Come and Get It Quotes

“Quite possibly the saddest sensation Millie had ever known was this: that someone cared for you but not like you cared for them.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“Agatha said, “I see.” She wrote down the word Tacky. It was something her late mother would have said about someone using a gift card at a lunch they’d invited you to.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“Being alone in a new college town was kind of like watching the local news in a hotel room. With someone else it could be amusing and fun. By yourself, it was a little depressing.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“People hear what they wanna hear.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“One of the more frequent arguments that Agatha and Robin partook in, especially near the end, was what Agatha considered an unfair assertion: that Agatha didn’t like anything. And sure, there were many things that she did not enjoy. Like zoos. And musicals. And photo booths at weddings. Burlesque was another one. Any type of parade. She hated Little Free Libraries in wealthy neighborhoods. (Just use your public library? Which is also free because that’s the point?) She hated when restaurants and stores offered human food to dogs.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“Kennedy hadn't considered it before, that to write something beautiful you just do it regular, and then you pull out a red pen.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“I’m glad he’s shown his true colors. If that’s what you think of as a good time? Going apple picking with someone who vapes?”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“My mom? When I was little, she used to do this thing at the movie theater where she would ask for an extra cup for water, but then she would fill it with butter from that li’l pump thing instead. And then when we got to the middle of the popcorn bag, we’d pour it in, and it was like a li’l butter refresher midway through.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“Millie wanted to roll over in white hotel sheets, to see Agatha awake and on her phone. She wanted Agatha to have glasses, to frown in thought at something she read. Millie would arch her back in a stretch. Hi, she’d say. What time is our flight?”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“Recent favorite is The Revenant.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“Okay, sometimes—just being honest— Millie can be . . . a little ghetto." On the word little, Tyler held two fingers an inch apart.
"Nooo. Don't say that. Ah love Millie."
"But I'm not saying it like it's a bad thing."
"No, I see what you mean," Jenna said. " Sometimes she'll be all like . . ." She pushed her hair behind her ears. She looked as if it were her turn in a game of charades and she was considering how well she knew the reference. "Ohmygod, I can't even do it," she laughed. "Okay, if we're being too loud or something? She'll be like, 'Gurl, you know iss quiet hours!" Then she poked her lips out. She put a hand on her hip and she shifted her head from side to side.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

“Washing her sheets was another thing she'd failed to do. She washed her clothes—every weekend—but when it came to the bedsheets, she'd get stressed out or she'd forget. And then there was too much time and then there wasn't enough and she didn't want to sleep in a bed that her mother hadn't made. But now she was here and she would have to wash her sheets and all of this was so, so bad.”
― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It

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― Kiley Reid, Come and Get It