Save The Date Quotes
"Never trust anyone named after a fruit."
"I realized that an alarm was going off."
"Why did you text? Why not come down and investigate?"
"I’d given my mom the hard sell last night."
"Who doesn’t want a house that had been featured in one of America’s most beloved comic strips?"
"But I didn’t want to think about any of that—not this weekend."
"I shook it out and breathed it in, trying to see if I could still detect any of him."
"In the midst of all this, Clementine had been incredibly helpful."
"You could have access to In-N-Out constantly if you moved out here next year."
"I’m sure it’s not anything big. But whatever it is, we’ll handle it."
"You know my policy, Never trust anyone named after a fruit."
"The one who never used exclamation points?"
"There’s something wrong with the panel, we think—should be off in a minute."
"It’s not like a weird cult person—but then again, he probably wouldn’t have been very successful if he had."
"I hadn’t officially accepted or told the other schools I wasn’t coming, but I’d made my decision."
"I don’t care about that, I realize this isn’t your fault, but my wedding is tomorrow."
"I didn’t know I’d be seeing you. It’s my lucky day."
"Did you know ninety-eight percent of all statistics are made up on the spot?"
"We expect him to be a part of this family."
"I’m not sure that’s going to work, Dad."
"I’m coming in," I called through the open door, giving my brother fair warning.
"You could at least do a better job of faking it."
"I think she was mad at him for some reason and that’s why she did it."
"That’s right! The DVD player was jammed, and we couldn’t watch anything we’d brought with us. We were stuck watching Police Academy 4 all week."
"You wouldn’t have known that these were the strips that had wrecked so much and were the reason Mike hadn’t been home in eighteen months."
"I mean, other people’s children leave and never come back again. Aren’t you happy we stick around?"
"What if I called the Nelsons? Maybe explained things?"
"I feel like I’m living in your comic strip."
"I’m pretty sure the statute of limitations has run out by now."
"It was the most famous picture of the fictional family, the one that still ran as the strip’s header, from when my oldest siblings were teenagers and I was six."
"I believe in one’s right to represent oneself at trial. It’s my favorite amendment."
"Because the Anderson General Life Insurance towel technically wasn’t worth anything—except for the fact that it was priceless."
"You don’t mess with Anderson General Life Insurance!"
"What happens when this weekend is over?"
"This is just unacceptable! Do you have any idea how noisy your house is? Are they doing construction in your yard?"
"I think this is an issue that should be handled by Swift Tailors."
"I’m sure we can think of something. Right? It’s not like the wedding’s not going to happen."
"It’s really stiff competition. We should have won, but the Streetlight People had some pull with the judges, so…"
"You’re going to have to get the system upgraded. But once you do, it should be good here for another ten, fifteen years. You’ll get your money’s worth out of it."
"I’ve got your back," I called to him, but he was already running in the other direction.
"This is not a social call. This is a warning."
"Just don’t tell your father he was here."
"Oh, just because I’m trying to save Linnie and Rodney’s marriage."
"Do you know when the hair and makeup people are coming?"
"Charlie, make sure you hang it carefully."
"It’s your wedding day. You’re allowed to be emotional."
"I’m sorry if I haven’t made you feel welcome."
"Technically, you’re not supposed to barter goods for services."
"I can do my hair and makeup on my own. I promise it’ll be fine."
"If you don’t move on from the past, you’re going to miss out on some really amazing stuff in the future."
"I’m so sorry, but my cat sitter bailed, so I thought it would be fine, but I went upstairs to . . . um . . ."
"What—" I started, since I had no idea how the dog had gotten out as well.
"Hold on," I yelled, though I didn’t know if I was talking to the caterers, or the animals.
"Why are there animals in this kitchen?" the caterer who’d dropped her tray yelled.
"I’m sorry," I yelled back as I ran around the kitchen island, narrowly missing Waffles’s collar.
"Well," Bill finally said, looking from the cake on the floor to me. "That’s not great."
"It’s going on now," I said, taking a step farther back, so that I was leaning against the deserted bar.
"Don’t pretend with me," Liz spat at Jimmy, who threw his hands up theatrically.
"We don’t have to," J.J. said, pulling out a small notepad out of his pocket.
"I’m not even sure what that would look like," I replied honestly. At this point, what else could go wrong?
"You always do this," Jimmy yelled, and I noticed that he and Liz were edging closer together.
"I cannot believe you did that," Jimmy said, reaching for the nearest plate.
"Hey!" Officer Ramirez yelled, his voice carrying across the tent.
"I just did what was required," he said humbly.
"It’s not always so terrible being a Grant, is it?"
"I cannot be in this house anymore. Let’s go. Let’s all go."
"You’re living in a fantasy," he spat. "You’re living in a fucking newspaper comic."
"No," I said, feeling myself flounder a little. "Yeah, but . . ."
"But what’s going to happen?" I interrupted. "You guys are going to sell the house and then—you get two separate places and we split our time?"
"I more than thought you were cute," I said, feeling my cheeks get hot as I said it.
"Are we doing this now?" Mike asked, looking from my mom to me.
"I mean, come on." There was a cruel laugh somewhere in his words.
"That’s not why—" my mother started, but I was already talking over her.
"I think we’ve had enough of that for one wedding."
"You guys almost got in so much trouble," I said, lowering my voice to a near whisper on the last word.
"You’re so blinded by your Grant worship, always holding this family up like it’s something special—"
"It is!" I yelled, standing up myself now.
"This is why," I said, and I could hear my voice coming out scratchy, like it had been a long time since I’d spoken.
"I just don’t want you to think this is something it’s not. We’re just having fun, right? It’s not like this is serious."
"But ultimately, it’s for the best," Danny said around a yawn as he looked out the window.
"I think we’ll be able to stay friends, which is good."
"Anyway," Danny said after another huge yawn, "I think we got lucky back there. Good thing the governor showed up when he did."
"Even though almost no time had passed—it had been ten minutes, maximum, that we’d been in the car—my brother looked different to me now."
"Because who was Danny if he wasn’t my big brother, the one who could fix anything and do everything?"
"As I drove in silence, my headlights cutting through the darkness, I realized that maybe it meant we could be closer to equals."
"But now, in this moment, he no longer seemed perfect, the one who knew everything, the one who was always right."
"It was the latest revelation in a night that had been chock-full of them."
"And sometimes the harder you try to hang on to something, the less you can see that."
"Maybe college will be the most amazing time of your life. Maybe it’ll surprise you by how great it is."
"But in the cold light of the morning, it was becoming clear to me just how wrong I’d been about so much."
"He’s just a guy, she said with a sad smile. He’s just... human."
"Not trying to fit into some preconceived image. All the members of the Grant family were finally—in front of the entire country—being real."