The Sweetheart List Quotes

“You’re good with your hands.”

He grinned, and she sighed. “I did not mean that the way it sounded.”

“Too bad,” he said. “Because it’s true.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“I need you to come to yoga with me tomorrow and pretend to be my friend.”

“What? Why?” “It’s bring-a-friend week, and if I do, I get twenty percent off next month’s fees, so . . . you’re up.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“Just making sure you’re okay.”
“Why wouldn’t I be?” she asked, trying to be a cool cucumber.
This got her another mouth twitch. “I don’t know, Speed Racer, maybe because you came in hot and just lost a fight with a manzanita bush. Do you need help?”
“No, thank you.”
He gave her car a look of doubt.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“Harper was looking forward to living life as she wanted—without obligations or anything that preyed on or drained her emotions. Not that anything could drain them at the moment. Nope, her emotional gas tank was already on E for Empty”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“I gave up everything that didn’t spark joy. Obsessive list-making. Kale. My high-stress job. My ex . . .” Harper was sure there was more, and if she hadn’t given up list-making, she’d probably have it written down.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“I call it strategic incompetence.” Shay’s lips curved. “The art of avoiding certain tasks by pretending you don’t know how to do them.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“If it didn’t bring her joy, then forgetaboutit.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“Just because you’ve never felt like you fit in doesn’t mean anything’s wrong with you. It means you haven’t found your place yet.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“Did you just try to inhale me?” he asked, looking amused.

“Ha.” She crossed her arms. “You wish.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“Balanced eating is … a cookie in each hand.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“Harper Shaw was a single snack-getting-stuck-in-a-vending-machine away from an anxiety attack. But hey, that was what happened when you decided nothing in your life sparked joy. You wiped your slate clean like an Etch A Sketch and started over.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“The air suddenly felt charged, and he wondered which of them was going to get burned. Most likely him.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“What is it you want?” he asked softly. "Anything.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List

“It was the craziest thing, but the more unreasonable she got, the more attracted to her he became.”
― Jill Shalvis, The Sweetheart List