Bad Summer People Quotes

“Happiness isn’t always what you think it will be,”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“You know what, Max? Everyone has stuff. I’m sure you and Jessica have stuff. Brian and I have stuff. Just have a little fucking sympathy for people.” Jessica’s eyes nearly rocketed out of her head. Max looked down, embarrassed, his bird neck arching awkwardly.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“The cheating thing was her own thing. As a psychologist, Jen knew she was addicted to the novelty of it, that she thrived on the adrenaline of the secret.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Was this what happened when you got old? You destroyed your marriage and lost your mind?”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“He and Lauren had barely spoken about it at all. His wife had an uncanny ability to compartmentalize. He was beginning to think she was slightly psychotic, with the violent outbursts and unpredictability. But maybe they all were.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Rachel reminded herself that for all of Lauren’s beauty and style, her husband was having sex with another woman. That made her feel somewhat better.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Having a baby? Is that even possible?” “Don’t be a dick. I’m only forty-two, and I froze my eggs years ago. Science is a beautiful thing.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“He was sad for her that she’d never found a husband or had kids. It was sort of pathetic, but not unexpected. She was always just … there … waiting for someone—Sam, whoever—to take advantage of her.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“She’d make the guacamole last, right before she left, as otherwise it’d go brown. And there was nothing worse than brown guacamole, was”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“nearing eighty, a real yenta, always up for a chat and a drink.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“He’d liked how Julie and her family had been. Understated, private. They couldn’t be bothered to compete with others, because they knew they were superior.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“And guess what?” Sam”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Lauren bugged the shit out of him, but didn’t everyone’s wife bug the shit out of them?”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Salcombe was ruined for them, too, thanks to their parents’ misbehavior.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“And there was something exciting about sharing a major secret.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“And men just weren’t as competitive or bitchy as women.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Jen couldn’t blame him for stealing from these people. Didn’t they deserve it? Steve jangling his Rolex in Robert’s face. Brian Metzner going on about his investment portfolios. Jeanette Oberman bragging about how she was going to take Greg for millions. How much money could Robert have even taken? Ten thousand? Twenty? That was nothing to anyone here, including Jen.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Oh, stop feeling sorry for yourself,” said Sam. “You’re a shit stirrer from way back. You’ve always been like this.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“The kids were all together at Jen and Sam’s house, watching a movie and eating microwave popcorn, unaware that their parents’ marriages were both on the verge of imploding.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“You’d have thought Rachel Woolf was the next Serena Williams by how hard she took her loss in the semifinals to Lauren and Jen.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Why was she allowing herself to get dragged into this nonsense? She must be bored. Now that Garry was gone, she needed a new hobby beyond tennis. Maybe she should get into bridge.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“That was the professor in her. She felt like the world was her classroom, and her role was to make sure things were in order.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Micah nearly laughed out loud. At least now he knew for sure that Robert wasn’t gay. Was this what happened when you got old? You destroyed your marriage and lost your mind? Or was that just a Salcombe thing?”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“She was adept at handling difficult personalities, stroking people’s egos, and allowing them to think they were in charge.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Jen was continually aghast at the lack of awareness many people in Salcombe displayed about their wealth and privilege.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“The reason we live downtown is to get the diversity of the city. Our kids are really experiencing the world, you know? If you live uptown, like Lauren and Jason, you’re really only exposing them to that white, rich crowd. Also, I work in the music industry, and so my kids know that you can pursue something other than finance to be happy. I think that’s so valuable.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“Yes, he was terrible. But I would have married him. I need to marry someone, for the love of God. I’m so ready to end my streak as the sad old maid of the group.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“He still called Jason’s mother, Ruth, every week, chatting with her at her assisted living facility in Florida. Did Jason ever speak to her? he wondered. He’d have to ask.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“But he certainly noticed and appreciated Lydia’s looks. She was hot in that way that the younger generation was—a little too done, with puffy, possibly injected lips and eyelashes that went on for ages.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People

“He was either working or gaming. He barely even looked at her. Beth had to do everything alone. He wouldn’t come to the club with her for drinks, he didn’t participate in any of the town activities, he wouldn’t go near the tennis courts.”
― Emma Rosenblum, Bad Summer People