The Vineyard Quotes

“You wanted to be part of a family. Well, this is what family is about. It’s about crossed wires and lack of communication. It’s about”
― Barbara Delinsky, The Vineyard

“Entitled? That’s a dangerous word, Greg. Be careful how you use it. People aren’t entitled to things. They have to earn them. That goes for money and respect and love.”
― Barbara Delinsky, The Vineyard

“Emptiness did that to a person. Her insides were a big black hole where dreams of her mother had been.”
― Barbara Delinsky, The Vineyard

“She wasn’t supposed—to die until—we talked.”
― Barbara Delinsky, The Vineyard

“When a vine withers and dies, you know you’ve planted it in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
― Barbara Delinsky, The Vineyard

“vintage was a precious thing, dependent on variables like the weather, the age of a particular vine, the size of the Japanese beetle population.”
― Barbara Delinsky, The Vineyard

“The beauty of it, to him, was that the routine was never the same. Bud break never occurred on the same date two years in a row. Waiting for it, watching for it, feeling the excitement when the vines suddenly burst into the palest of pale greens was … incredible. Same the critical few days when the buds burst into bloom.”
― Barbara Delinsky, The Vineyard

“OLIVIA DIDN’T WANT TO SEE SIMON. She didn’t know how to deal with what she felt. It was raw physical attraction with no emotional link, and it was totally wrong at”
― Barbara Delinsky, The Vineyard