Sunset on Whisling Island Quotes

“I've got you,”
― Julia Clemens, Sunset on Whisling Island

“Bess was pretty sure she’d have a breakdown later that night in the safety of her bed, when other thoughts gave way to the lack of her husband beside her. But every moment she could continue to live and push forward in life was positive for Bess, and she needed that. She was done with wasting all of her days and nights mourning what could have been. What should have been.”
― Julia Clemens, Sunset on Whisling Island

“She'd always lived by the motto that if she cared about the person she was meeting, she had to be punctual to show them that their time was important to her. And the gathering she was attending was going to be full of people she appreciated and cared about. So she was going to be on time.”
― Julia Clemens, Sunset on Whisling Island

“maybe if she wasn't working so hard at being angry with Rich, she could find the time and energy to love and raise her daughter for the few months she had left.”
― Julia Clemens, Sunset on Whisling Island

“Sober Deb regretted that night with a passion, and since then, she'd stopped drinking. Alcohol and anger didn't mix well, and there weren't many days when Deb wasn't angry.”
― Julia Clemens, Sunset on Whisling Island

“Bess had no idea what to say to this man who suddenly felt like a stranger. Other than that she hated the way he'd said her name. What had once felt like an adorable term of endearment—Jon was the only one to ever call her Bessie—now made her feel like an old cow.”
― Julia Clemens, Sunset on Whisling Island