Perfect Summer Quotes

“She had no idea her view that school funding should actually be used on education instead of football would be so wildly unpopular.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“For teachers everywhere…you make a difference every day.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Her mother had failed the fat test and now she wanted whole milk? What was next, crack cocaine and peanut M&Ms?”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“The alternative was testosterone, and that made people stupid. Crazy beat the heck out of stupid any day.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Estrogen was one mean bitch. It caused zits and weight gain on the way in, weight gain and lethargy on the way out, and in between, there were twenty-one days of normalcy before the week of bitchiness, bloating, and bouts of insanity.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Welcome back, sexy librarian. God bless Ticonderoga #2s.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Why didn’t grief come with an expiration date?”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Laugh and the world laughed with you…cry and they knew how to hurt you.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Since old Chuck wasn’t Joe Montana, Troy Aikman, or Jesus, he wasn’t anywhere near good enough for her.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Perfection is an illusion. If everyone were good at everything, the world wouldn’t be nearly as much fun.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Abject mediocrity had its advantages.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“All I ask is that you remember pride is a delicate thing. It can’t be bought, but it can be taken.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Since she couldn’t be thin, pretty, or smart, she’d learned to be funny. Jolly saved fat’s ass every time.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Estrogen was one mean bitch. It caused zits and weight gain on the way in, weight gain and lethargy on the way out, and in between, there were twenty-one days of normalcy before the week of bitchiness, bloating, and bouts of insanity. She shrugged. The alternative was testosterone, and that made people stupid. Crazy beat the heck out of stupid any day.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“there”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“Her ex, Jack—all-around asshole and driver of her new car—had once said her internal clock needed a new battery. Too bad it had taken her a year to figure out his moral compass needed a new needle.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“belly was”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“See what I mean? I think it’s a generational thing.” She turned to him, and a faint smile played at the corners of her mouth. “My mother’s parents were in love. They met at a concert. My grandfather saw my grandmother across the sea of people and bam—love at first sight. He bought a rose from a vendor, walked right up to her, and asked her out. From that day forward, he brought her a rose every”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“path down her cheek. How did she make him understand that his kindness was tearing her apart?”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“And Summer was still…pathetic.”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer

“ten minutes to find Judge Kinzer’s courtroom. Clint pulled the door open”
― Katie Graykowski, Perfect Summer