Quotes from The Education of Caroline

“Caro… I don’t understand – why do you love me?”
“Just because… because the sky is blue and the sea is green.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Be happy, Caro, because that’s what you deserve.
I love you, I have always loved you, and where I go after this world, I will always love you.
Sempre e per sempre.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Perhaps life is what happens when you least expect it.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“He’d asked me once if I was brave enough to take a chance on love. I finally knew the answer.
“I love you, too, Sebastian. More than you’ll ever know.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“My beautiful boy, my lover, my friend. The man I thought I'd never see again. Sebastian.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Hey, it’s okay. I’m nervous, too.”
I stared at him in amazement.
“You’re nervous…why?”
“Because it’s you,” he said simply.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“And, at last, I could hold him. I wrapped my arms around him and held him tightly, willing the darkness away, trying to heal him with my body, with my touch.

“I love you, Sebastian, please don't push me away. I love you."

"Oh God, Caro. I just don't know what I'm doing anymore; I'm so fucked up - I feel like I can't fucking breathe. Don't give up on me, Caro. Please don't give up on me. I need you, baby. I love you so much. I'm so sorry.”

I could forgive anything now that he'd let me touch him.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“They say there are no atheists in foxholes. I say there are no atheists when you're begging God to keep alive the person you love.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“I reminded myself that according to the consensus of opinion, a forty-year-old woman was in her sexual prime, while a man’s was at the age of 19. Which meant Sebastian was already past his prime: although there was no evidence that anyone had told him that.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“I’m going to make you so hard, I’m going to get you so wound up, I’m going to turn you on so much, that all I’ll have to do is touch you with one finger to make you come.”
“Fuck!”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Why didn’t you come back?” he sobbed.
“I waited and waited for you, like I said I would, but you never came back! Why? Why didn’t you come back? I love you I love you I love you.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“It didn't matter what I wore, or how much sleep I'd had or not had, he always looked at me as if his world began and ended with me.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“There were so many things Sebastian and I had to work out: we'd both been single for so long that blending our lives together wasn't going to be easy.

I'd promised Sebastian we'd find a way. He deserved to be loved for everything he was. And for whatever crazy reason he had, he loved me, too.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Jesus, if it comes down to it, I'll even write you a f*cking letter!"
"I'll write you on both sides of the f*cking paper, Caro.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Something making you smile, Hunter?”
“Yeah! I never got a round of applause before.”
“Maybe she was applauding me.”
“Nah, she thinks I’m a stud, I can tell.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Every man in this room wants you, Caro. I’m so fucking proud, I can’t stop smiling.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“I haven’t changed how I feel. I still love you – I’ve always loved you. It’s only ever been you.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“We wasted ten years and you're worried about a few thousand miles? Hell, we've got airplanes, we've got email, they've invented fucking cell phones. Jesus, if it comes down to it, I'll even write you a fucking letter.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“I was thinking about eating you, Chief, but as you’re such a stubborn, annoying man, who makes me pissed with everything other sentence he utters from between his beautiful, badly-behaved likps, I thought I’d better tie you up first. What do you say?”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“I can’t, Caro, it’s out of my hands now. But I promise it’s temporary. I just… after all this time… I wanted us to be able to spend more than a few hours together.” He stared at his hands. “I don’t know when I’ll see you again,” he mumbled. “I’ve already waited ten years.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“God, Caro. You make it all worthwhile,” he said, kissing my hair. “Thank God for you.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Well, Nicole, I was planning on taking her to bed and using her in ways that aren’t even mentioned in the Kama Sutra, but now you’ve told me that, I think I should go take a cold shower instead.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Hunter: you promised me separate rooms, remember?"

He looked like I'd just told him Christmas was cancelled.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Thank you for this, Sebastian. Thank you for bringing me."

Sebastian's expression told me that outdoor sex at the top of a mountain pass in the snow was suddenly on his 'to do' list.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“It wasn’t perfect: so what? Life isn’t perfect: life is what happens while you’re waiting for your moment in the sun and if you miss it, waiting instead for the perfect illusion that Hollywood sells, then more fool you. I’d spent half my life waiting for the right moment: I was done with waiting.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Now that's a sight for sore eyes, Sebastian. Maybe I should just leave you here: the hotel maids might appreciate that. Or, better still, maybe I'll take a photograph of you on my phone. Dont worry, I wont post it on the internet, it'll just be my screen saver.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“Wow, wounded by sarcasm at close range. The Brits sure fight dirty. Next it’ll be harsh language.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“You know what they’ll think: Muscles Are Required Intelligence Not Essential.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

“But then again, perhaps life is what happens when you least expect it.”
― Jane Harvey-Berrick, quote from The Education of Caroline

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