Anne Eliot Quotes

“My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“Dare not say that man forgets sooner than woman, that his love has an earlier death.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“Everyone has scars, they just aren’t as visible as yours”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Vere spoke again, “You want us to hide this six-foot-three, positively gorgeous, famous rock star—one who has sports-drink blue eyes BY THE WAY—and who is absolutely PERFECT looking, at Palmer Divide High? In this town? In my junior class?”
“Yes,” Mrs. Roth answered. “Why is it such a difficult concept for you to grasp?”
“Because guys who look like that.” She pointed a finger at him. “Do not come from this town. In addition to the face, he’s too tall, and he’s got the posture of some Russian—ballerina! And did you not notice his voice?”
“What’s wrong with my voice?” Hunter frowned.
“It’s all LOW and, SUPER-MANLY-AMAZING,” she modulated her voice down, trying to sound like him.
Charlie cracked up, and Hunter had to bury his own laugh.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Jenna still called it: ‘The Incident That Can Not be Named’. As in, Vere’s personal Voldemort.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“She stopped at a red light and turned to face him. “Look. You must know your eyes are truly distracting, and you keep LOOKING at me. I’ve also never talked to anyone who sounds like a movie trailer announcer before. Your voice is so cool. I’m sure you know that. It’s probably part of your famousness. But here in this car it’s unsettling, because I have this sensation you might suddenly begin sentences with some dramatic start.” She lowered her voice. “like...IN A WORLD, FAR, FAR AWAY...”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Nobody sounds like that! Mom, Aunt Nan, it won’t work. No way is he ever, ever, ever going to blend in. And his...you know....his shoulders are all wide and he’s all tan and looks Superman strong...and...”
“Anything else? Should I turn around?”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Mr. Roth. The Devil is holding your daughter’s hand. Now would be a great time to step up and whack the kid with your fire poker”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Jenna sighed, “What would a bodyguard do for us? Battle our invisible boyfriends?”
Vere laughed. “Heck yes. Invisible boyfriends can get really out of hand.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Hey now, it issthhhh new technology. Dustin: "The dentissthh says all my teethtths will ssseparate if I don’t keep it in.”
Jenna: “But our eyes could separate if you don’t take it out—”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“She kept her voice steady in an attempt to play this cool. “Uh, Mom? Any time you want to step in? Permanently ground him? Take away his car privileges and give them to me?”
"Uh, Mom,” Charlie spun faster, mimicking Vere’s higher voice with a girly voice of his own. “Any time you want to step in and help Vere with her man skills? I’ve decided to launch her into popular society.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Holy mother of ripped-gorgeous.
Get over the assets. Get over the assets.
It’s an award-winning six pack. SO WHAT? Get over it.
He’s just your friend. Your Dustin McHugh.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“That wasn’t about you personally. It’s...I don’t hang out much alone. I mean—I don’t often hang out with guys. Alone. They usually make me... uh....”
Panic, turn bright red, feel dizzy, want to vomit, stutter, stop breathing, drop things, die from the inside out, and let’s not forget head-butt the people I truly love until they require hospitalization.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Nice of you to care, gnome girl.” He tapped his cheeks, grinning now.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“IN A WORLD WHERE BUNNIES RUN WILD”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“He shrugged, working to make her understand. “There’s whole YouTube montages playing still shots of my butt to music. I don’t take credit for it. My mom’s been paying a trainer for years. Oh, and my six-pack won a Fan’s Choice Award called the SixPackAttack. Three years running.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Be all the dork that I can be?” he tried.
Her turn. “Hamlet: To dork, or not to dork, that is the question.” She smiled proudly, thinking of another. “The apparel ‘oft proclaims the man!”
He chuckled. “Hamlet again, but this time with an English accent: Though this be madness, yet there is method in it.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Charlie snorted. “Sure. Insta-friends with one of the world’s most famous rock stars. ZERO weirdness. Check. And you’re not my type either, dude.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“He shrugged happily. “Let’s make plaid, canvas and compasses my absolute trademarks. Dustin McHugh. All plaid. All canvas. All the time. And I’m never lost. What say you, dork judge?”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“I haven't come here with you for the sole purpose of making out,” I evade, wondering if she can hear my heart.She scrunches her nose, arches a brow, and meets my gaze dead on with her cutest challenge glare. “Well that's why I've brought you here.”
― Anne Eliot, Almost

“Vere blinked. And blinked. And blinked. And blinked.
OMG. Try to speak. Try.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“I repel all guys. Now I have proof. PROOF.
Wait till Jenna hears. Maybe I need a different deodorant?
She ran her tongue over her teeth. Or toothpaste?”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“Name me Edward, or Peeta, or Prince Charming, and I swear—I'll quit.”
― Anne Eliot, Almost

“Someone should give them all an A+ for chewing,” Vere whispered.”
― Anne Eliot, Unmaking Hunter Kennedy

“But the same spirits of analogy will authorise me to assert that ours are the most tender. Man is more robust than woman, but he is not longer-lived; which exactly explains my view of the nature of their attachment. Nay, it would be too hard upon you, if it were otherwise. You have difficulties, and privations, and dangers enough to struggle with... It would be too hard indeed (with a faltering voice) if woman's feelings were to be added to all this!”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion