Keepsake Quotes
"And good riddance. The past month at home with my parents in Boston had been excruciating."
"You’ll be fine, I coached myself. These people love you."
"I put on my game face. There was nowhere I’d rather be than here at the Shipley farm."
"I knew the exact date I’d stopped being fearless. It was sixty-seven days ago."
"It used to be her husband who sat there, but Auggie Shipley had passed away when we were in college."
"The only thing to do was to slap on an impersonation of my usual self."
"My heart tripped over itself, but outwardly I kept my cool."
"I’m trying to see past the broken bits and pieces and take a long view."
"The Red Hot Chili Peppers. And nothing ever goes wrong when the Chili Peppers are playing."
"It was time to shove away all my sad thoughts and get a little more sleep."
"Those two just kill me. It gives me hope, you know?"
"I'm not entirely sure. That's what freaks everyone out."
"I just want to stay here and work and be outside with people who know me."
"That's big of you. I'm not so sure about religion myself."
"I'm not afraid of Gilman. I just don't like drama."
"I'm not here to admire her. I had to stop thinking like that."
"Those were the nights when she couldn't escape the dreams."
"You knew I was only here for the picking season. What did you think would happen?"
"I’m so happy I found you guys. Took me long enough."
"If you really care about her, you gotta hang in there."
"That’s my boy. And you sound like Griff’s movies."
"But don’t tell me you’re not afraid of being alone. We all are. It’s fucking terrifying."
"There are only a couple more weeks until the markets shut down. So I’ve been meaning to ask you about your winter work plans."
"I thought we could be together. But she thought differently."
"Sometimes you have to take a step back before you can move forward."
"Maybe it’s time to introduce Chastity to Star Wars. Why wait, you know?"
"All the finer things in life," Isaac said with a grin.
"I’m there again. Same shack. Same dust motes hanging in the only beam of light in the room where they’re holding me."
"I tried that," I pointed out, thinking of Zach fighting valiantly to ease my pain.
"We’re just loyal. The moment Gilman admitted to cheating on me with his intern, the girl became the devil incarnate."
"I’m twenty-four years old, Zach. Even if we did have sex in the dining room, it wouldn’t be a big deal."
"I’ve never seen a guy so young handle this kind of situation so well."
"I love the idea of you being in Hanover. That’s about…thirty miles?"
"Doesn’t matter. I’d drive all night to see you."
"I’m going to write a really good application to this program."
"Thank you for thinking of me when you wake up in the morning."
"I’m not used to anyone looking after me. I like it."
"People treat you like garbage for nineteen years, it takes a while to get past it."
"I’ll always be dragging a big piece of Guatemala around with me, so what’s one more ounce?"
"We have enough money to live like this for a while. You don’t have to figure everything out at once."
"In the morning sow your seed, and at evening withhold not your hand, for you do not know which will prosper, this or that, or whether both alike will be good."
"Every night when I drove home, I pulled up my aging truck behind Lark’s VW and then went inside. And there she always was, waiting for me."
"Nobody ever gave you anything before, and yet we still have everything we need."