Above All Things Quotes

“One thing is certain in this life: loving Vivian Carlisle would never, ever go out of style.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Above All Things

“You’re a goner, she thought, as she came back to herself. She calls you “my love” and you have an out-of-body experience right in front of your parents.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Above All Things

“Was that unclear?” For once, Vivian didn’t sound sarcastic or impatient.
She seemed genuinely confused.
“Apparently.”
“I don’t understand. Who talks about their friends as their girlfriends?”
“Women do it all the time,” Jules said in surprise.
Vivian glared at Jules. “Not the women I know.”
“That’s because nobody in the fashion industry wears straight goggles.
You’re mingling with civilians now.”
“But it’s so…infantile.” Vivian looked around with a blistering stare as if the New York Yacht Club was wholly to blame for heterosexuality. “Now what am I supposed to call you? My partner?” Her lip curled as if the notion was too prosaic for words.
“How about your piece of ass?” Jules suggested.
“Julia,” Vivian said reprovingly, but her lips twitched.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Above All Things

“L’heure bleue, Jules thought. That mysterious time just between day and night when the sky begins to darken. When anything seems possible and nothing seems quite real. My favorite hour.”
― Roslyn Sinclair, Above All Things