Hoosier Daddy Quotes

“My heart was racing, and I was torn between wanting to rush out there and join in the frenzied bout of licking, or staying put on the top step and pretending to remain calm until El made her way to the house.”
― Ann McMan, Hoosier Daddy: A Heartland Romance

“like to think that I’m a glass half full kind of person. By that I mean that when I see something like puppies covered in ticks, or read in a magazine about how some elderly people have to eat cat food, I remind myself about how soft puppy bellies are when you rub them, or how lots of older people drive really nice Buicks.”
― Ann McMan, Hoosier Daddy: A Heartland Romance

“it became one with every hope and fear I’d ever known growing up as part of this quirky and curious world, where I fit and didn’t fit all at the same time.”
― Ann McMan, Hoosier Daddy: A Heartland Romance

“seemed like a good plan, too . . . until I sneezed. You have to understand. I don’t have a diminutive sneeze. When I sneeze, it’s a full-body, full-throttle, full-contact sport. When I sneeze, it trips seismographs along the New Madrid Fault. When I sneeze, antelope on the Serengeti make frenzied runs for cover. When I sneeze, my body bucks and recoils like a sawed-off shotgun.”
― Ann McMan, Hoosier Daddy: A Heartland Romance

“access to things like health care and the protections of family leave. And I’m talking about large classes of people who, through twists of fate or the predilections of biology and geography, have narrower paths and fewer options open to them than college graduates like you.”
― Ann McMan, Hoosier Daddy: A Heartland Romance

“don’t have a dog no more since Buddy got hit by that bookmobile last year.”
― Ann McMan, Hoosier Daddy: A Heartland Romance

“I was tired of living my life like a lemming, with no better sense or prospects for a brighter tomorrow. Enough was enough.”
― Ann McMan, Hoosier Daddy: A Heartland Romance