It Had to Be You Quotes

“I guess we're oil and water. (Phoebe)

I'd say we're more like gasoline and a blowtorch. (Dan)”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“The door closed behind her (Phoebe), and the two men regarded each other for a moment. Viktor spoke first. "I must have your promise, Coach, that you won't hurt her." Dan: "I won't." Viktor: "You spoke a little too quickly for my taste. I don't quite believe you." Dan: "I'm a man of my word, and I promise I won't hurt her." He flexed his hands. "When I murder her, I'll do it real quick so she won't feel a thing." Viktor sighed. "That's exactly what I was afraid of.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“You know that we've got a few problems we need to talk through before we get married."

"I'm not getting rid of Pooh."

"See, there you go being antagonistic. Marriage means learning to compromise."

"I didn't say I wouldn't compromise. I promise to take the ribbon out of her topknot before you walk her.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“There's nothing sexier in a man than intelligence.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Bobby Tom told me he’s not afraid of the Chargers’ defense.”
“Bobby Tom’ll tell you he’s not afraid of nuclear war, so I wouldn’t put too much stock in his opinion.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Honey lamb, there are a lot of things in this world I feel insecure about. Religion. Our national economic policies. What color socks to wear with a blue suit. But I've got to tell you that my performance in that hotel room last night isn't one of them.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“I must have your promise, Coach, that you won't hurt her."
"I promise."
"You spoke a bit too quickly for my taste. I don't quite believe you."
"I'm a man of my word, and I promise that I won't hurt her.When I murder her, I'll do it real quick, so she won't feel a thing."
Viktor sighed. "That's exactly what I was afraid of.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“...I have to tell you that I'm not all that comfortable with the idea of spending the rest of my life sleeping next to somebody who's got the power to fire me if my underwear doesn't make it all the way to the hamper."

She repressed a smile. "I'm sympathetic to your problem, but I'm not selling the team just so you can be a slob."

"Somehow I didn't expect you would.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“‎"There’s no such thing as mistakes – only a lack of foresight.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“ignore the pain, play through it.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“She hated using airplane toilets. She was always afraid the plane would choose the exact moment she was most defenseless to crash, and she'd spend her final seconds of life spiraling toward earth with her bottom bare to the world.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Sometimes I think bimbo is just another word men made up so they could feel superior to women who are better at survival than they are.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“−Debe prometerme, entrenador, que no la lastimará.
−Lo prometo.
−Lo ha dicho demasiado rápido para mi gusto. La verdad es que no le creo.
−Soy un hombre de palabra, y le prometo que no la lastimaré. −Flexionó las manos−. Cuando la asesine, lo haré tan rápido que no sentirá nada.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Monday, when he'd barged in on her because she'd somehow managed to hold up everybody's paychecks, she'd been painting her goddamn fingernails! He'd gotten mad then, but he'd barely begun to yell before her lip had started to tremble and she'd said he couldn't talk to her like that because she had PMS.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“There is a God after all. And She watches out for Her own.” Dan”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“She hated using airplane toilets. She was always afraid the plane would choose the exact moment she was most defenseless to crash, and she’d spend her final seconds of life spiraling toward earth with her bottom bare to the world.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“The game of football makes men out of boys. Let's see if it can make a
woman out of you.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“But there was something she didn’t understand. To him, winning was everything. And he wasn’t above cheating. With”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Le regard mauvais , Calebow quitta un instant le chien des yeux pour s'adresser à elle.
- Si elle me pisse dessus , je la transforme en descente de lit.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Her throat tightened as she reminded herself that she might have been making love, but he had been having sex. She”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“I’m a man of my word, and I promise that I won’t hurt her.” He flexed his hands. “When I murder her, I’ll do it real quick, so she won’t feel a thing.” Viktor”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Years ago she had discovered that she could control her relationships with heterosexual men far better by playing the sexy siren than the blushing ingenue. Being the sexual aggressor put her subtly in charge. She was the one who defined the rules of the game instead of the man, and when she sent her suitor on his way, he assumed it was because he didn’t measure up to all the other men in her life.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Sweet spoils won on a silken battlefield. Every inch belonged to him, and he would take it as he wished.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Bobby Tom told me he’s not afraid of the Chargers’ defense.” “Bobby Tom’ll tell you he’s not afraid of nuclear war, so I wouldn’t put too much stock in his opinion.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“You'd better be worth it, studmuffin. - Phoebe to Dan”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“she was afraid
she might be turning into one of those cynical people who hug old
bitterness like a treasured bone to be gnawed over forever.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Beep.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“Explicitly.”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You

“shiatsu,”
― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, It Had to Be You