On Second Thought Quotes

“Are you alright?" Jonathan stood before me, also soaked, though his hair looked quite... well, Darcy-esque; there was really no other word for it. Colin Firth and Jane Austen had ruined us chicks for other men, let's face it.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“He turned on the radio, and sure enough, the meteorologists were practically peeing themselves with joy. “Wind gusts up to fifty miles per hour, heavy rains, some local flooding. Stay inside, folks!”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“Oh, let’s see. Judy came to see me at work today,” Ainsley said. “To beg me not to give up on Eric just yet. She thinks he’s got PTSD.” I thought he had asshole-itis, personally.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“I’m going to email you every week and invite you out for dinner, and you can turn me down as much as you want, but when you’re ready, we’ll go somewhere fabulous with huge drinks, my treat. And you can tell me about him, or we can talk about bridezillas or gossip or go to a movie. We can talk now if you want, or we can just get down to work.” I”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“I’d known friends who went through this, the grim tracking of the ovulation cycle, the way making love becomes insemination, as romantic as a turkey baster. One of my college friends, in fact, had said she preferred the turkey baster. “I don’t have to pretend that way,”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“No more bereavement food. I was sick of it. It’s funny how time is measured after you’ve lost someone. Everything relates back to that second your life swerved. The calendar isn’t measured by the names of the months or seasons anymore, but by those significant dates. The day we met. The first time we kissed. The first dinner with his family. The anniversary of his death. The date of his funeral.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“New York City is a good place to come to forget your misery. So many people, so many ages and races and stories. Virtually everyone had had, was currently nursing or would have a broken heart. There were a thousand stories worse than mine.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“We parked in one of those underground garages that charges a kidney and both retinas for two hours,”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“She was gifted at charm. I never valued that in her before, but I felt like kissing her hand now. I should write to Eric and thank him for being a self-centered idiot.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“was happy now. Still in mourning, but moving forward. The two feelings didn’t cancel each other out.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“Sioux City, Iowa,”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“How is it?” Madeleine asked with a condescending smile.
“Delicious. Want some?”
“I don’t eat things that once had a heartbeat.”
“That’s what he said,” I mumbled around the food.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“Good afternoon, residents! A reminder that our salsa dance class starts in ten minutes.”
“Shall we go to that, Gram-Gram?” I said. “A lot of times, meeting someone in person is best.”
“Only women go to salsa dancing.”
“Maybe you should become a lesbian, then. It would solve that pesky life expectancy problem.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“up on time every day, something I hadn’t”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“You okay, sweetheart?” Daniel asked. He put the ice cream on the bedside table and sat on the edge of the bed, his eyes worried. I looked at him, then down at our little baby. “Never better,” I said.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“This is Nathan’s mother,” I said, wiping my eyes with the edge of Ainsley’s blanket. “Yes, we’ve met,” Eloise said. “You came to Nathan’s wake.” Daniel nodded. “Congratulations on your beautiful daughter. Kate...” She turned to me. “It was good to see you, deah.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“I’d be happy with Daniel. I already was. The fact that the universe had given me two lovely men and a baby in the space of a year...well, the universe was full of tricks and mystery.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“Our families were herded out of the room, and I snuggled little Ainsley closer, smelling her head, a smell I already recognized. I’d cheerfully kill for her, happily lay down my life for her without a second’s hesitation and with a smile on my face. My beautiful baby. My gift.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought

“every day takes you further from the time he was alive, slicing you with the razor-sharp realization that those days would never be celebrated again.”
― Kristan Higgins, On Second Thought