The Backup Plan Quotes

“If you only knew about the stupid crush I had on you.”
“Oh, I knew.”
Her mouth dropped open. “No way. I was stealth.”
“You mean when you used to hide in the loft and watch me work?”
She grimaced. “Fine. So I liked when you used to chop wood. You’d get hot and take off your shirt.” She slid him a sly smile. “Teenage Alice thanks you.”
“Good to know.” He cocked his head. “And grown up Alice?”
She bit her lower lip while looking at his mouth. “She’s … undecided.”
What an adorably sexy liar. “You’re flirting with me again.”
“Am I?”
He smiled. “You’re just playing with me right now. Let me know when you mean it.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“She wanted him. She wanted him bad, too. But he seemed more like one of those kind of ideas that sounded really good in the moment, but had the potential to turn out spectacularly bad. Like when she opened a family size bag of chips and then ate the whole thing.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“And damn, she was in over her head, because if he had a hold of her heart — which was likely, the sneaky bastard — she wasn’t entirely convinced he’d be careful with it.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“You kissed me last night.”
There was no denying that. “I did.”
“And if I were to return the favor?” his asked, voice low and husky.
Her eyes locked on his mouth. “It would probably be the polite thing to do.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“How ironic was it that in order to get her fresh start, she’d have to face her past?”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“Her gaze ran over him. “You’re… in just your undies.”

“Yes, that’s what happens when you don’t knock.”

She gave him a long once-over. “You grew up right nicely, Knox.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“You deserve more than to be something easy.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“I don’t want to be alone in the end.”

Her soft, mesmerizing mix of vulnerability, pain, and stubbornness got him right in the heart. “So change the ending of your story.”

She looked at him like he was crazy, and hell, maybe he was. “You make it sound so easy,” she said.

This made him laugh roughly.
“Nothing about love is easy.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“That kind of love is a gift,” he said. “It’s our core, and it makes us who we are.” He looked at her. “And if we share it, pass it on, it only grows stronger.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“She was the first person to love me without reservation. She always loved me, no matter what she was going through.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“I don’t know where that’s is going,” she confessed, still looking at his mouth. “Maybe nowhere. I was just …”
He smiled. “Feeling brave?”
She smiled back, looking so sweet. “Yeah.”
Damn, he liked her. “Feel free to be brave any time you want.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“He had no idea what it was about her that got beneath his guard, and he couldn’t quite say he liked it, but somehow he liked her, which couldn’t be good for either of them.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“Are you baiting me for a reason?” he asked casually.

“Is that what I’m doing?”

He smiled at her innocent tone, not fooled for a second. “It’s that, or you’re flirting with me.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan

“She realized the murderous urges suggested that she, in fact, did not have this, but hey, no one was perfect.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Backup Plan