Rosie and the Dreamboat Quotes

“Mr. Husband,” Bree says to him with supreme satisfaction, “I can’t tell you how long we’ve been waiting for you to show up.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“Stop. You did the best you could, just like now. You didn’t let it ruin you. You stayed funny and smart and kind. You survived. A lot of people don’t. Take my word for it.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“Are you trying to set me up with her? Because I saw her true colors. Nothing could drag me from your side, Rosie Clamshell.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“I have no idea what a peace lily is, but I’m googling it. Okay. What’s so embarrassing about that?” “They’re the Basic Bitch of indoor plants, but I just like the way they’re so dramatic. You’ll walk by one, and it’s drooping flat. You’ll think it’s just about dead. Run over by a truck, surely. Then you soak it in a sink for an hour, and suddenly it’s upright, saying, I’m fine, I’m fine, I can live. Until the next time it’s nearly dead. They’re the fainting Victorian ladies of the plant world.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“I don’t think I’d let her tease you.” He sounds . . . flat? No, wait. He’s protective of me.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“Mr. Husband,” Bree says to him with supreme satisfaction”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“above”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“Bree looks like a nineties supermodel with her wet hair scraped back. I’m in my sea otter era.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“You did the best you could, just like now. You didn’t let it ruin you. You stayed funny and smart and kind. You survived. A lot of people don’t.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“I’ll say it again. Are you listening to me? You’re being really, really brave right now, and it turns out, you’ve always been brave.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“May I have his full name and date of birth?” Leo asks sweetly. “Social security, too, if possible? I need to commit a murder, please.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“Can you recommend any good local indoor plant stores with hilarious employees”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“I’m in absolute darkness. I didn’t select any music. Why didn’t I curate a sunrise sequence, too? The water is the silkiest, slimiest, milkiest, saltiest brew imaginable. I try to get comfortable, but there’s nothing I can do to adjust. Twisting myself this way and that only causes splashes, and a rippling tide that bobs me all the way to the top side of the tank. I bump my head. “Ow!” I absolutely hate this. “Enjoy this,” I order myself, and my grim tone resonates. It’s a crime to waste this valuable, unusual experience. I try again. “This is relaxing and fun.” This is nothing like that other time, the one I’ve”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“I take a packet of earplugs from Dionne. “Do these work against intrusive thoughts?”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat

“All my almost-husbands out in the wild have met my gaze, then looked over at her. I would, too.”
― Sally Thorne, Rosie and the Dreamboat