The Neighbor Favor Quotes

“If moving across an ocean has taught me anything, it’s that sometimes things in life are messy, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth it.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“You feel so familiar to me, like I knew you in a past life or something. I know it sounds silly. I don’t even know if I believe in stuff like that.”
“It doesn’t sound silly.” His voice grew serious.
“No?”
“No. Lily... I’ve always wanted to know you.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“she hated the narrative that in order to be a moderately successful Black person, she had to be exceptional. She didn’t know if she was capable of exceptional. She simply wanted to be. That was already hard enough.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“He wondered if he could ever look at Lily and not feel like he’d been struck by lightning.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“Nothing about me was particularly exceptional. But whenever I was reading, I didn’t think about that. The escapism saved me too.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“I had a date tonight,” she said.
His body went still. “With who?”
“Oliver.”
“Oh.” He was focusing on the spot above her head. “How was it?”
“It was perfect.”
He glanced down and nodded, more so to himself.
“But it wasn’t right.”
He looked up then. “Why not?”
She knew that there was no turning back now. “Because he wasn’t you.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“Lily, I shouldn’t have let this go on for as long as I did. I would love nothing more than to meet you. But I’m not who you think I am. We can never meet. I’m so sorry.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“For a moment, Nick was speechless. She thought she needed his help flirting? From what had just happened up- stairs in her kitchen, she was the master and he was the novice. He'd practically fallen at her feet and worshipped her.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“him, she was incomparable. Not the next best thing, but the best thing.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“Lily was the quiet sister. Or according to her family: shy. Or according to old classmates: mousy. She personally preferred the term observant.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“I love you,” he said. “I’ve loved you since you sent me that first email last year. You found me when I didn’t want to be found. You saved me.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“You shouldn’t be so hard on yourself. Everyone is different. Not being like your sisters doesn’t have to be a bad thing. You’re special too, maybe even more so.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“Then we’d kiss. And we’d both think how happy we were to be there together.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“To him, she was incomparable. Not the next best thing, but the best thing.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor

“I read somewhere that New Yorkers are not always nice, but they’re always kind, and that’s the best way I can describe it.”
― Kristina Forest, The Neighbor Favor