Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail Quotes

“Sexuality is complicated. It’s not static. People change and sexuality can change too.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“but she was starting to believe you were never too old to feel lonely, to wonder where you belonged in the world.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“Astrid Parker was loved, no matter what her mother thought of her. No matter what choices she made.
And that love gave her the courage to choose herself.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“For everyone who figured it out late in life.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“She knew it was juvenile - she was thirty years old and a professional for god's sake - but she was starting to believe you were never too old to feel lonely, to wonder where you belong in the world.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“There’s running from something,” Angela said, “and there’s running to something new.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“It’s a helluva start, being able to recognize what makes you happy.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“This is what Astrid got for being perpetually early. Her mother had pummeled punctuality into her so fiercely that even when Astrid was on time, her anxiety spiked and she went on a down thought spiral of disappointing or inconveniencing anyone who might be waiting for her. Hence, she was ever the early bird.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“I mean it’s been a while since I’ve had a heart-to-heart, but yeah, I’m pretty sure it is. They both fell silent at that. Heart-to-heart shimmering in the space between them.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“Then, before Astrid could laugh or protest or react at all, Iris grabbed her around the waist and pulled her onto the bed. She yanked both Claire and Delilah into her embrace as well, until the four women were wrapped up together on the bed, laughing and crying and swearing, everyone’s hair and makeup ruined good and proper. And no other moment in Astrid’s life had ever felt so perfect.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“Outside, clouds slid across the sky. The morning had started bright and sunny, but Jordan actually liked the clouds, the softness of the gray sky. It felt right, comforting, whereas the sun in Savannah always felt like it was mocking her. Look, I'M happy, why can't YOU get your shit together?
Clouds were kinder,”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“She slumped in her chair, one ankle propped on her knee, arms on the seatrest as she leaned her head back. Astrid’s fingers found their way back to Jordan’s arm. Well, no, not instinctively. Her instincts rarely included physical comfort, but somehow her fingers didn’t belong anywhere else right now.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“But Astrid had always hated this view of herself. Uptight, Unable to let go- cold. Everything Isabella Parker Green embodied. Everything Astrid didn't want to be, but felt trapped into being anyway.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“It was very nearly too much, but Astrid could handle too much. She could handle anything. She had to.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“You need something new, Jordan. You're not living your life, you're living a life that died a year ago.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“Happiness was about purpose, it was about self-awareness and acceptance.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“His book is total white dude navel-gazing.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail

“gut instinct couldn’t shake off the years of crossing her legs at the ankles, right over left.”
― Ashley Herring Blake, Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail