Resort Quotes

“When a political opponent resorts to the racist card, it's a sure sign of moral bankruptcy: there's no decent argument left in the armoury.”
― Alex Morritt, Impromptu Scribe

“The time must come when this coast (Cape Cod) will be a place of resort for those New-Englanders who really wish to visit the sea-side. At present it is wholly unknown to the fashionable world, and probably it will never be agreeable to them. If it is merely a ten-pin alley, or a circular railway, or an ocean of mint-julep, that the visitor is in search of, — if he thinks more of the wine than the brine, as I suspect some do at Newport, — I trust that for a long time he will be disappointed here. But this shore will never be more attractive than it is now.”
― Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod

“There is a time and place for electromagnetic shielding and I regard it as a last resort due to the long term biological problems that I have observed with it over the years in plant growth experiments.”
― Steven Magee, Curing Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity

“Whatever happens to me, I will have lived a thousand normal lives by what I might add to others not yet born. That's enough.”
― Daniel Keyes, Flowers for Algernon

“I think it’s a very brave thing to do. To start a new life in a new country.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“but I guess I’ve been avoiding her. I haven’t had “the energy to be ‘on’ and cheerful; nor do I want to dissolve into sobs. I guess this is how people slowly turn into recluses.”
― Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

“She raised up on her tip-toes and pecked him lightly on the cheek. Whew. That wasn't so bad. Quick and painless. No reaction. No sense of attraction whatsoever. Like kissing her uncle. Almost. Except Uncle Henry had always smelled like tobacco and Sawyer, on the other hand, smelled of a unique combination of fresh soap, tropical sea air, and hot author. She needed to get out of there.”
― Jennifer Shirk, A Match for Mr. Write

“Nordwind Kennels was the almost ten-acre wooded vacation resort for pets in the Bedford Hills estate area where they served gourmet dog food in temperature-controlled kennels into which they piped classical music. Everyone put their dogs there when they traveled to exotic locations to eat their own gourmet food and hear their own piped music.”
― Karen Weinreb, The Summer Kitchen

“After another forty-five minutes, the train reached the station at Heron's Point, a seaside town located in the sunniest region in England. Even now in autumn, the weather was mild and clear, the air humid with healthful sea breezes. Heron's Point was sheltered by a high cliff that jutted far out into the sea and helped to create the town's own small climate. It was an ideal refuge for convalescents and the elderly, with a local medical community and an assortment of clinics and therapeutic baths. It was also a fashionable resort, featuring shops, drives and promenades, a theatre, and recreations such as golf and boating.
The Marsdens had often come here to stay with the duke's family, the Challons, especially in summer. The children had splashed and swum in the private sandy cove, and sailed near the shore in little skiffs. On hot days they had gone to shop in town for ices and sweets. In the evenings, they had relaxed and played on the Challons' back veranda, while music from the town band floated up from the concert pavilion. Merritt was glad to bring Keir to a familiar place where so many happy memories had been created. The seaside house, airy and calm and gracious, would be a perfect place for him to convalesce.”
― Lisa Kleypas, Devil in Disguise

“He thought walking away was a good thing to do. A mature, manly thing to do. To disengage and give her time to calm down. He kept getting these things wrong.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“It’s just good manners. You don’t take your fight to a party. It’s no one else’s business.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“She couldn’t shake the feeling that if she didn’t record this moment on her phone then it wasn’t really happening, it didn’t count, it wasn’t real life.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“but then one day Jessica went out to lunch with her and didn’t offer to pay the bill, and now they weren’t talking. Jessica’s heart clenched as she thought about it. She always paid the bill. Always. It was the one time she didn’t and supposedly that was unforgivable.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“The requests often had a passive-aggressive edge: “Ten thousand dollars is probably small change to you but it would mean a huge amount to us.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“And then I got married and had kids and I got totally swallowed up by this ‘Mum’ persona. We were only meant to have two, but my husband wanted a son, so we kept trying, and I ended up with four girls—and then out of the blue, my husband said he wasn’t attracted to me anymore and he left.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“You’ll meet someone else. You don’t need a man to complete you. Your body does not define you. You need to fall in love with you.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“Sometimes your life changes so slowly and imperceptibly that you don’t notice it at all until one day you wake up and think: How did I get here? But other times life changes in an instant, with a lightning stroke of good or bad luck, with glorious or tragic consequences.”
― Liane Moriarty, Nine Perfect Strangers

“I don’t know when cooking became so daunting. It kind of crept up on me. Just the thought overwhelms me. How do people do that every night?”
― Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

“Do I want to flirt back? How do I flirt back? How does that go again? I try to reach inside myself for my flirting moves. But I’ve lost it. I feel empty inside. I don’t have a line.”
― Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

“I’ll bug you about this. I won’t let it go. Because that’s what you do when you care about someone.”
― Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout

“but if I can’t trust him to go for coffee with her, then that says something about me.”
― Sophie Kinsella, The Burnout