The Matchmaker Quotes
"But she wondered if anyone anywhere on the planet was receiving an e-mail as upsetting and shocking as this one."
"She, who never smoked and rarely drank hard liquor, wanted a cigarette and a shot of bourbon."
"Dabney forced a smile at Nina. 'The weather this weekend is going to be perfect!' she said."
"Dabney said, 'I’m going to run to the pharmacy for a frappe. Do you want anything?'"
"Outside, the atmosphere was festive. After four cold, punishing months, spring had arrived on Nantucket."
"Not a day has gone by—honestly, Cupe, not an hour—when I have not thought of you."
"Dabney adored all dogs, and especially Uncle Frank, and Larry and Marguerite were one of 'her couples.'"
"The love of her life, her perfect match, her Meant to Be. The father of her child."
"The only thing being married to George Mobley had taught me was that other people are a mystery."
"I love you, darling. I’m so happy you’re here."
"I’m not sure you get it, or that you’ve ever gotten it. I can’t do it, I’m too afraid."
"You are still so beautiful. Exactly as I pictured you."
"I thought you said we were a perfect match, destined to end up together!"
"I memorized all these facts and statistics about the island. Don’t you want to hear them?"
"I will not come there. I’m going to have this baby alone."
"The only way I’m going to survive is with a clean break."
"Really, what good was a cell phone if you didn’t take it with you when you left the house?"
"Agnes considered calling Box in London. It was nine thirty at night over there; Box would probably be at dinner."
"The island was only so big; Dabney had to be somewhere."
"She was tired enough to sleep until morning."
"Agnes was groggy and her limbs felt leaden, but she reached for her phone, thinking it would be her mother."
"She considered letting the call go to her voice mail."
"CJ did not like getting Agnes’s voice mail. When he called, he expected her to answer."
"In the background of the phone call, Agnes heard sirens and hubbub, the city."
"Agnes sat up and listened to the rest of the house for sounds of her mother."
"Agnes didn’t think CJ would ever hurt her. But she hated being spoken to like a child."
"She would stop in at Business After Hours, she decided, for old times’ sake."
"Agnes always used to order the Boursin cheese board."
"The room was lit by candles; it had the contained coziness of the hull of a ship."
"Agnes chatted away, sounding exactly like her mother."
"Agnes studied Riley. His eyes were brown, like his hair, and he had one dark freckle on his cheek."
"Agnes figured he was a good egg. Her mother hired only good eggs."
"Agnes didn’t want to go back to New York. She had just arrived on Nantucket and she wanted to stay and enjoy it."
"She blew her nose. She didn’t want to go back to New York."
"But downstairs was quiet and growing darker. Dabney hadn’t returned."
"I was conscious of being alive and being present: a clear night, a golden beach, good food—and now, thanks to Riley, their favorite songs, to which they knew all the words."
"Agnes wasn’t sure when she had lost the ring, but if she had to guess, it had probably fallen off while she was serving up the picnic."
"It felt like her heart thudded down between her feet."
"Riley stood above her, shining the light of his cell phone on the sand."
"The tide doesn’t come up this far," Riley said.
"She had to find it. She wished it had been locked onto her finger, like her Cartier love bracelet."
"Clendenin and Elizabeth had spent time together 'overseas.'"
"Clendenin pulled back. Elizabeth’s expression was one of instant mortification."
"She watched Box stride across Elizabeth Jennings’s front lawn toward Cliff Road."
"Elizabeth beamed at Clen, as if nothing delighted her more than the thought of pulling out her Dyson."
"Clen had hurried the evening along to this point, refusing dessert and port and another scotch, wanting only to get home and text Dabney."
"Dabney exhaled through her nose. The pain in her gut was enough to make her cry out."
"She had been having a lot of these lately—urges, she supposed. Lovesick."
"Clendenin wrapped his arm around her. 'Don’t cry, Cupe. I didn’t kiss her back. I was very rude, pushed her away and left.'"
"Everyone dies, absolutely everyone, there is no escaping it."
"He squeezed her so tightly that her insides screamed out in pain."
"I will guide and advise you for as long as I'm able."
"Days do not get any more beautiful than this one."