The Unexpected Everything Quotes
"It wasn’t like I didn’t understand why. A prominent congressman, one of the stars of the party, is suddenly caught up in a scandal that threatens to upend not only his career but the next national election—the headlines practically wrote themselves."
"It wasn’t like I never did anything that made waves—I’d once, without thinking, ordered my regular latte on a campaign stop, and his staff had had a two-hour meeting about it."
"They also didn’t want to offend the dairy lobby."
"But this was happening because someone in his office had (allegedly) taken charitable contributions that were intended for my dad’s foundation and funneled them into his reelection campaign fund."
"Countless examples of politicians’ kids who’d tanked, or at least threatened to damage, their parents’ careers were laid out for me as cautionary tales and clear examples of what I was not supposed to do."
"This whole thing had to be because of yesterday’s press conference. There was no other explanation for why he would suddenly be trying to distance himself from anything to do with my father—in this case, me."
"I’d been watching him do it with opponents and voters for years, and tried not to let myself be surprised that he hadn’t remembered."
"I’d never understood the point of getting too serious with anyone you met in high school. It was high school. Best to keep it light and date seriously in college or med school, with people who were actually going to end up mattering."
"Everything good had been gone when he’d started looking a month ago. Which meant I was so, so screwed."
"Everything is wrecked. I’m never going to be able to find anything good now."
"Theoretical crushes could remain perfect and flawless, because you never actually had to find out what that person was really like or deal with the weird way they chewed or anything."
"It was like all the other smiles he’d given me so far were pale imitations. This one deepened his dimples, pushed his glasses up higher on his nose, and crinkled the corners of his eyes."
"He was terrified, but trying to hide it, which made whatever this was seem even scarier."
"I don’t think it’s good. He’s basically been poisoned, and he needs to clear it out."
"It was more like when someone touches you on a spot near where you’re ticklish, that kind of heightened awareness."
"It was clear he’d asked me a question, willing him to somehow know not to."
"It wasn’t like we could even ask Bertie where he was hurting, what he was feeling. How did vets do this?"
"It was like I’d never known there were so many nerve endings in my fingers."
"But it was too bad, I realized, as I looked at his profile, lit up by his dashboard light. He was really, really cute."
"I hadn’t realized how much I liked keeping these worlds separate until it appeared they were about to collide."
"You can’t talk to me like that, Andie," my dad said, and I could hear what I was feeling—the anger, the frustration—in his voice. "I am your father, and—"
"Oh, really?" I asked as my dad parked the car in the turnaround and killed the engine. I unclipped my seat belt and got out of the car, slamming the door, then turned back to my dad, who had followed me onto the driveway. I could feel the anger coursing through me like a drug, like I was about to set off the powder keg, with no idea what exactly was inside it. "You’re my father?" I asked, putting a snide, sarcastic spin on the words. "Really?"
"I know you don’t read," Clark said, and I raised an eyebrow at him. "But I thought maybe you wouldn’t have anything against listening. It’s the audiobook, so it’s like someone telling you a story."
"Oh," Clark said, shaking his head. "I don’t believe in those. I mean the kind they have at Halloween, that you can walk through and people jump out and scare you."
"The way I see it," my dad said, and it was like I could practically hear the relief in his voice as he started to write, "we’re dealing with a lack of quality time spent, right? So we’ll spend some more time together."
"And then he leaned forward, or I did, and then his lips were on mine."
"It’s always a risk," the Elder said, "Wherever there is great emotion. Because there is power in that. And few people handle power well."
"It’s fine," Tamsin said, turning back to the bird. She would prefer not to discuss Charley with anyone, but especially not someone old enough to be her grandfather.
"But it was only a kiss," Tamsin said, focusing back on the owl.
"You might be right. But I think it's more than that. I think there's something to saying it in front of people. It's like it means more when you say it out loud, where everyone can hear you."
"I decided I wanted to do something that made me happy."
"It’s like anything could be an adventure, even just driving around in pajamas."
"You know how much she loved you, right? She thought you hung the moon."
"We’re doing a scavenger hunt, and we need something that has a business slogan with a pun."
"Maybe the first one, but the second one was because he liked the story."
"You have to get in front of these stories. Otherwise, you lose your ability to shape the narrative."
"Life is so short, my darling. And there's no day like today." - From a letter by Andie's mother.
"You have to take your chances. Go and attempt and see what happens. And even if you fail—especially if you fail—come back with your experience and your hard-won knowledge and a story you can tell. And then later you can say, without regret or hesitation... 'Once, I dared to dare greatly.'" - C. B. McCallister, "The Drawing of the Two."
"Because believing you're not alone is the cruelest trick of all." - The old man in the dungeon.
"You found out I’m sleeping with Wyatt and your first thought was about Toby. Not me. I don’t get a morning at the diner where we all get to talk about it. I don’t even get to be with him in public, because of Toby. Because we need to protect her." - Bri, expressing her feelings.
"It’s great. He’s so different when you really get to know him. He’s actually really funny, and he’s got such a good heart. And he gets me," - Bri about Wyatt.
"It was the only thing to be done. If you’d been there, you would have understood." - Andie, defending her decision.
"It was for the best," - Andie, trying to reassure herself.
"Sometimes we get a little bit of a facade. We think we have people. Family, friends... but in the end, it’s just you and the darkness." - The old man's perspective on life.
"It’s not like you two were even together—" - Bri, in a confrontation with Toby.
"I just wanted us to stay friends," - Andie, explaining her actions.
"I wasn’t supposed to be trying to decode Topher’s texts. But I had a not-so-great feeling as I waited for his phone to ring."
"Something about how the governor is just using your dad as a prop."
"I realized I don’t know who I am if I’m not your friend."
"We needed some space. I needed to figure out who I was without her."
"He was hopeful and nervous and scared and a little bit proud of himself for doing it."