Better Luck Next Time Quotes

“Gambling is throwing money away," Emily said. "Spending hundreds of dollars on clothes you'll never wear is throwing money away. Buying books is an investment in the future."

"Emily's right," Nina said. "Where there are books, there's hope. I have stacks of novels I haven't gotten to yet. It's the best reason to go on living I can think of.”
― Julia Claiborne Johnson, Better Luck Next Time

“The Zeppelin, God love her, was one of those chipper old broads who believed the secret to eternal youth lay in steering her ocean liner in the opposite direction of a conversation listing toward sadness.”
― Julia Claiborne Johnson, Better Luck Next Time

“You know it’s time to file for divorce when all your fantasies about your husband involve him being dead.”
― Julia Claiborne Johnson, Better Luck Next Time

“Where there are books, there’s hope. I have stacks of novels I haven’t gotten to yet. It’s the best reason to go on living I can think of.”
― Julia Claiborne Johnson, Better Luck Next Time