Signed, Sealed, and Smitten Quotes

“Jay’s energy is like these late June days, warm and sunny. It’s the kind of energy you feel when you’re relaxed but you know an adventure is waiting, like walking down a quiet road knowing something cool is around the bend. Maybe a patch of wild blackberries or a swimming hole, but something good and happy.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“Clarity? It’s clear I’m falling for him.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“Curse my incredible beauty”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“Lignin is the old book smell that all basic nerds love, but only true nerds know its name.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“I can’t get enough of her jokes or laughs or even her annoyed frowns.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“But now I understand how someone can fascinate you before you even exchange a word because it happened to me two weeks ago. Every interaction with Phoebe intensifies that feeling, like every conversation is too short and no number of her smiles is ever enough. Like each new angle I see her in is a revelation, whether it’s the sun shining down on her as she walks to the vault or the way she’s still vibrant under utilitarian basement lights. I can’t get enough of her jokes or laughs or even her annoyed frowns.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“I’ve developed an addiction to her.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“Right. “I don’t have a great poker face, do I?”
“Your face comes with subtitles. I like it.”
“You like my subtitles?”
“I like that you’re transparent.” I grimace, and he tries to correct himself. “Transparent in the good way, like …” He pauses, then snaps his fingers. “Like forthcoming. Forthright? Pick a synonym you like, and that’s what I meant.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“What else should I know about the library?” I ask. Focus on business, Ms. Hopper.
“Only that it has a secret passage.”
I widen my eyes. “No.”
His smile gets bigger. “Oh, yes.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“…it isn’t the thousands of leather- and cloth-covered books that lured me here.
No, it’s the ladder.
The fairytale ladder. The rolling ladder. The Professor Henry Higgins in his library ladder. The Belle in the bookseller’s shop, singing about her provincial life ladder.
I’ll spend all my future time in this library—house—as museum director in my sensible suits and professional demeanor. But today, I will grant myself one small fantasy coming true. Show me a girl who loves to read who hasn’t had the same fantasy, and I’ll show you—nothing. That girl doesn’t exist.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten

“Kind of a “Sharon Says So” for the Gen Z set.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Signed, Sealed, and Smitten