Bad Summer People Quotes
"If you’re the boss, why can’t you just declare you’re moving to Florida?"
"I still can’t believe this happened to us."
"I need to go sit on a beach, read a book, and never hear the word scammer again."
"You’ll figure it out. You’ll play tennis. You’ll make friends."
"The people who have houses in Salcombe are as rich and powerful as your friends in the Hamptons—they’re just not wearing shoes."
"He’s everything I knew he’d be when we started dating."
"I think about you when I’m in bed with Sam."
"You’re even more absent than usual, if that’s possible. I’m not an idiot, Jason."
"I’m sorry, but no. I do like you as a friend, though."
"Everyone thinks I’m so good, I get that. But I’m not."
"How was it supposed to work? They’d been avoiding that question for months. Truly, they’d been avoiding a lot of questions."
"Hi, Jen. How are you?" Jason said to her, a small smile on her lips."
"Yeah, mostly," said Jason. "Lauren’s the one doing everything. I’m just standing around and getting in her way."
"Story of my life," said Sam, putting his hand on Jen’s arm.
"I’m not great, actually," he said. "I’m going to tell you something, but you can’t tell anyone. Even Jen doesn’t know."
"Rich people were miserable, but they didn’t know how lucky they were."
"I feel like all my friends hate their husbands," said Emily.
"You have no idea what it’s like for me out here," she said. She was getting louder now.
"Robert had spent the morning of July 4 teaching lessons, starting at 9:00 a.m."
"Paul worked in music, at Atlantic Records, in marketing, where he helped to promote various musicians and projects across platforms."
"Jen Weinstein was a cheat. She’d cheated on tests in school, writing the answers on her hands; she cheated in tennis, calling shots out that were in; she cheated at cards, glancing at opponents’ hands when they weren’t looking."
"That’s all you’ve been doing? Reading?" His voice had an edge that Jen didn’t like.
"Everyone has stuff. I’m sure you and Jessica have stuff. Brian and I have stuff. Just have a little fucking sympathy for people."
"This probably isn’t good for a marriage, either."
"Then your husband will be pissed, and I’ll lose my job."
"I’m happy it’s finally paying off. And it’s easy when you have such a great partner."
"That’s good for me to hear—I love this job and don’t want to risk anything happening to it."
"I’ve always loved Sam, and this would wreck his marriage and his friendship with Jason. Perhaps, then, you’d be the only one left for him to lean on."
"You have to get him out of there. Now. Get him out!"
"What kind of damaged soul sleeps with her husband’s best friend?"
"It happens to the best of us," said Robert. "I’ve definitely done it myself."
"That’s crazy," said Lauren, genuinely interested. "I honestly never would have suspected. You seem so … good."
"Men are truly clueless," said Lauren. "I’ve always known deep down that Jason was in love with you. I just didn’t care. Why would I care?"
"Honestly, Jen, I couldn’t give a shit," said Lauren, relieved to say it out loud.
"Happiness isn’t always what you think it will be," said Jen. "At least that’s what I tell my clients."
"I’ve got you!" he’d shout as she went, letting go as she skidded away. "I’ve got you!"
"You’d think Rachel Woolf was the next Serena Williams by how hard she took her loss in the semifinals to Lauren and Jen."
"If you ever need lessons during the winter, let me know," he said. His hand brushed her arm as he went to grab his beer.
"I think she’ll find that I’m a good bookkeeper," said Robert. He laughed. He could feel the sweat gathering in his armpits, threatening to reveal itself.
"It feels kind of weird, the summer ending and all."
"I never should have told Sam about Jen and Jason."
"I wish my dad were alive. I needed a man on earth who loved me."
"The end of summer is always like a death."
"I think that's the closest I've ever felt to someone in my life."
"It's always the poor guy who gets blamed."
"Susan, poor Susan, really liked working with you."
"You'd heard what happened with the pro last year, Dave, I assume?"
"But he's not here. Last I heard, he was teaching at a local club in South Carolina."
"I have to know, even if it seems like no one else gave a shit."
"Hopefully we can meet again in another life."