Sawyer Quotes

“It’s just funny. Men love to call women ‘crazy,’ but y’all are the crazy ones thinking we’d ever settle for your bullshit.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Don’t we both want to love and be loved in return?”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Babies really make you aware of the deficiencies in your marriage. The things you could sweep under the rug before—the shit you convinced yourself you could tolerate—is no longer tolerable with a tiny new human in the mix.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Being with a man who’s a doer—who not only notices when you’re tired and need a break, but gives you that break—is quite possibly the most arousing experience I’ve ever had.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“I’ve been dead since the second you waved to me in the parking lot.” “Six feet under since you dumped your beer on me.” My lips twitch. “Hey, that was an accident.” His eyes search mine. “This isn’t.” And then he leans in, his thick neck slanting in the sexiest way imaginable as his mouth meets mine.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“For the wild ones. May the cowgirl in you be alive and well, always.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Who did this to you?” I gesture to her face. She looks up at me. “What do you mean?” Despite the way my heart is going apeshit, I keep my voice calm. “Who made you cry? Who hurt you? Please tell me, Ava.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“If you let this fear you have of people disappointing you sabotage what could be a really beautiful time in your life.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“think I’m in love with you, I want to say. I’m scared out of my mind, but I’m thinking about it, Sawyer.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Ella scrunches her nose. “Are you gonna kiss like Prince Eric and Ariel?” “I don’t know.” Sawyer’s head swings in my direction. “Are we going to kiss, Miss Ava?” Heat floods my face. “Kissing is … fun. When it’s with the right person.” “I never thought my best date would be in a bathroom, no,” he replies with a grin. My heart pounds. “So this is your best date.” “I took a four-hour nap before this. Of course it’s my best date. Might be my best day.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“know better than to let the unknown ruin a magical moment. I look at Sawyer and smile.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“love your parents,” I blurt. Sawyer’s brows pop up. “Uh. I do too?” “They raised you right, Sawyer.” I move my hand to cup his cheek. “You just might be the best man I’ve met. Ever.” “Because I make grilled cheese?” I laugh and he laughs, and something like joy—pure, potent—zips through my veins. “Because you make grilled cheese, yes.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“want my independence, but I also want to be known and seen and heard the way Sawyer knows me, sees me, hears me.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Ava, I don’t know if I’ve ever been in love.” It’s all I can do not to gasp. “Really?” “Really. I’m worried—sometimes I think I’m gonna die without knowing what that’s like, falling for someone so completely that it takes over your life. I’ve always believed that kind of love—the kind my parents had—is what makes life living. Now, the love I have for my daughter—that’s its own thing. Deep and wonderful and just, yeah, mind-blowing in its own way. But I still feel like something’s missing. I want to commit to someone.” He pauses. “I want someone to commit to me. None of that wishy-washy bullshit I’ve experienced in the past. I want the real deal—in sickness, health, all of it. I’m ready, Ava.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“And you like the backward baseball hat. Noted.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Why are you hugging Mr. Sawyer? Do you have big feelings?”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Yes you did, pretty girl. I remember them all.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Sounds kinda dirty when you say it like that.” I step forward. He steps forward, too, so that our faces are mere inches apart. “I’ll make it as dirty as you want, Ava.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Men just don’t care. The disappointment happens bit by bit. Death by a thousand paper cuts.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Something like, yeah, you don’t need men, but life is more fun if they’re in it?” “I’m here to have fun with y’all.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“June’s the main character,” I say, shrugging. Bee gives me the same exact look, right down to the arched brow and pursed lips. “Have you ever read a romance? There can be more than one main character in a story.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“getting a divorce has taught me anything, it’s that my relationships with women are a lifeline. I have so much more fun with them than I ever did with guys.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“When I finally float back to earth, I smile. I feel exquisitely, joyfully alive.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“He’s supremely confident. And that makes me wanna be confident too.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“I made it through hell, and now I get to celebrate in my own version of heaven.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“As parents, we’re rewarded for being overachievers, like you mentioned. We’re made to feel like the more we do, the better off our kids will be. It’s hard not to get stuck in the mode of just, you know, getting shit done. Becoming a taskmaster machine.”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Apparently you always drink the best wine first”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“You wear your heart on your sleeve. It’s a big heart”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Goddamn”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer

“Let me stay. Please”
― Jessica Peterson, Sawyer