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The Sweetest Thing Quotes

The Sweetest Thing by Jill Shalvis

"Good judgment comes from bad experience. Unfortunately, most of that comes from bad judgment."
"A conclusion is the place you get to when you’re tired of thinking."
"Never mess up an apology with an excuse." - CHLOE TRAEGER
"Never miss a good chance to shut up." - TARA DANIELS
"Accept that some days you’re the bug, and some days you’re going to be the windshield." - TARA DANIELS
"Remember, a closed mouth can’t attract a foot." - TARA DANIELS
"Today is the last day of some of your life. Don’t waste it." - TARA DANIELS
"Always tell the truth. It eliminates the need to remember anything."
"I’m not good at this. At revisiting the past, or talking about things that—I’m not good at emotions and feelings."
"You gave me up, right? So I didn’t care. I wasn’t going to be curious. I refused to be, natural or not."
"You’re here. That indicates a certain level of caring. Of curiosity."
"It wasn’t about us giving you up to make things better for us. It was about making things right for you."
"I realize I really should know, since I came to you, but I don’t. At least not exactly."
"Back to that time when it was all so messed up."
"It was only for a second, but she was awake. She opened her eyes and looked right at me and I knew," she whispered. "I knew she was going to be beautiful."
"For some unknown reason, success usually occurs in private, while failure occurs in full view."
"It's impossible to be both smart and in love."
"Generally speaking, if your mouth is moving, you aren't learning much."
"The bills always travel faster than the checks. Why is that?"
"Experience is what you get when you didn’t know what you wanted."
"Things are always funnier when they’re happening to someone else."
"A person who’s willing to meet you halfway is usually, conveniently, a poor judge of distance."
"Don’t take life too seriously or you won’t get out alive." - Tara Daniels
"If it’s going to be two against one, make sure you aren’t the one." - Tara Daniels
"Remember, you’re unique. And so is everyone else." - Tara Daniels
"You’ve grown up if you have learned to laugh—at yourself." – TARA DANIELS
"Death is hereditary. Make sure you enjoy each day before it catches you." – TARA DANIELS
"Love is when someone puts you on a pedestal and yet when you fall, they’re there to catch you anyway." – TARA DANIELS
"For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism. Ignore it." – TARA DANIELS
"Because she made him. She made him laugh. She made him feel. She made him think. She made him happy. She made him… everything."
"Families are like fudge—mostly sweet with a few nuts."
"Never do anything that you don’t want to have to explain to 9-1-1 personnel."
"It’s frustrating when you know all the answers, but nobody bothers to ask you the questions."
"How about we give each other everything we can and not blame each other for what we can’t."
"There’s always a way to make things work, if you want it bad enough."
"If she cooked with love, things came out right. So maybe if she lived with love… same thing?"
"If at first you don’t succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried."