Rookie Move Quotes

“If you want to keep breathing, don’t ever call the love of my life a bitch.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“I spent six years trying to get over you, and it didn’t take. Our time is now.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“... I want a guy in my life. I want a partner, and kids. I’d go gay for you, hon, but adoption is expensive. And then there’s the matter of your not having a dick.”

“It’s always something with you.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“I thought you dumped him.”

“Oh, I did. But not because I wanted to. I was just accepting the inevitable. He fell out of love with me, but you can’t dump the weepy rape victim. So I did it for him.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Will you help me strategize?”

“Sure,” Becca said, her voice cheery. “First. Remove all your clothes, and then borrow my trench coat. If a hottie like Leo Trevi called me the love of his life, I wouldn’t be eating takeout on the living room floor with my roommate. At least one of us should be having sex with someone who doesn’t require batteries.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“She’s a total bitch on wheels.”

The comment didn’t startle Georgia at all. Nor did it even offend her. Forthright men in the workplace are revered for their strength. Women? You can either be a doormat or a bitch. Take your pick.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Leo gave her one more smile, and it was so full of joy that her heart skipped a beat. Then he turned around and strode off, his long legs eating up the distance toward the elevator bank around the bend.

“Come back to me, George,” Becca said. “Don’t go toward the light.”

“What?”

“Exactly.” Becca snapped her fingers. “Stay with me, babe. Don’t let the hottie who stole your virginity send you into zombieland.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Maybe it wasn’t rational, but she didn’t like the idea of Leo invading her little world. Yesterday, Brooklyn had belonged to her. The Long Island ’burbs where she’d grown up had felt far away from the brick streets and renovated factory spaces of Brooklyn. In this job, she’d felt truly independent, putting down her own fragile roots in a new place.

Fast forward twenty-four hours, and her daddy had joined the workplace and her ex-boyfriend had shown up to remind her of all that she’d lost. Really, a girl could be forgiven for feeling slightly hysterical.

Not that there was any time to panic.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“.. when she looked at Nate she saw a kid who’d been shoved into lockers during high school. And now he wanted the last laugh, taking every opportunity to throw his (nerdy) weight around. He’d bought a hockey team, and he was going to make the jocks do his bidding, at least until the day he realized that vindication wasn’t everything in life.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“I love you, baby. Don’t leave me.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“The fact that someone had once hurt her was like a knife through his heart. His precious girl. She had been vulnerable to a fucking psychopath, and there wasn’t a fucking thing he could do about it.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“I’m home now, but I forgot something. What??? she replied, hoping her father wasn’t just about to discover Leo’s watch in the sofa cushions. I didn’t get to say good-bye to the tatas, damn it. I miss them. She practically slumped with relief. They miss you, too.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Leo could picture the scene like it was yesterday. Georgia sat a couple of rows ahead of him, and he usually spent physics class watching her instead of the teacher.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“She tasted like the happiest years of his life. She tasted like his.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“The sound of his voice fluttered right inside Georgia’s chest. It was the same smoky sweet timbre that used to whisper into her ear while they made love. She hadn’t let herself remember that sound in a long time.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“But Leo began nuzzling the back of her neck. "You can run, but you can't hide, Georgia girl. Even if you give me the cold shoulder on the plane today. Even if you go all shy on me. It's on.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Fuck that," he said. "You and I don't have one-night stands. We have forever-night stands.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“On the one hand, watching Leo smile at another girl had made her feel enraged. But the worst was knowing he hadn’t smiled at her like that for months.

That’s why she’d had to cut him loose. But knowing it was the right thing to do hadn’t made it easier.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Seeing him was a sucker punch to the gut. Once upon a time he’d loved her. And then when he’d stopped, it wasn’t really his fault.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Later,” she whispered, self-conscious. “Everyone is watching.” “They’re taking notes,” he said against her lips. “They want to see how it’s done.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“I love you. And we are going to have so much sex. On, like, every surface of this apartment. But I’m asking for a little guidance, here.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Tell me how you like it.” As if she didn’t know. “I like it from you. That’s how I like it.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“She caught him by the chin. “Be good.” “Baby, I am good. You said so yourself the other morning.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“It was absolutely ridiculous. And yet Georgia’s eyes got hot. Because he used to do the same thing after they’d fooled around in high school. When it was time to get dressed and take Georgia home to meet her curfew, he’d say good night to her boobs.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Wait.” His long arms reached for her hips. “I need to say good-bye to the tatas.” Georgia’s heart squeezed as Leo leaned down to nuzzle her left nipple. “Later,” he said, the word muffled by the swell of her breast. Then he dipped his head to have a word with the other one.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Georgia’s heart took an hour-long tango lesson when he said that.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Fuck that,” he said. “You and I don’t have one-night stands. We have forever night stands.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“She needed to get out of this bed and put some distance between herself and Leo. But he pulled her onto his chest again, and she instinctively relaxed against him. They’d been champion cuddlers back in the day. And—as with all sports—muscle memory wasn’t so quickly lost. Their bodies still knew exactly how they were supposed to fit together, with her head tucked under his chin, and their legs intertwined.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“The idea of making babies with you always made me hot.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move

“Mmm,” he ground out, and she loved the sound of strain in his voice. “Missed you, baby. So much.”
― Sarina Bowen, Rookie Move