If All Else Sails Quotes

“But perhaps love is being the exact right size of drill bit to tighten the other person's very specific loose screws.

Okay, this analogy may not fully work since I don't use tools and it sounds unnecessarily dirty. What I mean is that maybe love is giving the other person the something they may not have on their own.”
― emma st. clair, If All Else Sails

“I immediately bought one. Even if I’ve only ever worn it to sleep in”
― Emma St. Clair, If All Else Sails

“When I know what I want, I don’t settle for less. I don’t waver. And I’m really, really good at waiting.”
― Emma St. Clair, If All Else Sails

“it’s better to try now than to wait until the timing or circumstances feel exactly right. If you wait until things are perfect, you’ll be waiting your whole life. And if you never take the risk, you won’t ever know.”
― Emma St. Clair, If All Else Sails

“her voice breaks a little at the end, and suddenly, the man they both lost is as present at the table as any of us”
― Emma St. Clair, If All Else Sails

“People always say opposites attract or like minds find each other. But it doesn’t matter whether you’re opposites or like two halves of a whole. There will always be gaps where you don’t agree or don’t understand or don’t align. Lots of gaps. A successful marriage is one that works even in those gaps. It’s all about navigating and bridging the gaps, even if they never close.”
― Emma St. Clair, If All Else Sails

“A single room . . . with a single bed.”
― Emma St. Clair, If All Else Sails

“Why should this be a big deal? So, they screwed up our reservation and put us in one room, not two. Without a single other vacancy.”
― Emma St. Clair, If All Else Sails

“Who keeps their dead uncle’s ashes in a Cool Whip container?”
― Emma St. Clair, If All Else Sails