The Pumpkin Spice Café Quotes

“She wasn’t so much afraid of dying as she was of forgetting to live her life. Somewhere along the way, she’d forgotten to figure out who she was or what she wanted to be when she grew up.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Somewhere along the way, she’d forgotten to figure out who she was or what she wanted to be when she grew up. She’d graduated college all shiny and optimistic about her future with her nose ring intact, and then spent the next seven years having her soul sucked out one ten-hour day at a time.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Reading was probably safer than hiking, anyway.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“He didn’t have a ton of friends; he probably shouldn’t murder this one.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“She wasn’t so much afraid of dying as she was of forgetting to live her life.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“I've loved you since I saw how many tiny pumpkins you could carry in your arms.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“It was the magic of the flannel.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Somewhere along the way, she’d forgotten to figure out who she was or what she wanted to be when she grew up.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Jeanie Ellis had never killed a man before, but tonight might be the night.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“But first, coffee.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“The book club was going to have a field day.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“He stopped in front of the old fence that kept Harry Styles, his rescue alpaca, safely out of the driveway.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“There was history in this house. It was worn in like the perfect pair of old jeans”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“And the alpaca?’ she asked, unable to hide the mirth from her voice. Logan grimaced. ‘Harry Styles.’ ‘Harry Styles?’ Jeanie shrieked with glee. ‘Amazing.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“These are chickens, right? They’re weird.’ ‘Silkie chickens,’ he said, striding toward her, a sort of shell-shocked look on his face. ‘Ooh ... fancy,’ she teased.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“He sighed. ‘Taylor, Rihanna, Lizzo.’ He pointed to the three chickens in her lap. ‘That’s Lady Gaga and Britney over there. And this is Selena trying to climb on your head.’ ‘What?!’ The laugh that burst out of her mouth startled the chickens and they flew up in a puff of feathers. Jeanie doubled over in a fit of giggles. ‘You named your chickens after pop stars?’ she wheezed.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“He loved how early it got dark, how high and hot the bonfire grew, how the whole night felt cozy and spooky at once. Like he was safe here with his grandparents and his friends, but there still might be danger lurking just beyond the glow of the fire.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“They are going to come in here all hopped up on their latest smutty book, cackling like a coven of witches. And then they’re going to want to know everything about you.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Maybe she could be cheerful and dark, messy and competent, sunshine and rain, New Jeanie and Old Jeanie mixed together.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“She was a study in contradiction. Competent, but lost at the same time.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“She gave him an indulgent nod and closed the door, leaving him alone and more confused than ever about where he stood with her. But already planning the next time he could see her.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Fall was a strange time for reinvention. Fall was better for...snuggling and eating food covered in gravy.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Jeanie slept like a baby. And not one of those babies that’s up all night. Like a really impressive sleeping baby.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“And now here she was, grown up and without a single clue who she was without someone else demanding every second of her time. Without Marvin to manage, Jeanie didn’t know what to do with herself.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“All you can do is the best you can do.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Was that her future? To work and work until her heart just gave out? Gave up? Jeanie had a tendency to overthink. To over-talk. To overwork. She didn’t do rest and relaxation very well. She didn’t do calm or cool. But she was determined to try. For her health,”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Making out with Logan was just the cherry on top. New Jeanie liked cherries.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“She fit here. She fit with him. His heart thumped the words over and over.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“Anyway, I need to steer clear of the hot farmer. The last thing I need is angry townspeople with pitchforks outside my door because I broke his heart at the town square dance or something.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café

“She didn’t want to be the intense girl. Or the woman who was a bit too much. She didn’t want to overthink this or overdo it.”
― Laurie Gilmore, The Pumpkin Spice Café