The Five Year Lie Quotes

“He didn’t know you could glance across a busy street and instantly find her in the crowd because your senses are tuned to her, like a radio station that comes in louder than others on the dial.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“Money hides many sins.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“She tastes like strawberry ice cream and bad decisions.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“I’m not a fan of olives. But when Buzz was two, he ate an entire dish of them that my mother had set out for her book club. Look at him go! she’d said. You never know what kids will like. But Drew loved olives.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“She rolls onto her stomach and sighs, face in the pillow, sleeping with the same dedication she brings to all the other things she loves—glassmaking and heated discussions. Drinking. Sex. Now he knows what people mean when they talk about chemistry. The connection between them is like a living, breathing thing. They don’t even make eye contact in the office, because they can’t exchange a glance that’s not preloaded with heat and meaning.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“Don’t be sorry. I’m the queen of lost causes.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“I’m all out of pink wine. But as soon as I’m sure Buzz is asleep, I make a cup of Raspberry Zinger tea and then carry it up to my bedroom.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“I’m not a baby,” he says. But then he grins, because this is our little routine. “But you’ll always be my baby,” I point out. That’s my punch line.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“We already get sweaty together, Larissa. The magic is gone for me.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“When are you going to go gay for me, Ariel? All our problems will be solved.” I roll my eyes. “No, hear me out—you’ve been pining for years over some guy you never even introduced me to. What a waste, right? We could be having a torrid affair.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“And by midnight—when he finally kissed me on the moonlit pier—I would have followed him anywhere.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie

“It was magic. Three months of magic. And even knowing what I know now, I’d jump off the same cliff a second time. No question.”
― Sarina Bowen, The Five Year Lie