Sweetheart Quotes

“Debbie often talked about Gretchen as if she was his mistress. But to Archie it sometimes felt like the other way around. As if, by moving back in with his ex-wife, he was cheating on Gretchen.
That was probably worthy of bringing up in therapy”
― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart

“I like to think of you not being able to end your suffering,' she said.
'I like to think of you not being able to satisfy your blood-lust,' he said.”
― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart

“His whole relationship with Gretchen was one long postcoital illusion”
― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart

“Gretchen's eyes blazed at Henry. 'Don't ever think you can know what I'll do”
― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart

“Schools, by definition, come with a couple hundred potential hostages and you didn’t want kids shot because you rushed it. Of course the drills presumed that the mad gunman was another kid. Kids are unpredictable. Kids with guns are extremely unpredictable. And no one wanted to have to shoot a kid, even one with a gun. So, secure, assess, wait.”
― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart

“Sin is rarely without complication”
― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart

“a face that looked like it had been whittled out of driftwood.”
― Chelsea Cain, Sweetheart