The Good Neighbor Quotes

“Living well is the best revenge.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“What was the measure of a marriage? These moments of caring and bliss? Or the secrets withheld?”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“Love—mysterious, inexplicable, perhaps self-destructive. I felt bereft without him, like a ghost pretending to live.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“People kept layers of secrets, I realized—the ones held close to the surface, wanting to be revealed, and deeper ones, hidden too far down to be retrieved or sometimes even acknowledged.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“the laboratory evidence that linked her to Todd”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“Does anyone ever know everything about anyone else?”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“Neatness came with age, I thought, along with the decision to color one’s life within the”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“Whatever will be, will be.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“You’re a bottomless well of important facts.” I”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“Love—mysterious, inexplicable, perhaps self-destructive.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“kissing”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“the acrid stench of burning wood and plastic. The Kimballs”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“dryness”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“changed”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“He handed her the bottle. “Woodward Canyon, 2009, best Washington State Chardonnay ever.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“resonant voice. Tablet”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“I wanted to reach in and unlock his brain, find the truth.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“He’ll be a famous author someday,” Kadin said, as if such a thing were easy to do.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“But could the good things be fairly weighed against the lies? Or more accurately, against sins of omission?”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“Johnny.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“furniture”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“Maybe he”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“finger to her”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“furniture;”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“in Seattle, had snagged my first book”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“is a chance.” He breathed a deep sigh of relief, his whole body”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“The way he took his time touching me, as if he had nowhere else to go and nothing else to do for the rest of his life.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“It’s been a secret the last couple of months, until we could be sure things were going well. And they are, so we can tell you. Kadin and I are expecting our second child in the spring.” “What? Congratulations!” Eris exclaimed. She burst up from the table and ran around to hug Theresa and Kadin. He smiled distantly. Congratulations were dispensed all around, and even I got up to hug Theresa and Kadin, although I had only just met them. I was happy for Theresa, happy for her good news, but her pregnancy also accentuated my own emptiness.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“But his smell remained—the pine scent of his aftershave and his indefinable male aroma, reminiscent of spice and the salty sea. I’d heard that smells conjured the deepest emotional memories—it was true.”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor

“Living well is the best revenge. I”
― A.J. Banner, The Good Neighbor