Not Part of the Plan Quotes

“And that’s love. It can and should be the source of your greatest strength, not your biggest fear. Don’t forget that, Emma.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“Don’t be afraid of pain, or less-than-perfect, daughter of mine. That’s where the real joy comes from. Life gets its color from challenges and adversity. You can’t plan your way to happiness, you know.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“She didn’t back off. Instead, Emma leaned in to whisper in his ear. “Hands off, Big Bad Wolf. I’m no one’s Red Riding Hood.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“It doesn’t matter who made you. It matters what you choose to be.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“Future or no future, there’s no point in toning yourself down for any guy. Got it? Say what you want to say. Do what you want to do, regardless. Otherwise you’re just building a house on a shaky foundation. You know?”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“I have not yet been kicked in the head by a cow, but Summer did let a goat chase me yesterday.” He shuddered at the memory. “Traumatic, but your issues began before Clementine. Are you suffering from a drug problem? Mental illness?” “No, and I don’t think so.” “Then I think we can assume that your creativity hasn’t just collapsed in on itself leaving you with nothing but a black hole of nothingness,” Emma continued. “You’re sure we can assume that?” Niko eyed her. “Of course we can. You’ve still got your eyes and your shutter-pushing finger. What we need to figure out is how to get you back to the point where pictures were about capturing moments.” “And how do we do that?” “My dad and Phoebe’s wedding is coming up.” “Oh, no.” He was already shaking his head.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“And that’s why you’re so brilliant at it.” He shrugged, a desolate lift and drop of his shoulders. “It’s what made me good at it. But if I’ve lost it… Why are we talking about this?” “Because I have an idea. And you haven’t lost anything,” Emma told him. “You sound confident in that assessment.” “You’re just having some kind of creative crisis, and it’s something that most artists struggle with from time to time.” At least, she assumed it was. She didn’t exactly have any strong data to back up her theory. “These stagnations usually occur right before the artist breaks into a higher level of their art.” “I get the distinct impression that you’re bullshitting me.” Emma waved away his concern. “Bear with me here. You haven’t suffered a physical trauma that would impact your skillset, correct?”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“Anyone you love has the capability to hurt you, Emma! It goes with the territory of opening yourself up. I’m here. I’m open, and you’re the one hurting me.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“You know what you really want? You want someone who makes every damn day of your life an adventure. Someone who’s going to fight for you if you ever try to give up and walk away. You want someone who will make you feel.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“It’s the challenge,” Beckett agreed. “Like ‘no, I’m not letting this tiny person break me.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“Since we’re putting it all out there, I find your distrust of me oddly fascinating.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“Her sisters called her stubborn. Emma preferred to think of herself as strong-willed.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“And that’s love. It can and should be the source of your greatest strength, not your biggest fear.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“Family wasn’t just blood and biology it was a commitment. A hard-headed refusal to accept anything but the best for the ones you chose and the ones you were gifted.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“This is the clever part.” Bruce pointed to the suspended showerhead above them. “There’s a shower? In the kitchen?” She said the words slowly, not quite believing that they were coming out of her mouth. Niko let a laugh slip and covered it with a cough. “Oh, not just a shower! The under the sink cabinet pulls out and that’s your toilet!” He pulled the slider out with the flourish of a magician revealing a rabbit. “Is that even legal?” Bruce frowned thoughtfully and wagged a finger. “You know, I’m going to have to check the municipal codes on that and get back to you.” “What would you call such a multi-purpose room?” Niko wondered. “That’s the best part.” Bruce leaned in as if he was going to share a secret. “It’s called the bitchen.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“I’m a realist. If you want to fall in love, go for it. But if you want to choose someone to spend the rest of your life with, you should make sure you’re choosing wisely.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“He’d kissed and been kissed but not like that. Never like that.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“Don’t be afraid of pain, or less-than-perfect, daughter of mine.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“You aren’t your parents any more than any of us are. My mom left, too. And I take great pleasure in not being her. It doesn’t matter who made you. It matters what you choose to be.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“We’d been lucky enough to have this wonderful, amazing woman in our lives, and neither of us ever thought to document her. To capture and keep her moments. And we lost the chance to when we lost her.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“nearness. “I believe in the kind of feeling that stops you dead in your tracks and changes everything you ever believed. I believe in a love so swift and sure that it knocks the wind right out of you and leaves you lying on your back staring up at the sky wondering what just hit you.” Her lips parted, but no words came out. “I believe in an ever after that isn’t even a choice because you can’t imagine your life without the woman in front of you.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“I want to choose you every damn day. Even when it’s hard. Even if one of us wants to give up. I want to fight and win and love you. I want to do this every day for the rest of my life.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“My father and I never thought of picking up the camera and turning it around on her. Sure, there were a handful of shots here and there but nothing that would be considered a documentation of her life. We’d lost her, and without pictures, we lost all those memories with her.”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan

“So what post-workout beverages can I interest you two in?” “Dirty martini, please,” Emma decided. “I feel like it would be culturally inappropriate of me to drink in Blue Moon without trying a wheat grass shot,” Niko mused. “You could be run”
― Lucy Score, Not Part of the Plan