The One In My Heart Quotes

“Believe me, I’ve thought long and hard about leaving things alone. But then there will always be this wall between us.” “It’s all ugly things behind the wall,” I said, not looking at him. “I’m not afraid of what’s behind the wall, only the wall itself.” But the wall was my exoskeleton. It was what held me up. Sometimes it was the only thing that held me up.”
― Sherry Thomas, The One in My Heart

“I’m fragile, the fragility of a hopeless romantic trapped in a reality in which there is no happily ever after.

Some people outgrow their fragility. I never did. Instead I became proficient at packaging it. Have you ever encountered a product that comes in a box covered with duct tape, which opens to an explosion of packing peanuts, and then you are faced with layers of tightly taped bubble wrap, only to find after that there’s still a hard plastic shell that’s a pain in the ass to pry apart?

That’s me. Except I never let anyone get past the duct-tape stage. Okay, maybe occasionally Zelda saw the packing peanuts, but no further, no deeper.

So what’s underneath it all? Fear, yes. Need, so much of it. More wishful thinking than there is in the entire country on a Powerball weekend. Maybe greed too, a greed for happiness that’s matched only by the fear of losing it.”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart

“What do you do when you despair, and there isn't an August Rain to drown your sorrow?”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart

“It’s a trap, shouted Admiral Ackbar from Star Wars.

It’s bullshit, said my common sense.

Who gives a fuck? countered the woman who couldn’t wait for the shark to drag her into the waves.”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart

“My kingdom for an accurate bullshit meter.”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart

“Are you sure you don’t feel a little defenseless in only jeans and a humble blazer? Like you are the Death Star with its shield down?” He snorted. “I do, unfortunately. And thanks for that simile, by the way, since we all know the Death Star is doomed.”

I patted him on the arm. “It’s okay. I’ll totally blow up Luke Skywalker to save your evil behind.”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart

“They come to me as boys and leave as men,’ I said. ‘So will you.”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart

“My dear, gullible Zelda had even repeatedly made the case that I should take Bennett to the wedding reception in her stead, not realizing that my demurrals were all for show. That I’d already committed to this evening with him.”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart

“So what’s cooking in Hipster Central today?” asked Lara. “Do not take the name of the hipsters in vain,” admonished Daff…”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart

“It’s a take-no-prisoners charm offensive.”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart

“Don't worry, darling. I'll look out for myself. And I've reached an age when I have no problem telling someone to fuck off.”
― Sherry Thomas, The One In My Heart