The Wanderer Quotes

“Bailey, where’s your hat?”
“In my pocket, sir!”
“Why isn’t it on your head?”
“Because I can’t get my head in my pocket, sir!”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“A million possible endearments ran through his head. But he said, “Help.”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“here is something you should probably know about women without being told. We don’t want to have to tell a man we need to be wanted. We’d really like that to come naturally. We’d like a man to pursue us because he wants us, not because he’s out of options.”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“You’re a good date,” he said.
“You thought of it as a date?”
He nodded. “From the beginning.”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“Mac, my dear friend, here is something you should probably know about women without being told. We don’t want to have to tell a man we need to be wanted. We’d really like that to come naturally. We’d like a man to pursue us because he wants us, not because he’s out of options.”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“I’ll always be your friend,” he said. “Your best friend, if you let me. But I want to be your lover, too.” He groaned and shifted in his chair. “Soon. I want to be that soon.” Then a look came over him. “Oh Gina…I didn’t even court you! God, I should date you first before I beg you to take off your clothes!”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“Isn’t he cute? That he thinks he has a sense of humour?”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“It didn’t take much to turn a man solitary-being the new guy too often, being controversial now and then, a couple of unsuccessful attempts at a lasting relationship with a woman…”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“He’d never been shy, but he’d always been a little uncertain around girls. He just couldn’t believe they liked him.”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“Lou would probably tell you, if she thought it was serious. But men tend to say things like, Aw, don’t let ’em get to you. Girls need sympathy. Vindication. A soft shoulder to cry on, encouragement. Men just want their girls to rise above it.”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“into”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“For the past several years, he’d avoided romantic relationships that could gut him in the end. That whole not-sleeping, feeling the deep ache that came from failure, enduring the sudden loneliness of being rejected…it was bad for his disposition.”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“make a big deal”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“Oregon, because”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“hours to get from”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer

“Thunder Point, Oregon, because”
― Robyn Carr, The Wanderer