Cari > Cari's Quotes

“Home is wherever I’m unbothered. That’s true peace for me.”
― Lauren Asher, The Fine Print

“We all carry prisons of regret inside our heads, unable to break free of the guilt and pain they cause us.”
― Alice Feeney, His & Hers

“I bought things when I was nervous. Mainly books but—I guess now I bought houseplants, too.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“If I was going to do something, I didn’t want to inconvenience anyone else.”
― Ashley Poston, The Dead Romantics

“not this lords-of-the-earth crap, trying to rule the entire goddamn planet, cutting down all the forests and killing every creature you couldn’t bring to heel.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“This rat was not just eating the sugar. He was bathing in it, wallowing in it, positively luxuriating in it, his flickering tail hanging over the side of the bowl, flinging sugar across the table.”
― Jeannette Walls, The Glass Castle

“He couldn't believe it was only Wednesday. And it was made worse when he realized it was actually Tuesday.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“I’m sure I can amend my report to let DICOMY know that a man of your age took an unhealthy interest in orphaned children. Would that do? Especially if they already pay you to keep quiet, which doesn’t seem something you’re capable of.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“No need for apologies, dear boy. I’m a light sleeper as is.”
― T.J. Klune, The House in the Cerulean Sea

“How do they know where they will be living next year or if they will even be alive? I’m too superstitious to make plans like that.”
― Lily King, Writers & Lovers

“I’m more likely to get a bladder infection than to ask a person to get up so I can use the lavatory.”
― Emily Henry, Happy Place

“Like the scent version of reading your favorite book in a worn leather chair with a cup of Earl Grey tea while rain patters against the windowpane.”
― Sarah Adler, Mrs. Nash's Ashes

“I loved how a book”
― Ashley Poston, The Seven Year Slip

“USE THE WORD THEORY IF YOU CAN. MEN WHO THINK THEY KNOW A GREAT DEAL FIND SATISFACTION FROM THE WORD.”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 2

“It didn’t come all at once”
― Marie Bostwick, The Book Club for Troublesome Women

“It does seem a little cruel”
― Marie Bostwick, The Book Club for Troublesome Women

“Had we waited for men to give us the vote”
― Marie Bostwick, The Book Club for Troublesome Women

“I must march forward before my desire has flown and I become one of those contented souls chained to their small routine”
― Beth Brower, The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 3