Quotes from It Had to Be You

Cecily von Ziegesar ·  416 pages

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“Who has time to make up stories when the truth is so much more interesting?”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from It Had to Be You


“Girls were like that, though- they had to know things. They had to plan.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from It Had to Be You


“In the movie that was her life, he'd just asked her to marry him, and the answer was yes, oh, yes. Definitely-yes!

Cue straitjacket.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from It Had to Be You


“Bundle!" Chuck shouted agin, nonsensically, as he hurled himself on top of them. It was as if he were re-creating a scene from some dumb college frat movie he'd loved but no one else had ever seen.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from It Had to Be You


“For nobody else, gave me a thrill—with all your faults, I love you still. It had to be you, wonderful you, it had to be you. —As sung by Frank Sinatra”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, quote from It Had to Be You



About the author

Cecily von Ziegesar
Born place: in Connecticut, The United States
Born date June 27, 1970
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