Rent to Be Quotes

“I was in love with someone who didn’t want to love me back. It was scary as hell. But I was also a smart, capable, independent woman with a goddamn master’s degree. It was past time I started acting like it.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“I was now “high heels cause uncomfortable swelling” years old. It was all downhill from here.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“How had my parents gotten so old when I still felt very much like a child?”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“I followed her into the kitchen, where she pulled a bag of popcorn out of her purse and stuck it in the microwave. I leaned against the counter next to the empty cookie jars. “Do you just carry popcorn around?” “Yeah. Doesn’t everyone?”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“Shame is a luxury. Be happy you can still afford it.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“It was like Work Cade was his Hannah Montana alter ego, but around me he could just be Miley.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“I might not have had the whole adulting thing down yet, but I’d made a friend. All on my own. At least I could still do one thing right.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“because making new friends as an adult was both painful and awkward—”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“Cade rubbed his chin with his thumb and index finger. “It’s a beast alright. Better call the Discovery channel and let them know we’ve got a new contender for Shark Week.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“Reeling in a fish was not as easy as it looked on TV. Every crank of the reel felt like I was trying to jack up a car. I must’ve had a monster on the line. What if it was too big for the boat? What if I was reeling in the freshwater version of Moby Dick?”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“Like my degree was some kind of financial cure-all. Like he’d also bought into the belief that all someone needed to succeed was a good education, when the reality was much different. And spending six figures on a piece of paper that said I was smart and qualified, when fifty other people applying for the same position had that same paper, probably meant I wasn’t that smart after all.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“I put in my extra five hours, begrudgingly, and hoped one day I’d be lucky enough to trip over a corner of loose carpet and fracture something serious, so I could sue the ever-living shit out of them and somehow scrape my way out of the chokehold my student loan debt had on me. That was my new dream.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“Part of me wondered if my tear ducts had closed up from disuse, the way the holes in my ears did when I hadn’t worn earrings in four years.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“If the basic needs of people can’t be met because it’s more important for a stock to go up an eighth of a percent than it is to feed someone who is hungry, then the system is broken.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“Do you think I haven't always seen you?" He rested his forehead against mine. "I see your brilliant mind." He kissed my temple. "The things you say that drive me crazy." He kissed the corner of my mouth. "Your incredible heart." He kissed my chest between my breasts "I know it all and every part of you amazes me.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“I'm not appropriate for a work function, am I?" I asked. His expression was unreadable as he stepped up to me and took my hands, pulling them away from my attempt to cover myself up. "You're perfect.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“He held my chin with one hand, claiming my mouth, letting me know that I was his and he was mine, and this was all we'd ever need.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be

“He put a gentle hand on my arm, bringing me to a stop as I moved past him to leave. "Just so you know, you can come to me if you're ever in trouble. You don't have to do everything on your own.”
― Sonia Hartl, Rent to Be