This Time Tomorrow Quotes

“In her mind, she’d meet the love of her life by 21, have an Oscar by 24, married with a kid on the way, and living in the Hollywood Hills by now. Instead she was facing down the barrel of thirty with no sense of where her life was going or if any of it had meant anything at all. There had been short films, plays, and extra work dotted throughout her soul-sucking office job and rejections so severe that she wondered what the point of living even was.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories

“She watches as he joins a group of friends. Maybe he’ll stop, bring them over, and introduce her. They’ll drink a few beers, and she’ll have a decent time. Maybe even laugh. By then, she’ll have forgotten about why she came.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories

“There was always the thought in the back of my mind that Dad could see me in something when he was in New York. I almost welcomed the scenario. Him, sitting feet from me, seeing the woman I’d become. I’d stare right into his eyes, and he’d know there was nothing he could do but walk away.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories

“I looked back at the road. In the darkness, I couldn’t see anything beyond the filling station. A part of me thought I’d cease to exist if I drove any further.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories

“I always thought the British had it better. They drank tea and spoke in such an elegant dialect that their problems couldn’t have been severe.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories

“As they continued back and forth, I turned away, trying to hide the red flush of embarrassment on my face. I picked up the glass unicorn—in actuality, a plastic figurine. It was such a beautiful, unique thing. I could see why Laura loved it.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories

“Every time I think I’ve had enough, I see something that inspires me to keep going. A little flash of… something beautiful, here or there. A gold leaf in a sea of red and yellow ones. That first sip of coffee… the memory of what it was like to be loved by another person… being out here… far away from it all.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories

“Rose, we have a lot in common,” Cailey said to her. “I think we’re going to be great friends.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories

“In my first freshman seminar, they told us that history gives us the ability to look forward. For me, I see it as always trying to capture the intangible fog of something I know I will never be a part of.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories

“Robby would find someone else. He’d marry her, cut his hair, get some office job and have a nice, quiet life. Maybe, someday, he’d tell his kids about the girl he used to know.”
― Eleanor Wells, This Time Tomorrow: and other stories