The Baby Shower Quotes

“That’s the trouble with real friends: they see you whether you want them to or not. They see you plain as day.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Baby Shower

“Love does not switch itself off; it would be so much easier if it did.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Baby Shower

“crescent, then switches off the app. All the houses are detached, elegant, huge. She motors slowly, head low, checking the lush, wide driveways – the turning circles, the topiary, the expensive stone flags – until, a little ahead, in a gravel driveway, she sees his van parked outside what she can only call in her mind a modern architect-type house. She pulls up on the far side of the road, switches off the engine and takes off her helmet. Doesn’t want to get too close in case he spots her from the window. She plucks at the fingers of her leather gloves and slides them off, uses them to wipe at her eyes, which have filled again with tears. Why is he here? Why is he not at Simon’s or his parents’ over in Sunbury? Her skin prickles; her tight heart knocks against her ribs. There is a silver orb in the front garden, a line of round lollipop bay trees, an angular hedge in front of an elegant black iron railing. She’s seen this style of garden in one of the lifestyle”
― S.E. Lynes, The Baby Shower

“without him, her life is something she no longer wants.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Baby Shower

“Sometimes, friendships are injured by kindness – two people trying to spare one another’s feelings, ending up distanced by misunderstanding. But it is kindness that will repair them too.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Baby Shower

“Friendship is not always founded on honesty, Jane thinks, as she unlocks the door and wheels her bike inside. Sometimes it’s knowing when to let your friend get away with a blatant lie.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Baby Shower

“The dog walkers are friendly – straightforward takeaway orders, easy to get through.”
― S.E. Lynes, The Baby Shower