Kristan Higgins

“I opened the night table drawer and closed it fast. Okay, then. Mom still had womanly needs. Good for her. I’d get…

— Kristan Higgins

“Tried be cheerful, tried be upbeat, tried not to let my feelings show, not to blame him, not to mind when day…

— Kristan Higgins

“If we’re not going to get married, we need to break up. So…shit or get off the pot, honey.” “That was beautiful,”…

— Kristan Higgins

“I had often envisioned my funeral—me lying against the rose-colored satin, looking utterly stunning, U2’ s and Ed Sheeran’s sadder songs playing…

— Kristan Higgins

“Then, walking across the room, hips swaying, blond hair flowing as if in a shampoo commercial, came Joe's date. Tall. Skinny. Big…

— Kristan Higgins

“His child was now officially smarter than he was, and he didn’t like it.”

— Kristan Higgins

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, I'm a bleeping idiot.”

— Kristan Higgins

“Don't be nice to me," she whispered, though she didn't move away. "I might cry if you are.”

— Kristan Higgins

“Liam's face grew serious. "I'll take good care of you, Cordelia. I promise.”

— Kristan Higgins

“And so I make a pact with the devil, or in this case, my mommy.”

— Kristan Higgins

“Calm down, calm down. Deep breath,” Colleen whispered. “It's showtime. He's a nice guy, you're a nice woman.” “Hey, Paulie,” Bryce said…

— Kristan Higgins

“I’d known friends who went through this, the grim tracking of the ovulation cycle, the way making love becomes insemination, as romantic…

— Kristan Higgins

“Then she smiled, just a flash, and something moved in Liam’s chest. Something warm, and something he hadn’t felt in a long…

— Kristan Higgins

“You want to go to the movies tomorrow night?” he asked, and Posey was so shocked she actually choked. “What?” she managed.…

— Kristan Higgins

“Then he slid his hand into my hair and pulled me closer, and when he kissed me, my heart hurt from happiness,…

— Kristan Higgins

“Ten bucks says the virgin dies before the slut,” I said, taking a sip of my soda. “You’re on. Oh, hey, don’t…

— Kristan Higgins

“I also promise to let you help name any baby your mom and me might have-" "Mistake. We'll have a kid named…

— Kristan Higgins

“There was a little smile on his mouth—the mouth that had been kissing hers. Otherwise, he was incommunicado. “Liam?” she said again,…

— Kristan Higgins

“He had the kind of looks that made breathing irrelevant.”

— Kristan Higgins

“It's safe to be in love with someone you know you'll never have. Nothing is really risked when you know you can't…

— Kristan Higgins

When an eighty-five pound mammal licks your tears away, then tries to sit on your lap, it's hard to feel sad.

— Kristan Higgins

“My mouth went dry, my heart clattered. "Nick, don't leave. Don't go," I said unevenly. "Look, it's not that I'm not, you…

— Kristan Higgins

“Good afternoon, residents! A reminder that our salsa dance class starts in ten minutes.” “Shall we go to that, Gram-Gram?” I said.…

— Kristan Higgins

“particularly gruesome menopause (or meno-go, as the case was),”

— Kristan Higgins

“I've made up boyfriends too' Karen said, nodding her head slowly. 'The best man I ever dated was all in my head'…

— Kristan Higgins