Southern Charmer Quotes

“Romance is feminist. The reply was on the tip of my tongue. Romance is one of the few genres that explicitly puts a woman’s dreams and desires, sexual and otherwise, front and center. It’s one of the many reasons I love reading it.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“Do you ever get the feeling that you’re hiding who you really are to fit in? Do you ever want more? Not more stuff, but a life that’s more you, you know?”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“He wants the end. And I’m only at the beginning of my story.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“I’m dying for this girl. I can’t remember the last time I wanted someone so bad.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“And I really, really want to be the woman who has it all. I want it so badly I’m not sure I can let it go.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“World would be a better place if more men read romance.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“Sarah MacLean—Wicked and the Wallflower.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“Say Yes to the Marquess by Tessa Dare.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“It just seems silly to want fulfillment with all the very real pain and suffering going on in the world.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“I’m incredibly lucky. People would kill to have what I do. It’d be greedy to want more. Not more stuff necessarily. But more fulfillment. More freedom to be myself, the way I was just now”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“I feel that having what you want is more important than having it all.” – Judy Gagliardi Wagner”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“probably for the one thousand, one hundred and thirty eighth time, I see the image of Teddy in my head. Excitement in his blue eyes dimming when, after an excruciating pause, I replied to his four word question.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer

“He’s been playing ‘I Fall Apart’ on repeat for a week now,” she stage whispers. “I can’t stand it anymore! For the love of God, help us, before I start dreaming about pasty white men with face tattoos.”
― Jessica Peterson, Southern Charmer