Romeo, Romeo Quotes

“Women have bitchfests when their men do something stupid. They get together to dicuss us, compare notes and sympathize. She has to have enough chocolate to share”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“Don't look at me in that tone of face.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“He'd moved in. They were living together. When had that happened?”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“God excused cursing if done in a second language. He gave bonus points for cursing in a third.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“Tell her she can’t cancel the wedding three weeks before the ceremony.” Annabelle shook her fist at her mother. “Ma, Johnny was screwing Wanda Rigoletto at the funeral home beside a corpse. How can I marry him now?” Mrs. Ronaldi waved her hand as if swatting a fly. “Men will be men. You don’t cancel a wedding because he had one last fling.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“The big goombah in front of her looked like he was a few biscotti short of a full box.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“Don’t look at me in that tone of face.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“Bring out more wine. That might help. And for God’s sake, take that knife away from Aunt Rose. We don’t need weapons at the table.” “Good point.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“Ma and Aunt Rose are in the kitchen. Johnny and Papa are watching TV.” “Hockey?” She hung her coat on the hall tree. “No, synchronized swimming. Of course, hockey. They’re watching the pregame stuff; you know, the male version of Oprah.” They walked through the empty living room and into the dining room. Rosalie gave herself a mental head slap. She should have asked Nick to tape the game for her. “Yeah, I like the part where Dr. Phil discusses their feelings about the fight in last night’s game. Stay tuned for a very special Sports Talk—The Cause of Unnecessary Roughness.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“I didn’t realize morticians had busy seasons.” “Oh, yeah. I swear, they practically pray for a flu epidemic. It’s kinda sick when you think about it.” “Now there’s an understatement.” “Anyway, he says he’ll get them all in the end. Everybody dies.” “And on that happy note, where are Mama and Papa?”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“I couldn’t remember if Michigan was famous for steak or if that was Kansas. Geography was never my strong suit.” “Don’t ask me. If it isn’t in one of the six boroughs, I don’t know much about it. Sure, I’d like to go to Hawaii, the Bahamas, maybe Guadalupe, but aside from that, the only place I want to be is New York.” “Gina, there are only five boroughs—” “You forgot Florida. You’ve heard of the South Bronx; Florida is the South Manhattan. Don’t you know anything?” Rosalie cut into the perfect steak—so rare, you could save it with sutures—and took a bite, nearly groaning in ecstasy. She’d never known how good it could feel to be able to taste food again. A trickle of blood dripped onto her chin, and she laughed.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“The man could grace the covers of magazines and romance novels, but if she needed eye candy, she’d buy herself a beefcake calendar. She knew they made one with guys from the NYFD. Maybe they made one with mechanics. She had no problem imagining Nick with the zipper of his coveralls pulled low, showing his muscled chest, washboard abs, and treasure trail leading down to. . .well, let’s just say she wouldn’t mind checking out his undercarriage.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“She pulled over to find her tire was as flat as matzo,”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“All she wanted to do was hit the sale at Macy’s. As it was, she’d have to head uptown during rush hour, which was not fun. The subways started to resemble sardine cans by four-thirty, and cabs were scarcer than straight men on Fire Island.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“Wiping grime from his hands, Nick contemplated one of the world’s great mysteries: why man had ever combined computers and the internal combustion engine.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“Rosalie opened the trunk, expecting to see her spare tire. It was supposed to be right there, but all she saw was a big hole.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo

“With the divorce rate at 53 percent, if you added the number of unhappy marriages that wouldn’t end in divorce because of religious beliefs or sheer stubbornness, which she estimated was running at about 46 percent, only 1 percent of all marriages could be considered happy.”
― Robin Kaye, Romeo, Romeo