pulled her to her feet.
"You're supposed to love me, so it needs to be more severe than that."
"I'll yank out her heart with ice tongs."
"Aw." Lucy patted his chest. "You would do that for me?"
He captured her hand, felt its warmth all the way through his shirt. "No amount of carnage is too much for my girl.”
― Jenny B. Jones, Save the Date

“Louise was spritzed with some musky French perfume, powdered, and adjusted, and eventually, she was ready to go. She didn't have to lift a finger; it was like being sent through a car wash.”
― Bianca Turetsky, The Time-Traveling Fashionista on Board the Titanic