Lease on Love Quotes

“Jack “you changed my life Sadie. You brought family and friends and laughter and happiness and a whole damn floral shop into my home. Our home. And with all of that you brought me back to life”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“He’s not a dick because he’s never hit on you? Is the bar really so low?” “Yes,” the three of us answer in unison.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“Gemma jumps up behind her into the frame. “You can repay us with all the hot goss you’re going to have about Jack when you get back.” When she makes kissy faces at me, I know she has truly absorbed the full energy of her students and there’s no more hope for her.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“And it does something to soothe the leftover sting on my heart.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“My cheeks flame, likely the color of Barbie’s Dream House. Gemma hops down off her stool and tugs Jack away, wrapping him in a hug, and I don’t know if I want to punch her or kiss her. “You look amazing!” Punch her.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“Jack’s eyes meet mine as he pushes through the crowd to make his way to us, a shy smile tugging on the corner of his lips. Lips that suddenly look fuller and just short of kissable.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“Gemma stares at me for a solid minute, essays and quizzes totally forgotten. “He is in love with you.” I roll my eyes and take a long sip of my homemade iced vanilla latte. “Don’t be ridiculous. The man isn’t used to living with a woman or having friends or leaving the house, so his behaviors come across as baffling, but really, he just doesn’t know any better.” “Sadie. The man just made us lattes and is now going out to pick up dinner. And he just, like, offered to go do it. We didn’t even have to ask.” She nudges me with her elbow. “At the very least, he wants to bang you.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“Gotta say, Sade, definitely walked into this thinking you’d once again lost your damn mind, but now I’m just pissed you found him first.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“The air outside is absolute perfection, not too hot, not too humid, one of those rare New York days that tricks you into thinking anything is possible in life.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“Where can I vote to give teachers all the raises? Like every raise. You guys should be paid like goddamn CEOs.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“My family was pretty toxic growing up, and gardening provided me with two things: a reason to be outside the house and something I had control over.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“But holding on to all that anger wasn’t good for me (yay for college mental health services!), and I had to let some of it go before it ate me up inside.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love

“I’m programmed to run all insults on a loop inside my brain forever until the end of time.”
― Falon Ballard, Lease on Love