“ OH! KATE GRUNTED as she sat down behind her desk.My side is killing me. I’m ovulating, I think. That sucker must be huge.Must we discuss? Jon asked.Man up, weenie boy, Kate said.You man up, Venus Will… Kristan Higgins
“ I had to get over [him]. For months now, a stone had been sitting on my heart. I'd shed a lot of tears over [him], lost a lot of sleep, eaten a lot of cake batter. Somehow, I had to move on. [Life] wo… Kristan Higgins
“ Get out of bed. Go to classes. Try to be normal, and pretty soon all that grief you carry...it gets easier. Kristan Higgins
“ The bewilderment is the worst part. That’s what they don’t tell you in divorce articles. They talk about anger and loneliness and growing apart and starting over and being kind to yourself, but they d… Kristan Higgins
“ When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad. Kristan Higgins
“ She smiled, and there it was again, that aching pressure in his chest. Love, or a heart attack. Kind of the same thing. Kristan Higgins
“ In most marriages, lust and love become tempered by normalcy. If you hear your husband farting in the bathroom seconds before he emerges and asks if you want to fool around, you generally don’t want t… Kristan Higgins
“ Book club meets every other month or so. Besides marriage counseling and the very occasional night out with my sister, I’m home twenty-nine nights out of thirty, and still the girls resent me. Not onc… Kristan Higgins
“ Forgiveness is difficult,” she said, making me feel small-hearted and brittle. “You don’t have to trust Adam again, not right away, but it does mean you have to accept what’s happened and start to tak… Kristan Higgins
“ Not everyone has to be in a relationship to feel good about themselves. Some people are better off on their own. Kristan Higgins
“ I don't get it, guys, I continued. I'd want to date me. Why is it so hard for me? I'm wicked fun, I dress nicely, I'm friendly... I'd love to date me. Wouldn't you? Kristan Higgins
“ ....And then I turned and saw a guy staring at me...."What are you looking at, idiot?" I asked, giving him the sneer that had served me so well."My future wife. The mother of my children. Kristan Higgins
“ I'll tell you something, Harpy," he said, his voice almost a whisper now. "It never even occurred to me that we wouldn't make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. You were just waiting for… Kristan Higgins
“ You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go. Kristan Higgins
