Ten Beach Road Quotes

“What defines us isn't how we behave when things are good, Andrew, but how we respond when they aren't.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“There isn’t a lot a mother won’t do for her child, Kyra. It’s sort of hardwired into our DNA.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“I’ve been pinching our pennies so tightly that Abraham Lincoln’s face is imprinted on my fingers.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“What defines us isn’t how we behave when things are good, Andrew, but how we respond when they aren’t.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“I had one celebrity, who shall remain nameless,” Nicole said when pumped for stories about her high-profile clients, “who wouldn’t consider dating anyone who’d ever eaten a green M& M.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“it seemed efficient cargo area filling was yet another suburban skill at which Madeline Singer excelled.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“ladies’ clothing aisle—strategically located just past the automotive section—where Avery and Madeline selected some of the ugliest shorts and T-shirts Nicole had ever seen.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“A summer full of cheap food, folding chairs, and home-cooked meals. Those good times were so going to roll.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“The discomfort she felt with Avery Lawford was nothing compared to what she felt when their third partner arrived a few moments later in a classic green Jaguar convertible, from which she emerged like a celebrity being handed onto the red carpet.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“And she cannot be a day over thirty-five,” he said adamantly. “I have noticed that after that the fruit becomes . . . less firm.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“Dottie, spray her hair some more so that it can’t fall forward. It’s hiding her, um, profile.” This was Jonathan the director’s euphemism for cleavage, which always seemed to get more close-ups than the rest of her.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“Working with your ex-husband was almost as much fun as a double root canal. Without anesthesia. Doing it in front of television cameras was four impacted wisdom teeth thrown in.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“Either way would give her a shot at covering their most pressing expenses until Malcolm Dyer was found and the remainder of their money returned. “Please, God,” she thought as she dialed the first number. “Please let them catch him soon. And please don’t make these women too difficult to deal with.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“If you just send me the tuition money for summer session, I’ll . . .” “No.” “What?” Clearly it had never occurred to him that his request might be refused.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“Getting older is definitely not for sissies.” But then neither, it seemed, was marriage.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“It was only later that she would remember that the truth did not always set you free. And that you had to be careful what you wished for, because you might actually get it.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“If Steve didn’t have a job, where did he go every day after he put on his suit and strolled out the door with his briefcase? More important, why hadn’t he told her?”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“Steve doesn’t work here anymore.” Madeline sat in the cul-de-sac, trying to absorb the words she’d just heard. “I haven’t seen Steve since he was laid off. That was at the beginning of September. About six months ago.”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road

“Did you try his cell phone?” Adrienne’s tone was uncharacteristically tentative. “Yes.” Maddie began to back down the driveway, her mind swirling with details. How badly damaged was Edna’s kitchen? Should she have Steve go to the hospital while she checked the house? “It went right to voice mail. Isn’t he in the office? Do you know how to reach him?” There was another odd pause and then Adrienne said, “Steve doesn’t work here anymore.” Madeline’s foot found the brake of its own accord. The car jerked to a stop. “I’m sorry? Where did you say he was?”
― Wendy Wax, Ten Beach Road