“Love is one of two things worth dying for. I have yet to decide on the second.” — Melissa Jensen Love Copy Share Image
“If they sing 'Endless Love' or 'No Air,' I'm disowning them both.” — Melissa Jensen Disowning Copy Share Image
“It was the first time I'd been in her office without her there, intimidating me into immobility.” — Melissa Jensen First time Copy Share Image
“I never thought I would see you armed." I was trying for levity. It worked like a lead balloon.” — Melissa Jensen Levity Copy Share Image
“ Truth (according to Edward Willing): People who rely on first sight are either lazy or deluded.” — Melissa Jensen Deluded Copy Share Image
“An hour later, proven absolutely right, I slid the last drawer closed, sat on the dusty floor, and had a good, sorry=for-myself… — Melissa Jensen Time Copy Share Image
“You wanna know something," was Dad's refrain while we were growing up, "get a book." Of course,he predates Google, but it stuck… — Melissa Jensen Book Copy Share Image
“Promise me this: ... you will stand for yourself, especially in the times when no one seems interested in standing for you.” — Melissa Jensen Time Copy Share Image
“I bent and twistend and distorted everything ... to fit my pretty picture. God, I belibed my own hype. How stupid, how… — Melissa Jensen Distorted Copy Share Image
“I thought maybe she would have been an okay teacher. If she hadn't been guaranteed to scare the opinions right out of… — Melissa Jensen Heart Copy Share Image
“Mom had spent the day alternating between beaming and sobbing. Aunt Gina kept whisking her into the bathroom for concealer touch-ups. Dad… — Melissa Jensen Blood pressure Copy Share Image
“I knew no one was going to chase me for cutting school,especially not in a museum ("Hey,you! What do you think you're… — Melissa Jensen Copy Share Image
“He recognizes a sea goddess when he sees one," Alex said, nudging me with his arm. "It's a ray," I retorted. "Its… — Melissa Jensen Pleased Copy Share Image
“The book was sandwiched firmly between Analytic Keys to the Genera and Species of North American Mosses , and the Complete English-Russian… — Melissa Jensen Book Copy Share Image
“There,of course,was Alex. He wasn't watching Amanda.He was looking over her head, his bored gaze skimming over the room. Before I could… — Melissa Jensen Look Away Copy Share Image
“It's decorated with fig leaves and, for some reason, fish. I never look too closely when raiding it; the fish that makes… — Melissa Jensen Fish Copy Share Image
“When Marino's needs us, we chip in.I just hate when chipping involves waiting tables. I have to write down orders so I… — Melissa Jensen Food Copy Share Image
“You're having a large disappointment," she drawled, "with a side of rare pissed-offedness." I thought about lying outright. But as it was… — Melissa Jensen Disappointment Copy Share Image
“There's a moment everyone knows, when you look down at your fresh white shirt and realize you've spilled Coke or egg yolk… — Melissa Jensen Scar Copy Share Image
“The five of us followed her to a shallow pool. A few feet away was the shark tank. It looked a lot… — Melissa Jensen Fish Copy Share Image
“You don't scare me." "Really?" She stared at me over the sharp frame of her glasses. "Well maybe a little," I admitted.… — Melissa Jensen First time Copy Share Image
“I went into the hall and looked out the front window for the twentienth time and told myself to relax for the… — Melissa Jensen Heart pounding Copy Share Image
“It's pierogis . From Svichkar's. Probably cold. It seemed...Oh,crap. It was a really stupid thing to bring, wasn't it? My mother just… — Melissa Jensen Italian Copy Share Image
“Okay,three things,and one of them has to be in French." I was back in the weird squashy chair; Alex was flopped on… — Melissa Jensen Good intentions Copy Share Image
“It had seemed too whimsival on the occasions when she'd worn it, a quirky and impractical gift from a husband who hadn't… — Melissa Jensen Marriage Copy Share Image
“A fair questioin. You've been to Naples. Imagine it five hundred years ago. Would it have made a difference?" "I've never been… — Melissa Jensen Years ago Copy Share Image
“The floor was full of crepe streamer seaweed and decomposing pirates. Or at least so it seemed. Half of the male population… — Melissa Jensen Argument Mermaid Copy Share Image
“It hit me,then,while he stared down at me with a slight frown.I was standing almost chest to chest with Alex Bainbridge in… — Melissa Jensen Comic book Copy Share Image
“I'm sorry I looked. Or saw, I guess. I didn't go digging through your book. The pages fell out." "Yeah. I kinda… — Melissa Jensen Books Copy Share Image
“I think he painted the way he did," I answered, "because he had something perfect with Diana." I braced myself for her… — Melissa Jensen Gaze Copy Share Image
“This would be the third year that she would try halfheartedly to keep her mother unaware that there even was a Fall… — Melissa Jensen Costume Copy Share Image
“Would you like to dance?" I knew I had frosting on my nose. Alex leaned over and wuped it off with his… — Melissa Jensen Bow tie Copy Share Image
“I am going to end up alone," he moaned. "Not in any conceivable universe!" One of Sadie's best qualities is the ability… — Melissa Jensen Another woman Copy Share Image
“Mystery is good." He drummed his fingertips on my thigh. "Maybe.Maybe not. But I'll let it go. How about this: If I… — Melissa Jensen Comic book Copy Share Image
“Ella. If you don’t learn to carpe the diem, you will be, while most certainly not Nobody, something less than a Somebody.” — Melissa Jensen Somebody Copy Share Image
“Subject: Hey. Just thought I would check and make sure you weren't felled by a rogue turkey bacteria. Subject: A, I really… — Melissa Jensen Subject Alex Copy Share Image
“Make poverty, sickness, and death central issues in the contract," he says, "it's no wonder the divorce rate is fifty percent.” — Melissa Jensen Death Copy Share Image
“sometimes no matter how many eyelashes or dandelion seeds you blow, no matter how much of your heart you tear out and… — Melissa Jensen Dandelion seeds Copy Share Image
“I figured anything Maxine Rothaus called rough was, in fact, vicious and lawless and inclined to eat its own young.” — Melissa Jensen Vicious Copy Share Image
“I'm changing..." I said. "Don't do that," Alex said into my hair. Then he scooped me up and over so I was… — Melissa Jensen Good person Copy Share Image
