Blindsided Quotes

“He has given you a lot of rope. Don’t forget that one end is tied around your neck.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“You take it for granted that it’s always going to be that way; then without warning, it’s gone. In an instant, all you’re left with are the things you wanted to say, the hopes and dreams you’ll never realize, a hole where your heart used to be.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“She helped me understand that grieving was a human process with known stages and unknown timetables.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“Overloaded with stress, we often make expedient decisions that may not be in our long-term best interest.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“I had the bad guys fighting, the good guys fighting, the clock ticking.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“But as me mum used to say, ‘It’s always darkest before the dawn.’ Things will get better; I’m sure of it.”       “What worries me is something my dad used to say.”       “Oh?”       “For things to get better they must first get far worse.”       Her eyes widened. “Oh, dear.”       I had the feeling my dad knew more than her mum.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“grieving was a human process with known stages and unknown timetables.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“shook. I was used to getting a bad night’s sleep, not to getting no sleep. I sat, ate, tried to hold myself together.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“this thing was going to work—if Janet had”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“explaining to Rosemary, there’s no way I can leave. I’ve got a deal closing middle of next week. But I think she should go.”       “I’d be worried if he stayed here by himself,” Rosemary said adamantly.       “I’ll be fine.” Dan sounded like a kid with an overly protective mother.       “Tell him he needs to go, Matt.”       Uh, oh. Mom telling Dad to discipline junior. “I’m most concerned about you, Rosemary. Dan’s a step removed. He’ll be okay. I’d like to get you on a plane out of here, today if possible.”       “Go ahead, hon. Matt’s right. You’ll get to see Rebecca, your folks.”       The look Rosemary gave me said she wasn’t convinced. “Oh, all right,” she said hesitantly. “I’ll call, see about flights.”       “‘Bye, Matt,” Dan said.       I hung up. They talked a while longer. When she hung up, I said, “Call A-One Travel. Charge it to the company.”       She made a face. “You don’t have to pay for my trip.”       “Call,” I told her and went back to work.       “It’s done,” she said, twenty minutes later.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“I’ll be so romantic she’ll want to hop right in the sack”       “‘Atta boy,” I said and handed him the ring box.       “Call her. Ask her out to dinner tomorrow night. Tell her you have something special you want to give her,” Tory said.       He hopped right up, went out to the kitchen, called. We eavesdropped on the half of the conversation we could hear. When it was over, he padded back out to the living room. “It’s on. She said this has all happened so quickly, she’s still sorting it out. That’s why she’s been acting the way she has. But she said she knows she loves me and wants to spend her life with me.”       “Touching.” I tried not to laugh. “Tory and I want to share in this happiness. We’re planning on being at the wedding. That’s okay with you isn’t it?”       “Sure,” he said, brows knitting together in sincerity.       “I’m asking because I don’t want this to get too big. Will your boss be there?”       “Mr. D’Onifrio?”       I nodded.       “Yeah, I talked to him this afternoon. He wanted to know the exact time and place. I told him Friday two o’clock at City Hall, room 410. He told me he’d be there.”       “Just him? Or will other friends come along?”       “The boss won’t come alone. He’ll bring a car full, at least. Three, four guys.”       “We’ll be there, too. Let him know that, okay?”       “Sure. No problem.”       “I’m glad he’s coming. I know he’s pretty busy that day.”       Fish scratched his belly. “Yeah, he’s getting some big award that night. Kinda surprises me, him doing that during meeting time.”       “Meeting time?” Tory asked innocently.       “His bosses are going to be in town. Happens a couple of times a year. Everybody has to walk around”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“morning, at lunchtime. He”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“companion. He scooted through, raced to the car.       Rosemary stood at the door. “Call. No matter what.”       “I will,”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“be there”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“would have preferred to do was charge”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“If you were a murderer, rapist or felon, it was the room where you were interrogated.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“him to fax me copies of the slips. When we were finished on the phone, I did the math. Sure enough. I was at four hundred and two percent.       I went back to my rolodex, found Tory’s number. She could uncover who”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“Seattle.”       “I’m at the Pier. My meeting just finished.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“happens.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“could almost hear piped-in”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“My next task was to secure a weapon. I remembered the old TV show, McGyver, where the hero would defeat the bad guys by making a device out of whatever he happened to find handy—a comb, two paper clips, a hub cap.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“Two o’clock found us sitting in Julian’s office high atop Sarasota’s only true skyscraper—One Sarasota Place. The office was impressive—an elaborate desk, expensive furniture and carpet, subdued lighting, fancy media wall. Normally, I enjoyed the panoramic view of the bay, the Keys, the Gulf. That day, I could have cared less.”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“deep-set eyes,”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided

“the sofa”
― Jay Giles, Blindsided