The Proposal Quotes

“I’ve spent so long being afraid of love, because the last time I was in love, the man I loved only loved one part of me, but not all of me, and I thought love meant having to sacrifice a part of yourself. But then I was with you, and you loved every part of me, even the parts I don’t like. And that scared me more, because I thought there must be some trick and that I couldn’t let myself believe it or I’d fall into the trap. But finally I realized it wasn’t a trap.”
― Jasmine Guillory , The Proposal

“I think I mostly realized I couldn't live in fear anymore.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“Women who know how to fight hold themselves differently. I’ve seen that in the women who’ve taught me, in the women who’ve taken my classes, and especially in myself. You walk into any situation with an attitude that you’ve got this, you can defend yourself, you are strong.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“I get trying to make a big romantic gesture and all, and wanting a surprise, but . . .” “Deciding to spend your life together shouldn’t be a surprise,” Angela said. “It should be something the two of you talk about first!”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“I missed you so much, too. I kept trying to deny to myself how much I missed you, and how much a part of my life you'd become, and how important you were to me. And then when I realized it, it terrified me.

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"And then I was scared that you wouldn't still feel the same way. That I'd been right the first time, that it was all because of emotion and adrenaline and you'd realized you were better off with me.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“You walk into any situation with an attitude that you’ve got this, you can defend yourself, you are strong.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“Thank God for that sour cream,”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“He opened his arms for a hug. “Thanks for all of your help today. With the books, and everything else. Now I definitely owe you a drink. Next week?” She let the hug linger”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“Once I learned to trust myself, my instincts, and my emotions, trusting other people was a lot easier.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“Good God, sometimes it felt like all of society was complicit in trying to make life harder for women.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“Her first instinct was to get in her car, get on the freeway going east, and just keep driving. Yes, that was a good idea. She should drive until she hit the desert and then stay there. That way, she would never have to deal with this and maybe eventually it would go away.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“I'm sorry, it's probably not my business."

He shook his head.

"No, it's okay. One of the things I like about you is that you always say what you mean."

Huh. That was a thing that most people didn't like about her. She leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. He turned and kissed her on the lips.

"Thanks for listening. I'm sorry if I---"

She held her finger up to his lips to stop him.

"No apologies. We all need a shoulder to lean on sometimes. I wouldn't have offered mine if I didn't want to.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“My marriage sapped me of a lot of my strength, and what made it worse were the constant messages I got from society that women are weak, women should be afraid, women should settle for whatever they can get. And I want the women who walk into this gym to know that women have power and agency and deserve great things in life.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“WAS THIS WHAT LOVE WAS? Being happy when you thought about someone; wanting to never stop thinking abou tthem, even when you were fighting; having every damn thing in the grocery store remind you of them, from diapers to sour cream; wanting to be a better writer and friend and person because of how they were and how they made you feel; wanting to be with them, all the time, even though you kept fighting it.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“He knew he loved her; he knew it to his core. He loved her for her kindness, her ability to laugh both at him and at herself, and her intelligence. But most of all, he loved her for the feeling he had when he sat next to her on his couch in silence or woke up next to her in bed, that feeling of peace and happiness. That he was with someone who understood him and everything about him. That everything was right with the world.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal

“The thing no one told you about being a doctor was how much you would panic when people you loved had anything wrong with them. Doctors knew way too much about the worst-case scenarios.”
― Jasmine Guillory, The Proposal