When in Rome Quotes

“I think we'll get hurt a lot in this life, but maybe it's worth it because sometimes we will experience really amazing things, too. Maybe not everything will end in hurt. But we'll never know if we don't try.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Sometimes a woman is just worn out and needs a break, you know?” The lines on her forehead deepen. “That doesn’t prove that you’re weak or neglectful, it proves to all the women standing by and watching you pave the road to success that it’s okay to say no. It’s okay to shut your door every now and then and put up a sign that says Busy taking care of me today. Piss off.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“No one loves anything they're miserably chained to.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Care is reckless because it doesn’t come with the seat belt that selfishness offers. Care has so much to lose, and almost always ends in heartbreak.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“When the hell did it become such a crime to be selfish now and again?”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“To me, you’re Amelia. Maker of shitty pancakes and a smile that rivals the sun. All I want is you.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Have you never loved something just for what it means to you?”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“I tell you what makes me madder than a hornet. When people tell other people how they should feel.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“But you own the key to your own lock and don’t you forget it. Set yourself free for a while and that love will come back, just you watch.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Dammit,” he whispers and then looks at me one more time. “You look very pretty.” I feel a smile in my soul before it reaches my lips. “You say that like it’s a bad thing.” “It is for me.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“He smiles. SMILES. It’s blinding. My heart stops and then starts again, galloping right out of my chest. Good Gouda, that man has gorgeous teeth. And crinkles beside his eyes. When he smiles like that, he looks so approachable and comfy that I want to drape myself over him and just squeeze him in a giant hug. He’s huggable. The Grumpy Pie Shop owner is absolutely huggable.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Do you at least have any romance books? Something steamy and emotional?” He laughs. “No.” “And you call yourself a reader. You should be ashamed.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“If you don't intend to walk her down the aisle, then don't go dipping your toes in her pond.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Dry your tears and kick this gloomy attitude in the pants, Amelia!" I say out loud to myself because who else does a girl talk to when she's alone in the car in the middle of a mental breakdown?”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“It’s not that Harriet is grumpy because she doesn’t like people—it’s that she’s nearly 100 percent certain she’s better than most people. Who knows, maybe she is.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“But it’s time for both of us to stop padding our lives so we don’t feel bumps in the road anymore. I think we’ll get hurt a lot in this life, but maybe it’s worth it because sometimes we will experience really amazing things, too. Maybe not everything will end in hurt. But we’ll never know if we don’t try.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“That doesn’t prove that you’re weak or neglectful, it proves to all the women standing by and watching you pave the road to success that it’s okay to say no. It’s okay to shut your door every now and then and put up a sign that says Busy taking care of me today. Piss off.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“And I realise in this moment, I’d do just about anything to make her laugh.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“I’m pudding in her hands. Spineless, melted, wobbly, pointless pudding.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“I will memorize him if it’s the last thing I do. I will carry the feel of his smile in my pocket for the rest of my life.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“You’re the only man I wouldn’t mind being obsessed with me.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“It’s not infatuation. Not even lust. It’s the worst of all the feelings…care. Care is reckless because it doesn’t come with the seat belt that selfishness offers. Care has so much to lose, and almost always ends in heartbreak.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Sometimes people decide not to like me for the most arbitrary reasons. Sometimes it's just because I'm famous, and successful people make them uncomfortable. Sometimes it's because I voted differently than them. And sometimes it's because I frowned outside their favorite yogurt shop and now they want to cancel me forever because they think I'm against yogurt.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“This woman looks like a fantasy come to life. Plucked straight out of my best dreams and placed right in my living room. The audacity of her.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“I miss her laugh. Her eyes. The curve of her smile, the feel of her skin, and even her shitty pancakes. What I wouldn’t give for a whole stack of them today.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“I missed you.” My laughter stops. My heart skips. My lips part. But before I can respond, he adds, “But you’re still a pain in my ass.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Just beyond Noah, there’s a picture on his dresser of a boy, three girls, and a mom and dad. My heart squeezes and twists and before I know it, I’m wiping a rogue tear from my cheek. He’s so good—this man. I can’t imagine how I’ll be able to walk away.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Uh-uh. Don’t you do it, heart. I feel you trying to squeeze, but I won’t allow it. So what? He’s a good brother. Big. Freaking. Deal.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Noah is the blanket fort you used to make and hide in as a kid. So warm and reassuring.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome

“Just let it go, Amelia. And great…now I’m singing the song from Frozen because it’s literally impossible to say that phrase anymore without singing it.”
― Sarah Adams, When in Rome