The Girls Weekend Quotes

“It’s like going into the ring against Ali when all I’ve done to train is eat doughnuts and binge-watch Rocky.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“The past tense is forensic. It’s all about blame. The present tense is demonstrative. It’s all about values.” I put on his thick German accent to make her laugh. “‘But the future tense—that’s where the real magic happens. The future tense is deliberative. Only when you turn your attention to the future are you entering the realm of choice.’” Em”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“Maybe that’s another thing you learn, as you get older—the value of people who know your secrets, who understand not just your present-tense persona but the younger, more reckless, more innocent version of who you used to be.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“The changes we swear to fight off with savage claws in our twenties end up creeping over us like a rising tide in our thirties.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“Something occurs to me. “Have you ever tried writing something from Astrid’s point of view?”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“The past tense is forensic. It’s all about blame. The present tense is demonstrative. It’s all about values.” I put on his thick German accent to make her laugh. “‘But the future tense—that’s where the real magic happens. The future tense is deliberative. Only when you turn your attention to the future are you entering the realm of choice.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“The past tense is forensic. It’s all about blame. The present tense is demonstrative. It’s all about values.” I put on his thick German accent to make her laugh. “‘But the future tense—that’s where the real magic happens. The future tense is deliberative.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“The past tense is forensic. It’s all about blame. The present tense is demonstrative. It’s all about values.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“It’s one of the perks of aging, I suppose—an eagerness to release the baggage that doesn’t serve you. I know this goes against common wisdom; our therapy-obsessed culture seems to think old wounds must be reopened before they can heal. I’m not sure I agree.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“...Em knows how to nurse a grudge. She doesn’t act out, doesn’t yell or cry or throw things. She just quietly removes you from the circle of people she trusts. Once you cross that line with Em, there’s no going back.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“That’s the problem with secrets. They buzz around inside the keeper like a hive of bees. Before long, somebody pokes it and the secrets swarm out, vexed and ready to sting.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“It’s a scene I’ve fantasized about for years. Yet, now that it’s happening, a part of me sits in the audience, watching the actors say their lines, analyzing the blocking. I can’t tell if this is a defense mechanism or my intuition warning me to beware.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“Bitter, cold, barren. These are words thrown at women without children. Like we’re a Montana winter. Either we’re to be pitied or we’re to be blamed, depending on how much choice we had in the matter.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend

“Every now and then, though, it feels like we’re trying to rekindle our neglected friendships with an old ritual that’s lost its sparkle.”
― Jody Gehrman, The Girls Weekend