Summer in the City Quotes

“I didn’t fall in love with a version of you, Elle,” he says. “I fell in love with every you.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“The best gift I can give either of you is the freedom to live your life exactly the way you want to. Don’t let anyone ever take that away from you.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“I bought the coffee shop because you love it. I bought it so that you can have your favorite scone, with your favorite latte, at your favorite table, every morning.” He leans forward. “I bought it because it makes you happy, and that, to me, Elle, is priceless.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“Do all books have maps?” he asks. “No,” I say. “Only the best ones.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“There are moments in life, I think, that make you grateful you didn’t just stay in your room.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“It’s interesting how love colors things I would normally hate into my absolute favorite shade.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“Life might be complicated, but love isn’t. It’s pretty straightforward. It’s a lance through plans, and morals, and pride. It cuts right through everything. It doesn’t care about the mess it makes. It hurts, and we let it.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“I hold grudges like security blankets. I treat everyone I meet like a thief, someone who will inevitably betray me if I'm dumb enough to let them inside my house. I resist change, like if I sit solidly in place and keep everything around me very still, nothing new will come through the net I've cast around my little life, and that means nothing can hurt me. Not anymore. Not ever again.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“You know better than anyone that disturbing behavior is only really disturbing—” “If you don’t think the guy is attractive. I know, I know. Like Edward watching Bella sleep in Twilight.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“She told me some generations are for working, so the next can dream.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“He's repeating my own words back to me. Something in my chest tightens. He remembers everything, I think. Like every word that comes out of my mouth is a script to be pored over and annotated.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“But I don’t live my life for other people. I live it for me. The chatter doesn’t really matter.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“I go to bed wondering how I let my life get so boring—and when I started noticing.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“It’s almost as if men see a woman who has decided to dress up and immediately think she’s dressed up for them.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“Okay, don’t take this the wrong way, but are you sure he’s not a serial killer?” “He’s not a serial killer. He’s just committed.” “Um . . .”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“You can’t buy me, Parker,” I say. “You can’t buy my happiness. And if you think you can, then you don’t know me at all.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“One day, I woke up, and there was a little city built around me. I’m no longer a deserted island.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“So, do you normally take your neighbors on dates?” I ask, casually looking over at Parker. We’re in each of the window seats—there are several feet between us—but the space still feels too small. He takes up far too much of it. He nods, expression completely serious. “I took Ms. Andrews out last weekend.” Ms. Andrews is eighty-four and pushes her cats around in strollers.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“My mom had dreams. It's weird, thinking about that, right? That our parents once wanted something they never got?”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“There’s no one else inside but us. It’s like, for just a moment, this slice of New York City is ours.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“No Pasta, No Party”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“None of the women before me ever got to do anything but work. But you’re going to do more than that. You’re going to dream. You’re going to do it.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“For the first time in a while, I’m living life instead of just writing about it.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“She locked herself like a prison, like it could keep the hurt from spilling out. Like being strong meant being unfeeling. Like being smart meant being alone.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“You are, though. To me, you are. It’s like your mind and soul and body and everything was made for me. It’s like you’re perfectly mine.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“Parker’s on the phone. It sounds important. When he looks up at me, it slips out of his hand and cracks against the marble, shattering into pieces. He doesn’t even look at it. He’s looking at me.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“Elle, for you, I’ll move the company here, to New York. For you, I’ll hire another CEO. For you, I’ll give all my money away. I don’t care. None of it matters. Not the way you do.” He can’t mean that. Besides, I don’t want that. “I don’t want you to resent me. I don’t want you to do anything just because you think I want you to. I don’t want you to give up all these things you’ve always wanted.” “I don’t do anything I don’t want to do,” he says. “And, Elle, just so we’re clear: I’ve never”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“cramp”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“It's interesting how love colors things I would normally hate into my absolute favorite shade.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City

“And I’m officially fake-dating the Billionaire Bachelor for the summer.”
― Alex Aster, Summer in the City