The Restaurant Critic's Wife Quotes

“I’m finally starting to understand that nobody is just one thing.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“Now I have two sleeping children, sleet, and no place to park since there is no parking on our street. When we first moved here, that seemed like a good thing. Now I’m not so sure. I decide that I will just wait here until something happens: someone wakes up; the sleet stops; my children grow up. Something. There’s”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“Her rule to live by is that if you’re engaged in a rewarding line of work and always reading one good book or another, you will generally be in a better mood. I”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“Sam didn’t stop singing. He sang every Mardi Gras and Louisiana-themed song he could think of, including “You Are My Sunshine.” And I finally relaxed; the Sazerac helped, of course. I sat back on his old purple couch and listened to his voice. And I realized, as he sang to me, that he was sparing us the potential awkwardness of reacquainting. We didn’t have to talk; we didn’t have to think about sex right away. We became comfortable with each other while he sang. And by the time he was finished, it was like we had always been together.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“I feel like I’m living an interrupted life.”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife

“Jennifer”
― Elizabeth LaBan, The Restaurant Critic's Wife