Kiss the Girl Quotes

“Grace wasn’t Lauren. I knew that. But this similarity was too strong for me to ignore just because my feelings for her were strong too.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“He’s from a huge family—six siblings—so when she fell in love with him, at least a quarter of that was based on him coming from the kind of family she wanted. She clung to that security.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“He was a bright spot for me, and the time I spent around him made the day glow brighter and feel sharper, like being around him made my senses clearer. All except my common sense.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“I don’t put some of me into anything. I put all of me into everything. I can’t draw the kind of lines you’re asking for.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“Tabitha used to be the person I told everything to until she’d made it clear I needed to give up my career to come back to Creekville because she wouldn’t. She’d made it seem like I was replaceable, and she wasn’t.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“For what it’s worth,” he said as he stepped through it, “I wouldn’t want to fake date anyone else but you.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“He got up and scrubbed his hands over his face for a second. “I need to think about it.” It would have stung my ego if I didn’t know he was speaking from his “fundamentally decent human being” wiring.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“Grace?” He said my name softly, and my name sounded like the prayer my mom had always meant it to be.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“Kiss the girl,” the pastor’s wife cried, and that won several cheers. “A good one!”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“She had to know she could trust me by now, didn’t she?”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“I gave her shoulder a slight squeeze. I hoped she understood it to mean, “I cannot believe you threw me under the bus but watch out because payback sucks.” It was possible she wasn’t going to get all that from a single shoulder squeeze.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“There was no point in lying to myself about how much I liked Grace when every nerve-ending in my body lit up when she was around. But for the sake of our friendship, I kept it to myself,”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“Exactly. She needs control over things, which makes her sound bad, but she’s not. Just very invested in our futures playing out in a specific way because she wants us to be happy.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“He didn’t say anything, just waited for the rest of the story.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“I hid a smile at the easy way Grace answered her. Paige looked utterly charmed. I got it. Grace did that to me too.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“Toodles,” said Evie, satisfied. Toodles was the name of Mickey’s magic toolbox on her favorite show, and when I’d tried to explain Grace’s job at the hardware store, Evie had listened carefully and then announced, “She is Toodles.” It was close enough.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“There was no twenty-six-year-old on the planet who would not fall under the spell of a foot rub from a hot guy who was good with kids.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“You have to stay, Grace.” “I don’t have to do anything, Tab.” I had every intention of staying, but it wasn’t Tabitha’s place to tell me what I needed to do.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“It’s nice to be more excited than scared, like I was last year.” “That’s what a year of experience will do for you.” “I don’t feel as clueless, but I’m still nervous,” she admitted. “When does that go away?”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“And I smiled again because I finally had something to look forward to.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“Tempting, even after the garden thing. But I’m not dating right now.” He gave me an easy smile. “My loss.” But I had a sneaking suspicion it might be mine.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“He started laughing. “We double-dated. That’s why you look familiar.” I blinked a couple times. “Seriously?”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“Once again, I had the overwhelming urge to drive home and be done with this whole ridiculous night,”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“Hi, Grace. Nice to meet you.” His face wasn’t blank now. In fact, he looked like he was fighting hard to keep it straight and losing. And for the second time that night, I froze. I recognized that voice laced with laughter. I’d just heard it in the garden.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl

“And I was nothing if not loyal. To a freaking fault.”
― Melanie Jacobson, Kiss the Girl