Double Play Quotes

“When everyone just shook their heads, he unbuttoned his shirt and,
oh good Lord, shrugged out of it, bunching it up to slip beneath her
head like a pillow.
Don’t look at him, she told herself. Don’t look—
She looked.
Sweet Jesus.”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“You’re green. Tell me you have the flu.”
“No.”
“The shoulder?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, fuck me.”
“I’d rather not.”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“A thong. God bless the thong.
He hooked his fingers in the silk sides and tugged, rolling the silk
down her legs until it hit the floor, his favorite place for panties.”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“He turned to shut and lock the door, then
came close, his gaze touching her features. “I missed you, Holly.”
Her heart caught painfully. The poor organ seemed to be getting
quite the workout lately.”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“He had three
incision sites: one where the microscopic camera had gone in and
two where they’d done the actual work, and the abuse he’d taken
today went straight to her heart. “Oh, Pace.”
“I’m guessing that wasn’t an ‘Oh, Pace, you’re so sexy, take me.’ ”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“Oh boy. His chest was smooth and warm and hard as stone, and she
wanted to both touch and nibble.
And lick. Could she pretty please lick?”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“Still mad,” she gasped.
He covered one of her fists with his hand, entwining their fingers,
while his other slipped beneath her, stroking her where they were
joined, slowly driving her straight to heaven without a seat belt.
“Then I should stop.”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“...But love? I don't think I'm really cut out for that particular emotion. I question everything too much.”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings. —Earl Wilson”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“There’s no crying in baseball! —Jimmy Dugan in A League of Their Own”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring. —Rogers Hornsby”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if there are men on base.   —Dave Barry”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player.”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play

“A guy’s definition of baseball: you don’t have to buy the other team dinner to get game.”
― Jill Shalvis, Double Play