When In Rome Quotes

“I think we'll get hurt a lot in this life, but maybe it's worth it because sometimes we will experience really amazing things, too. Maybe not everything will end in hurt. But we'll never know if we don't try.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“No one loves anything they're miserably chained to.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Care is reckless because it doesn’t come with the seat belt that selfishness offers. Care has so much to lose, and almost always ends in heartbreak.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“I tell you what makes me madder than a hornet. When people tell other people how they should feel.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Dry your tears and kick this gloomy attitude in the pants, Amelia!" I say out loud to myself because who else does a girl talk to when she's alone in the car in the middle of a mental breakdown?”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Sometimes people decide not to like me for the most arbitrary reasons. Sometimes it's just because I'm famous, and successful people make them uncomfortable. Sometimes it's because I voted differently than them. And sometimes it's because I frowned outside their favorite yogurt shop and now they want to cancel me forever because they think I'm against yogurt.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“No one loves anything they're miserably chained to. But you own the key to your own lock and don't you forget it. Set yourself free for a while and that love will come back...”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“But cheating has always been the purview of fairies, and as we are about to enter their domain, we ought to act in accordance with local customs.”
― Catherynne M. Valente, The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making

“i stay away from red meat as much as possible." bray switched conversational lanes. "but their fish is very good."
"that’s like going to a whorehouse and playing solitaire," marino remarked.”
― Patricia Cornwell, Black Notice

“When I went to the swimming pool [in Chicago] I found negro girls floating about in the water. The first impulse was to refuse to go in; then I remembered I was in Yankee land and when in Rome -- I slide off into the water.”
― Gertrude Beasley, My First Thirty Years

“Dry your tears and kick this gloomy attitude in the pants, Amelia!" I say out loud to myself because who else does a girl talk to when she's alone in the car in the middle of a mental breakdown?”
― Sarah Adams

“Cassie perused the offerings, her mouth watering with excitement. Lemon cream, raspberry ricotta and meringue, Parmesan, creamed corn, cassis, persimmon, summer fig, bergamot, tiramisu, creamed coffee, watermelon cream... the list went on and on.
"Oh my god, how do you even decide?" Her head was spinning.
"Well, I like to do a combination. One fruit, one nut, one cream--- or chocolate, depending on my mood. So tonight I'm going to have wild strawberry, pistachio, and salted caramel. Pistachio is my constant. I always order it. It's my litmus test to judge the gelateria."
"Excellent strategy." She nodded and perused the case while Eamon ordered. She decided on Parmesan, fig, and blue honey with walnuts. "I'm going for the cheese plate combo," she joked.”
― Emily Arden Wells, Eat Post Like