The Summer I Saved You Quotes

“Most people go through their entire lives wondering where their other half is. I’ll go through the rest of mine knowing I found him but could never claim him as my own.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer I Saved You

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― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer I Saved You

“What I owe my children isn’t the biggest house or the fanciest trips. What I owe them is simply a place where they feel safe, where they’ll be accepted for exactly who and what they are.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer I Saved You

“Lucie isn’t a meal you eat because you’re hungry. She’s exotically wrapped candy that leaves you hungrier than you started. It’s been less than a day since she was in my bed and I’m already fucking ravenous.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer I Saved You

“I thought we agreed I was going to hold out for your future son Damien to rock my world. Did I misunderstand?” She narrows her eyes. “I’m going to have a hard time naming you as his godmother if you keep making that joke.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer I Saved You

“Anyway, you’ve got to fuck a few frogs before you kiss your prince there, Cinderella,”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer I Saved You

“The fairy tale. You know—you meet someone and it just feels meant to be, then the two of you get married and take your carload of children to Disney every summer and live happily ever after.” “Interestingly, your idea of the fairy tale sounds like my idea of hell.”
― Elizabeth O'Roark, The Summer I Saved You