But For You Quotes

“Sam to Jory “I knew the difference then, I know the difference now. You’re it, you’re home for me. If it’s not you, it won’t be anybody. I can’t settle, it’s all or nothing.”
― Mary Calmes, But For You

“Do you realize how many kids I’ll be raising if all my friends and my brother and his wife all die in a tragic cruise ship disaster?”
― Mary Calmes, But For You

“Our lips met and parted, and his tongue
slid deep to taste me. The sounds from the peanut gallery—choking and retching—and the tug on my robe instantly drained the heat from the encounter.
“That’s disgusting,” Kola assured me with a glare that a six-year-old shouldn’t have had.
“Why?” I asked snidely.
“Your mouth has germs,” he informed me haughtily. “That’s why you told Hannah not to lick Chilly.”
“No, I told her not to lick Chilly because the cat doesn’t like to be
licked by her.”
“He licks his body.”
“He does,” Hannah, our four-year-old, agreed with a nod. “Kola’s right.”
“But he doesn’t want you to do it,” I assured my daughter.
“How do you know?” Kola questioned.
I had to think.
Kola waited, squinting at me.
“Do not lick the cat! Nobody licks the cat!” Sam ordered when the silence stretched for too long.”
― Mary Calmes, But For You

“he was always on time because, as he said, her time was precious to him, so why would he make her wait”
― Mary Calmes, But For You