Calling Me Home Quotes

“The heart is a demanding tenant; it frequently makes a strong argument against common sense.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“When you fall in love, every kind of reason flies out the newly opened window of your brain.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“The heart is a demanding tenant”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“Remember this, Dorrie: Some men are just plain bad news. Then there are good men. They'll do. Then there are good men you love. If you find one of the last kind, you'd better hang on to him with everything you have.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“I felt I knew him completely, and the knowledge could be pored into a single coffee cup.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“The only person I needed to trust was myself. The other road had too many curves, and I wanted to see straight ahead.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“I really do think it all boiled down to fear. She was so worried about what the people around us would think, she forgot about … me.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“It’s funny how sometimes you find a friend—in the likely places—and almost immediately, you can talk about anything. But more often than not, after the initial blush, you find you really have nothing in common. With others, you believe you’ll never be more than acquaintances. You’re so different, after all. But then this thing surprises you, sticking longer than you ever predicted, and you begin to rely on it, and that relationship whittles down your walls, little by little, until you realize you know that one person better than almost anyone. You’re really and truly friends.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“A grin split his face like a sunrise.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“Things I’d been sure of before, I questioned now.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“I’d have loathed having the word pastel associated with me ever, whether applied to my appearance or my personality.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“It’s funny how sometimes you find a friend—in the likely places—and almost immediately, you can talk about anything.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“Sometimes the good ones surprise you. Sometimes they stick around longer than you'd think --- after they should have given up.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“You’re so different, after all. But then this thing surprises you, sticking longer than you ever predicted, and you begin to rely on it, and that relationship whittles down your walls, little by little, until you realize you know that one person better than almost anyone. You’re really and truly friends.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“My customers came to me for one thing—to leave feeling shiny and pretty, like a new penny. They didn’t give a rat’s anything how my hair looked as long as it was neat and unobtrusive. (Seventeen across, eleven letters: “inconspicuous, unassuming.” Unobtrusive. Big, fancy word.) I was the vehicle to get them from zero to beautiful in sixty minutes or less. Along the way, if we became more than casual acquaintances, then hallelujah and pass the potato salad, because then my hair ought to be the least of their worries.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“The only thing that made a man keep his word was the man himself.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“earth. In case you missed it, it’s now perfectly acceptable for whites and blacks to have relationships. To be friends or relatives. Or lovers.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“Some men are just plain bad news. Then there are good men. They'll do. Then there are good men you love. If you find one of the last kind, you'd better hang on to him with everything you have.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“surround you, they amaze me. That”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home

“Some men are just Olin bad news. Then there are good men. They'll do. Then there are good men you love. If you find the last one of the last kind, you'd better hang on to him with every thing you have.”
― Julie Kibler, Calling Me Home