Tied Together Quotes

“I keep reading the email over and over to see if I missed something, but every time I read the email, my thoughts get worse. If something comes out about whatever New York Magazine found, my friends’ families could be ruined. All because of me.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“The additional height he has on me doesn’t help the fear I feel in my gut. Those couple inches might as well be a foot, because I feel like he is towering over me.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“Ever since I was younger, it has always been tell your mom this! Tell your dad that! You two talk to me more to talk to each other than to actually talk to me! I am your daughter but you treat me like a staff member! Like you hired me to be the in-between in your relationship! IT IS EXHAUSTING!”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“Someone being happy in something I picked out feels like Christmas. It is one of the best feelings imaginable to anyone with an interest in fashion. I find a pair of golden flats that complement the green shades of the dress. Then I wait for her to put on a face of makeup. Her hair already looks good, even after a day full of school and a ride to the Upper East Side. If she won the lottery with any genes, it would definitely be whatever genes gave her that head full of perfect strawberry-blond hair.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“My mind understands why they said what they said, but every other part of my body wants to ignore them. Everything other than my brain is telling me to go for it. To go for him. My eyes are longing for a glance of what life looks like when we’re together, my nose is longing for his scent to become familiar, my heart is longing for a relationship, my lips are longing for a kiss.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“In their minds, it would be a prestigious businessman’s word against an emotional girl’s word. It would be him against me, and I would lose.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“I watch New York City pass by through the car window. Even though I am the one moving, I feel still. I feel like all of New York City is moving around me and moving on, while I am stuck in the past.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“All a rumor needs is a small spark to start the fire that ruins a socialite’s reputation—sometimes their whole family’s reputation. It doesn’t matter if it’s true or false. As long as it is a possibility, people will make it real in their minds.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“When we were younger, it was usual sister stuff that we fought over: clothes, the bigger room, our parents’ attention. Now we have different clothing styles, we have had the same rooms for over a decade, and we do not care for our mom’s or dad’s attention. …. We do not get through our family disasters together; we push each other closer to the fire.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“I am just saying. We have the perfect friend group. If one person gets added, everything will come crumbling down”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“The absence of my mom and dad did not matter. My birthday was just about as perfect as it could have been.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“seeing Cassie in the dress I bought her for the first time makes me want to see more than just her smile again. Every part of her body is highlighted in this dress. And with the way her straightened blond hair falls around her shoulders and the way the dress hugs her waist and shows off her perfect legs, I want a repeat of that night.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“Without fail, my bench was always available. The free place to sit felt like a sign that there would always be a spot available for me. I might not always have a spot in my family or friend group, but I do in this garden.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“They say when you are near death, the best moments of your life play in your mind like a movie. The memory that comes to mind is one of the UES when we were younger. We did not have a care in the world during our game of pretend. We were the perfect family.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“We have been friends for so long, I can’t imagine that I would just be another stop on his list.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together

“The thing with having an older sibling is that you look up to them when you’re young, envy them when you get older, and neglect them when you learn to let go of that envy.”
― Brigid Au, Tied Together