Bride in Bloom Quotes

“Today, I saw a burst of color the same hues as the sunset: a bright orangey-pink, the train of a dress just floating there as that vision moved toward me … like a flower, when it opens, the petals begin in that deep rich color, then lighten, then darken again on the edges … it was like you’d been dipped into the horizon and given to me.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“If anyone asks me what I had for lunch, I’m totally gonna say, the cream of some young guy.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“It’s the beard,” I said to my friends matter-of-factly. “It makes me want to just climb up onto his face, hold onto his man-mane, and take a ride. Wait, did I just say that out loud?”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“But when you know, you know. And when you’ve lost everything you thought was real, you recognize real when you see it. You just have to trust it.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“It’s the beard,” I said to my friends matter-of-factly. “It makes me want to just climb up onto his face, hold onto his man-mane, and take a ride.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“I wanted to watch you bloom. I wanted to be the man who made you blossom and here I am, face to face with the most beautiful flower I’ve ever seen. And now it’s mine.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“I wish every story had a happy ending,” I said sadly into my glass. “Victoria … this story does.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“Try not to laugh. To the girl with golden hair and beauty with no compare. Wait for me at midnight. Sit at your window, in your lovely pink chair and wait, my sweet. I’ll find you there. C”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“We’d better go before I try to make out with you in my kitchen.” She laughed out loud, her dark hair shining in the fluorescent lights. “Zack would love that!”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“When the door closed behind him, I cried. I was still crying when my mom returned, and I continued to cry through the night. And then I stopped crying. And started to live for me.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“Never fuck with a scorned woman’s scorned daughter.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“You’re light, Victoria. And when you’re ready, I hope I get to make you shine again.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“You’re like a bad penny,” I said, squinting at him. “Sometimes, you need a penny when you least expect it, Victoria.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom

“Because it shouldn’t be about the dress. It should be about the man you’re spending your life with. The dress isn’t mentioned in your vows. It’s in sickness and in health, not in tulle and silk.”
― J.B. Hartnett, Bride in Bloom