“You need to be strong on your own before you can be strong with someone else.”
― Jennifer Probst, quote from The Marriage Mistake
“You really are a bastard, aren't you? Christian Grey has nothing on you.
My name might be similar, but I'd never say "Laters, baby.”
― Jennifer Probst, quote from The Marriage Mistake
“It was funny how heartbreak turned into great art.”
― Jennifer Probst, quote from The Marriage Mistake
“I am the big bad wolf, sweetheart. Now get your ass up to your room.”
― Jennifer Probst, quote from The Marriage Mistake
“My name might be similar, but I'd never say 'Laters, baby.”
― Jennifer Probst, quote from The Marriage Mistake
“Her full breasts strained against the material as if dying to escape, turning her respectable business suit into a vehicle for a stripper. Horrified at the sudden veer of his thoughts, he quickly imagined nuns in underwear and got himself back in control.”
― Jennifer Probst, quote from The Marriage Mistake
“Once again, he backed off from a challenge by hiding behind a twisted sense of honor. “Let’s change the subject, shall we?”
“Sure. I got a Brazilian wax today.”
He choked on the piece of bread in his mouth.”
― Jennifer Probst, quote from The Marriage Mistake
“Why now?”
He squeezed his eyes shut to deny the truth, but she deserved more. When he finally opened his eyes, he let her see it all. “Because I want you. I’ve always wanted you, Carina. I don’t deserve you, or this night, but the idea of another man touching you makes me want to beat the shit out of him.”
The smile that lit up her face punched straight through his chest. “Well, okay then. Let’s go.”
― Jennifer Probst, quote from The Marriage Mistake
“Marriage is two-way street. You need to be strong on your own before you can be strong with someone else.”
― Jennifer Probst, quote from The Marriage Mistake
“I became aware that our love was doomed; love had turned into a love affair with a beginning and an end. I could name the very moment when it had begun, and one day I knew I should be able to name the final hour. When she left the house I couldn't settle to work. I would reconstruct what we had said to each other; I would fan myself into anger or remorse. And all the time I knew I was forcing the pace. I was pushing, pushing the only thing I loved out of my life. As long as I could make believe that love lasted I was happy; I think I was even good to live with, and so love did last. But if love had to die, I wanted it to die quickly. It was as though our love were a small creature caught in a trap and bleeding to death; I had to shut my eyes and wring its neck.”
― Graham Greene, quote from The End of the Affair
“Yet intact Ahab, back from his first voyage, once said of just such a changeable breeze, This contrast is the way of life itself. All playfully, he added, But were I God, then would every day be invariantly good. Then he asked me if he might be the god of my world.”
― Sena Jeter Naslund, quote from Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
“The Law of the Few says that there are exceptional people out there who are capable of starting epidemics. All you have to do is find them. The lesson of stickiness is the same. There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it.”
― Malcolm Gladwell, quote from The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
“What if someone comes?" I half-heartedly protest. "No one's coming here but you.”
― Katy Evans, quote from Real
“I will survive, Tracy thought. I face mine enemies naked, and my courage is my shield.”
― Sidney Sheldon, quote from If Tomorrow Comes
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