--- title: "Best Suzanne Brockmann Words" description: "Suzanne Brockmann is an American romantic‑fiction writer who lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband Ed Gaffney and their two children, Melan..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b176/author-suzanne-brockmann-2175.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b176/author-suzanne-brockmann-2175.jpg) # Suzanne Brockmann (1960) Novelist United States **181** quotes in **551** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Suzanne Brockmann is a novelist from the United States, best known for *Breaking Point: a novel*. ## Quick Facts About Suzanne Brockmann Born January 1, 1960 Nationality United States Profession Novelist Notable works Breaking Point: a novel ## About Suzanne Brockmann Suzanne Brockmann is an American romantic‑fiction writer who lives near Boston, Massachusetts, with her husband Ed Gaffney and their two children, Melanie and Jason T. Gaffney. She also publishes books under the name Anne Brock. ## Quotes by Suzanne Brockmann · Page 5 > [“He didn’t know how to help. If Max were anyone else, Jules would sit with him for a while, looking out at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/he-didn-t-know-how-to-help-if-max-were-anyone-else-jules-would-sit/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Love of god](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-of-god/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ace/suzanne-brockmann-2175_love-of-god_he-didn-t-know-how-to-help-if-max-were-a_2018172.png) > [“I was still a novice at the caped crusader super-sleuth thing, but it didn’t take a degree from the Sherlock Holmes Detective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-was-still-a-novice-at-the-caped-crusader-super-sleuth-thing-but-it/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/suzanne-brockmann-2175_vanished_i-was-still-a-novice-at-the-caped-crusad_2076747.jpg) > [“Jane to Cosmo-- So you're thinking, you know, 'WTF, I thought we were going to do the horizontal mambo, and she has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/jane-to-cosmo-so-you-re-thinking-you-know-wtf-i-thought-we-were-going/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/suzanne-brockmann-2175_communication_jane-to-cosmo-so-you-re-thinking-you-kno_2560676.png) > [“But now Max wanted Gina to look out the window. “The cavalry had arrived,” he told her. Someone was standing directly in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/but-now-max-wanted-gina-to-look-out-the-window-the-cavalry-had/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/939/suzanne-brockmann-2175_gaze_but-now-max-wanted-gina-to-look-out-the_867358.jpg) > [“She sorted through the clothes. “Do you mind wearing Emilio’s underwear?” She turned back to him with the two different styles that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/she-sorted-through-the-clothes-do-you-mind-wearing-emilio-s-underwear/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Entire life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/entire-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/suzanne-brockmann-2175_entire-life_she-sorted-through-the-clothes-do-you-mi_2058509.jpg) > [“I love quick,” Gina said. “And come on, I’m getting jealous here. Was it zero sex last year for you, too?” “Yes,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-love-quick-gina-said-and-come-on-i-m-getting-jealous-here-was-it/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/suzanne-brockmann-2175_last-year_i-love-quick-gina-said-and-come-on-i-m-g_789823.jpg) > [“Debra pointed her purses lips in Max’s direction. “Overnight guests are forbidden. No exceptions.” “Did you just have the audacity to judge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/debra-pointed-her-purses-lips-in-max-s-direction-overnight-guests-are/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/suzanne-brockmann-2175_blood-pressure_debra-pointed-her-purses-lips-in-max-s-d_3143583.jpg) > [“Gina flopped back on her cot, arm up over her eyes. “Oh, my God, Molly, what am I going to do? The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/gina-flopped-back-on-her-cot-arm-up-over-her-eyes-oh-my-god-molly/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_gaze_gina-flopped-back-on-her-cot-arm-up-over_967064.png) > [“She's smart and she's funny and she's beautiful and very sexy--" "She sees me for who I am," Decker interrupted. "And she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/she-s-smart-and-she-s-funny-and-she-s-beautiful-and-very-sexy-she/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Relationship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/relationship/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/suzanne-brockmann-2175_relationship_she-s-smart-and-she-s-funny-and-she-s-be_1058683.jpg) > [“We shouldn’t do this,” he said again as he looked up into her eyes. “But, God, I want to. I just …”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/we-shouldn-t-do-this-he-said-again-as-he-looked-up-into-her-eyes-but/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Alpha-hero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alpha-hero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/suzanne-brockmann-2175_alpha-hero_we-shouldn-t-do-this-he-said-again-as-he_2158642.png) > [I know the M-word makes you nervous, but yeah. I'm talking about the big, permanent friendship. A little different from what Joe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-know-the-m-word-makes-you-nervous-but-yeah-i-m-talking-about-the/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Baby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baby/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/suzanne-brockmann-2175_baby_i-know-the-m-word-makes-you-nervous-but_1808351.png) > [“He spent two years running a hospital for Chai.” Molly put her arm around the younger woman. “Which was the equivalent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/he-spent-two-years-running-a-hospital-for-chai-molly-put-her-arm/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Left for dead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/left-for-dead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/suzanne-brockmann-2175_left-for-dead_he-spent-two-years-running-a-hospital-fo_626614.jpg) > [“I’m not the one who kissed you in the bathroom. In case you’re thinking I forgot about that, or somehow missed it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-m-not-the-one-who-kissed-you-in-the-bathroom-in-case-you-re/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Banter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/banter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/suzanne-brockmann-2175_banter_i-m-not-the-one-who-kissed-you-in-the-ba_1894450.png) > [I love the fact that so many of my readers are intelligent, exceptional, accomplished people with an open-minded love of diversity. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-love-the-fact-that-so-many-of-my-readers-are-intelligent-2/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/suzanne-brockmann-2175_accomplished_i-love-the-fact-that-so-many-of-my-reade_1101784.png) > [“The very first picture that came up on the camera’s little view screen was of him. What did that mean that she’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/the-very-first-picture-that-came-up-on-the-camera-s-little-view/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Photography](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/photography/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_photography_the-very-first-picture-that-came-up-on-t_519955.jpg) > [“While I sleep, and I sleep often these days, he spends much of his time in the church downtown. The very one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/while-i-sleep-and-i-sleep-often-these-days-he-spends-much-of-his-time/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/suzanne-brockmann-2175_jack_while-i-sleep-and-i-sleep-often-these-da_476483.jpg) > [“He swore sharply, David Jones’s still-so-familiar voice coming out of that stranger’s body. “Do you have any idea how unbelievably hard it’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/he-swore-sharply-david-jones-s-still-so-familiar-voice-coming-out-of/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_bad-news_he-swore-sharply-david-jones-s-still-so_3027372.jpg) > [“I believe strongly that my books are entertainment. I hope you might learn a thing or two while reading them, but first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-believe-strongly-that-my-books-are-entertainment-i-hope-you-might/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb6/suzanne-brockmann-2175_america_i-believe-strongly-that-my-books-are-ent_2949888.jpg) > [Jenk shook his head as he headed for the rental car counter. He felt his shoulders tightening as he walked away, certain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/jenk-shook-his-head-as-he-headed-for-the-rental-car-counter-he-felt/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Bird](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bird/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a4/suzanne-brockmann-2175_bird_jenk-shook-his-head-as-he-headed-for-the_2522620.jpg) > [ “Then it’s a deal, we’re friends.” \[…\] “Can we just make one conditional rule here? That if we get into a situation… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/then-it-s-a-deal-we-re-friends-can-we-just-make-one-conditional-rule/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/suzanne-brockmann-2175_asshole_then-it-s-a-deal-we-re-friends-can-we-ju_2037476.png) > [“Can I tell you a funny story?” Gina asked. She didn’t wait for him to say yes or no. “It’s about, well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/can-i-tell-you-a-funny-story-gina-asked-she-didn-t-wait-for-him-to/) [Suzanne Brockmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/) [Funny story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/funny-story/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/suzanne-brockmann-2175_funny-story_can-i-tell-you-a-funny-story-gina-asked_1665633.jpg) ## Suzanne Brockmann by topic [Love (23)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/suzanne-brockmann/) [Time (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/suzanne-brockmann/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-brockmann/#itemlist", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann Quotes", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He didn’t know how to help. If Max were anyone else, Jules would sit with him for a while, looking out at the night, and then start to talk. About nothing too heavy at first. Warming up to get into the hard stuff. Although, maybe, if he tried that now, the man would either open up—Ha, ha, ha! Riotous laughter. Like that would ever happen—or he’d stand up and move outside of talking range, which would put him away from the window with nothing to look at, at which point he might close his eyes for a while. It was certainly worth a try. Of course there were other possibilities. Max could put Jules into a chokehold until he passed out. So okay. Start talking. Although why bother with inconsequential chitchat, designed to make Max relax? And weren’t those words-- Max and relax --two that had never before been used together in a sentence? It wasn’t going to happen, so it made sense to just jump right in. Although, what was the best way to tell a friend that the choices he’d made were among the stupidest of all time, and that he was, in short, a complete dumbfuck? Max was not oblivious to Jules’s internal hemming and hawing. “If you have something you need to say, for the love of God, just say it. Don’t sit there making all those weird noises.” What? “What noises? I’m not making weird noises.” “Yeah,” Max said. “You are.” “Like what? Like . . .?” He held out his hands, inviting Max to demonstrate. “Like . . .” Max sighed heavily. “Like . . .” He made a tsk ing sound with his tongue. Jules laughed. “Those aren’t weird noises. 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Alison had come home, put her lunch in the zapper, poured herself a beverage, turned on her computer and . . . vanished off the face of the earth.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-was-still-a-novice-at-the-caped-crusader-super-sleuth-thing-but-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/suzanne-brockmann-2175_vanished_i-was-still-a-novice-at-the-caped-crusad_2076747.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/suzanne-brockmann-2175_vanished_i-was-still-a-novice-at-the-caped-crusad_2076747.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/suzanne-brockmann-2175_vanished_i-was-still-a-novice-at-the-caped-crusad_2076747.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I was still a novice at the caped crusader super-sleuth thing, but it didn’t take a degree from the Sherlock…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Jane to Cosmo-- So you're thinking, you know, 'WTF, I thought we were going to do the horizontal mambo, and she has /questions/?' 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Someone was standing directly in front of the tank. Whoever he was—a boy, dressed like a surfer, on crutches—was holding one hand out in front of him like a traffic cop signaling halt. The tank, of course, had rolled to a stop. And Gina realized this was no ordinary surfer, this was Jules Cassidy. Jules was alive! And here she’d thought she was all cried out. Max laughed as he peered out through the slit that passed as a windshield for the tank. “He has no idea that we’re in here,” he said. Damn, Jules looked like he’d been hit by a bus. “Jesus, he has some balls.” Jules turned to the interpreter, who still didn’t quite believe that they weren’t going to kill him. “Open the hatch.” “Yes, sir.” He poked his head out. “Do you speak English?” Max could hear Jules through the opening. “Yes, sir.” “Tell your commanding officer to back up. In fact, tell him to leave the area. I’m in charge of this situation now. My name is Jules Cassidy and I’m an American, with the FBI. There are Marine gunships on their way, they’ll be here any minute. They have armor-penetrating artillery—they’ll blow you to hell, so back off.” “Tell him Jones wants to know if the gunships are really coming, or if that’s just something he learned in FBI Bullshitting 101.” The interpreter passed the message along. As Max watched, surprise and relief crossed Jules’s face. “Is Max in there, too?” Jules asked. “Yes, sir,” the interpreter said. “Well, shit.” Jules grinned. “I should’ve stayed in the hospital.” “I hear helicopters!” Gina’s voice came through the walkie-talkie. “I can see them, too! They’re definitely American!” Max took a deep breath, keyed the talk button. 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Someone was standing…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She sorted through the clothes. “Do you mind wearing Emilio’s underwear?” She turned back to him with the two different styles that she’d found. “You’re about the same size. And they’re clean. They were wrapped in a paper package, like from a laundry service.” Max gave her a look, because along with the very nice, very expensive pair of black silk boxers she’d pilfered from Emilio, she’d also borrowed one of his thongs. “What?” Gina said. It was definitely a man-thong. It had all that extra room for various non-female body parts. “Don’t be ridiculous.” “I’m not,” she said, trying to play it as serious. “One, it’s been a while, maybe your tastes have changed. And two, these might actually be more comfortable, considering the placement of your bandage and—” He took the boxers from her. “Apparently I was wrong.” She turned away and started sorting through the pairs of pants and Bermuda shorts she’d grabbed, trying not to be too obvious about the fact that she was watching him out of the corner of her eye. To make sure he didn’t fall over. Right. After he got the boxers on, he took off the bathrobe and . . . Okay, he definitely wasn’t as skinny as he’d been after his lengthy stint in the hospital. Emilio’s pants probably weren’t going to fit him, after all. Although, there was one pair that looked like they’d be nice and loose . . . There they were. The Kelly green Bermuda shorts. Max gave her another one of those you’ve-got-to-be-kidding glances as he put the bathrobe over the back of another chair. “Do I really look as if I’ve ever worn shorts that color in my entire life?” She tried not to smile. “I honestly don’t think you have much choice.” She let herself look at him. “You know, you could just go with the boxers. At least until your pants dry. You know what would really work with that, though? A bowtie.” She turned, as if to go back to the closet. “I’m sure Emilio has a tux. Judging from his other clothes, it’s probably polyester and chartreuse, but maybe the bowtie is—” “Gina.” Max stopped her before she reached the door. He motioned for her to come back. She held out the green shorts, but instead of taking them, he took her arm, pulled her close. “I love you,” Max said, as if he were dispatching some terrible, dire news that somehow still managed to amuse him at least a little. Gina had been hoping that he’d say it, praying even, but the fact that he’d managed to smile, even just a bit while he did, was a miracle. And then, before her heart even had a chance to start beating again, he kissed her. And oh, she was also beyond ready for that particular marvel, for the sweet softness of his mouth, for the solidness of his arms around her. There was more of him to hold her since he’d regained his fighting weight—and that was amazing, too. She skimmed her hands across the muscular smoothness of his back, his shoulders, as his kiss changed from tender to heated. And, God. That was a miracle, too. Except she couldn’t help but wonder about those words, wrenched from him, as if it cost him his soul to speak them aloud. Why tell her this right now? Yes, she’d been waiting for years for him to say that he loved her, but . . . Max laughed his surprise. “No. Why do you . . .?” He figured it out himself. “No, no, Gina, just . . . I should’ve said it before. I should have said it years ago, but I really should have said it, you know, instead of hi. ” He laughed again, clearly disgusted with himself. “God, I’m an idiot. I mean, hi? I should have walked in and said, ‘Gina, I need you. I love you, don’t ever leave me again.’” She stared at him. It was probably a good thing that he hadn’t said that at the time, because she might’ve fainted. It was obvious that he wanted her to say something, but she was completely speechless.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/she-sorted-through-the-clothes-do-you-mind-wearing-emilio-s-underwear/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/suzanne-brockmann-2175_entire-life_she-sorted-through-the-clothes-do-you-mi_2058509.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/suzanne-brockmann-2175_entire-life_she-sorted-through-the-clothes-do-you-mi_2058509.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/032/suzanne-brockmann-2175_entire-life_she-sorted-through-the-clothes-do-you-mi_2058509.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She sorted through the clothes. “Do you mind wearing Emilio’s underwear?” She turned back to him with the…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I love quick,” Gina said. “And come on, I’m getting jealous here. Was it zero sex last year for you, too?” “Yes,” he admitted. “I love you, you weren’t there—what was I going to do?” “Are you actually embarrassed, ” she asked, “because you weren’t some kind of man-ho and—” “No,” Max said. “I’m embarrassed that it took me an entire fucking year and a half and the worst scare of my life to figure out that I can’t live without you.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-love-quick-gina-said-and-come-on-i-m-getting-jealous-here-was-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/suzanne-brockmann-2175_last-year_i-love-quick-gina-said-and-come-on-i-m-g_789823.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/suzanne-brockmann-2175_last-year_i-love-quick-gina-said-and-come-on-i-m-g_789823.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/suzanne-brockmann-2175_last-year_i-love-quick-gina-said-and-come-on-i-m-g_789823.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love quick,” Gina said. “And come on, I’m getting jealous here. Was it zero sex last year for you, too?”…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Debra pointed her purses lips in Max’s direction. “Overnight guests are forbidden. No exceptions.” “Did you just have the audacity to judge me?” Gina blocked the nurse’s route to the door. “Without knowing the least little thing about me?” Debra lifted an eyebrow. “Well, I have seen your underwear, dear.” “Exactly,” Gina said. “You’ve seen my underwear—not my personality profile, or my resume, or my college transcript, or—” “If you think for one second,” the nurse countered, “that anything about this situation is even remotely unique—” “That’s enough,” Max said. Gina, of course, ignored him. “I don’t just think it, I know it,” she said. “It’s unique because I’m unique, because Max is unique, because—” Debra finally laughed. “Oh, honey, you are so . . . young . Here’s a tip I don’t usually bother to tell girls like you: If I find one pair of panties on the floor, it’s only a matter of time before I find another. And I hate to break it to you, hon, but the girl who comes out of the bathroom next time, well . . . She isn’t going to be you.” “First of all,” Gina said grimly, “I’m a woman, not a girl. And second, Grandma . . . You want to bet it’s not going to be me?” “I said, that’s enough ,” Max repeated, and they both turned to look at him. About time. He was used to clearing his throat and having an entire room jump to full attention. “Ms. Forsythe, you took my blood pressure—you have the information you needed, good day to you, ma’am. Gina . . .” He wanted to tell her to untwist her panties and put them back on, but he didn’t dare. “Sit,” he ordered instead, motioning to the desk chair that could be pulled beside the bed. “Please,” he added when Nurse Evil smirked on her way out the door.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/debra-pointed-her-purses-lips-in-max-s-direction-overnight-guests-are/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/suzanne-brockmann-2175_blood-pressure_debra-pointed-her-purses-lips-in-max-s-d_3143583.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/suzanne-brockmann-2175_blood-pressure_debra-pointed-her-purses-lips-in-max-s-d_3143583.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/suzanne-brockmann-2175_blood-pressure_debra-pointed-her-purses-lips-in-max-s-d_3143583.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Debra pointed her purses lips in Max’s direction. “Overnight guests are forbidden. No exceptions.” “Did you…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Gina flopped back on her cot, arm up over her eyes. “Oh, my God, Molly, what am I going to do? The fact that he came here tonight at all is . . . He’s clearly interested, but that’s probably just because he thinks I’m a total perv.” “Whoa,” Molly said. “Wait. You lost me there.” Gina sat up, a mix of earnestness, horror, and amusement on her pretty face. “I didn’t tell you this, but after I first spoke to Lucy’s sister—we were in the shower tent so no one would see us—I let her leave first and then I waited, like, a minute, thinking we shouldn’t be seen leaving the tent together. And before I go, he came in.” He. “Leslie Pollard?” Molly clarified. Gina nodded. “I freaked out when I saw him coming, and it’s stupid, I know, but I hid. And I should have just waited until I heard the shower go on, but God, maybe he wouldn’t have pulled the curtain, because he obviously thought he was in there alone . . .” Molly started to laugh. “Oh my.” “Yeah,” Gina said. “Oh my. So I decide to run for it, only he’s not in one of the changing booths, he’s over by the bench, you know?” Molly nodded. The bench in the main part of the room. “In only his underwear,” Gina finished, with a roll of her eyes. “Oh, my God.” “Really? Molly asked. Apparently Jones was taking his change of identity very seriously. He hated wearing underwear of any kind, but obviously he thought it wouldn’t be in character for Leslie Pollard to go commando. “Boxers or briefs?” Gina gave her a look, but she was starting to laugh now, too, thank goodness. “Briefs. Very brief briefs.” She covered her mouth with her hands. “Oh, my God, Molly, he was . . . I think he showers at noon because he knows no one else will be in there, so he can, you know, have an intimate visit with Mr. Hand.” Oh, dear. “And now I know, and he knows I know, and he also probably thinks I lurk in the men’s shower,” Gina continued. “And the fact that he actually came to tea tonight, instead of hiding from me, in his tent, forever, means . . . something awful, don’t you think? Did I mention he has, like, an incredible body?” Molly shook her head. Oh dear. “No.” “Yes,” Gina said just a little too grimly, considering the topic. “Who would’ve guessed that underneath those awful shirts he’s a total god? And maybe that’s what’s freaking out the most.” “You mean because . . . you’re attracted to him?” Molly asked. “No!” Gina said. “God! Because I’m not . I felt nothing. I’m standing there and he’s . . . You know how I said he reminds me of Hugh Grant?” Molly nodded, too relieved to speak. “Well, I got the wrong Hugh. This guy is built like Hugh Jackman. And beneath the hats and sunblock and glasses, he’s actually got cheekbones and a jaw line, too. I’m talking total hottie. And, yes, I can definitely appreciate that on one level, but . . .” She glanced over at the desk, at her digital camera. She’d gotten it out of her trunk earlier today. Which, Molly had learned, meant that she’d spent more time this afternoon looking at her saved pictures. Which included at least a few of Max. Molly’s relief over not having to deal with the complications of Gina having a crush on Leslie felt a whole lot less good. She wished someone would just go ahead and steal Gina’s camera already. Maybe that would help her move on.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/gina-flopped-back-on-her-cot-arm-up-over-her-eyes-oh-my-god-molly/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_gaze_gina-flopped-back-on-her-cot-arm-up-over_967064.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_gaze_gina-flopped-back-on-her-cot-arm-up-over_967064.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_gaze_gina-flopped-back-on-her-cot-arm-up-over_967064.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Gina flopped back on her cot, arm up over her eyes. “Oh, my God, Molly, what am I going to do? 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It's complicated--like every relationship is. but I can relax around her.\" He searched for the right words. \"I feel ... safe when I'm with her.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/she-s-smart-and-she-s-funny-and-she-s-beautiful-and-very-sexy-she/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/suzanne-brockmann-2175_relationship_she-s-smart-and-she-s-funny-and-she-s-be_1058683.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/suzanne-brockmann-2175_relationship_she-s-smart-and-she-s-funny-and-she-s-be_1058683.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/536/suzanne-brockmann-2175_relationship_she-s-smart-and-she-s-funny-and-she-s-be_1058683.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“She's smart and she's funny and she's beautiful and very sexy--\" \"She sees me for who I am,\" Decker…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We shouldn’t do this,” he said again as he looked up into her eyes. “But, God, I want to. I just …” He closed his eyes, exhaled hard. “Pheeb. I’m a bad bet. There’s no future here. I know this feels big, this thing between us, right now it feels huge—and shh, don’t make a dick joke, I’m serious. But it’s not going to feel as big or special tomorrow, or, shit, even later tonight. I mean, yeah, I can make you feel good. I know it. And God knows you can make me … Jesus, you’re so beautiful, I just —” She stopped him there, again, with a kiss, and just like that, it was as if something snapped.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/we-shouldn-t-do-this-he-said-again-as-he-looked-up-into-her-eyes-but/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/suzanne-brockmann-2175_alpha-hero_we-shouldn-t-do-this-he-said-again-as-he_2158642.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/suzanne-brockmann-2175_alpha-hero_we-shouldn-t-do-this-he-said-again-as-he_2158642.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/suzanne-brockmann-2175_alpha-hero_we-shouldn-t-do-this-he-said-again-as-he_2158642.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We shouldn’t do this,” he said again as he looked up into her eyes. “But, God, I want to. I just …” He…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I know the M-word makes you nervous, but yeah. I'm talking about the big, permanent friendship. A little different from what Joe and Charles had, though. See, I want to be the kind of best friends who make love every night, who share all their darkest secrets and favorite jokes, and maybe even someday make babies together. 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A little…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He spent two years running a hospital for Chai.” Molly put her arm around the younger woman. “Which was the equivalent of working the ER in a city like New York or Chicago. He saved a lot of lives.” She made sure Max was paying attention, too. “And before you say, ‘Yeah, of drug runners, killers, and thieves,’ you should also know that his patients were just regular people who worked for Chai because he was the only steady employer in the area. Or because they knew they’d end up in some mass grave if they refused his offer of employment. Before Grady came in, if they were injured in some battle with a rival gang, they were just left for dead.” Jones looked up to find Max watching him as he sterilized a particularly sharp knife. “Me and Jesus,” he said. “So much alike, people often get us confused.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/he-spent-two-years-running-a-hospital-for-chai-molly-put-her-arm/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/suzanne-brockmann-2175_left-for-dead_he-spent-two-years-running-a-hospital-fo_626614.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/suzanne-brockmann-2175_left-for-dead_he-spent-two-years-running-a-hospital-fo_626614.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/068/suzanne-brockmann-2175_left-for-dead_he-spent-two-years-running-a-hospital-fo_626614.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He spent two years running a hospital for Chai.” Molly put her arm around the younger woman. “Which was the…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’m not the one who kissed you in the bathroom. In case you’re thinking I forgot about that, or somehow missed it, or …” “Kind of hard to miss,” Ian agreed. “Your lips, mine. A distinct smacking sound. Yup, that was me kissing you. Still, it was short—quickly over and done. A kiss good-bye. The subtext was I hope we don’t die, but if we do, it was nice meeting you. Not at all like that under-the-dock kiss.” He paused. “The one where you jumped me. The first time. So far.” He narrowed his eyes at her, much the way she’d done to him. “Naturally I’m suspicious. Did you intentionally leave my clothes behind?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-m-not-the-one-who-kissed-you-in-the-bathroom-in-case-you-re/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/suzanne-brockmann-2175_banter_i-m-not-the-one-who-kissed-you-in-the-ba_1894450.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/suzanne-brockmann-2175_banter_i-m-not-the-one-who-kissed-you-in-the-ba_1894450.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/suzanne-brockmann-2175_banter_i-m-not-the-one-who-kissed-you-in-the-ba_1894450.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I’m not the one who kissed you in the bathroom. 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But even more than that, I love it when my readers find lasting friendship with others of my readers - knowing that they met through their mutual affection for my books and characters makes me happy!", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/i-love-the-fact-that-so-many-of-my-readers-are-intelligent-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/suzanne-brockmann-2175_accomplished_i-love-the-fact-that-so-many-of-my-reade_1101784.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/suzanne-brockmann-2175_accomplished_i-love-the-fact-that-so-many-of-my-reade_1101784.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/suzanne-brockmann-2175_accomplished_i-love-the-fact-that-so-many-of-my-reade_1101784.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I love the fact that so many of my readers are intelligent, exceptional, accomplished people with an…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 15, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The very first picture that came up on the camera’s little view screen was of him. What did that mean that she’d kept this picture of him? Was it because she still cared? Or had she saved it as a warning? Like, “Never forget how completely screwed up your relationship was with this loser . . .” It wasn’t a particularly good picture. In fact, it was pretty embarrassing. Sitting up in his bed, Max was in his room at Sheffield. It was the photo Gina had taken the day after he’d arrived there. He looked like crap warmed over after his very first physical therapy session, and he was glowering into the camera because he goddamn didn’t want his picture taken.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/the-very-first-picture-that-came-up-on-the-camera-s-little-view/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_photography_the-very-first-picture-that-came-up-on-t_519955.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_photography_the-very-first-picture-that-came-up-on-t_519955.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_photography_the-very-first-picture-that-came-up-on-t_519955.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The very first picture that came up on the camera’s little view screen was of him. 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I know for sure, were J. granted that game of cars with the Almighty, he’d go into it with both an ace and a jack up his sleeve.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/while-i-sleep-and-i-sleep-often-these-days-he-spends-much-of-his-time/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/suzanne-brockmann-2175_jack_while-i-sleep-and-i-sleep-often-these-da_476483.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/suzanne-brockmann-2175_jack_while-i-sleep-and-i-sleep-often-these-da_476483.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f93/suzanne-brockmann-2175_jack_while-i-sleep-and-i-sleep-often-these-da_476483.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“While I sleep, and I sleep often these days, he spends much of his time in the church downtown. 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Sisters Helen and Grace were hurrying across the compound, coming to see what the ruckus was, shading their eyes and peering so they could see in through the screens. “You can’t let on that you know me,” Jones told Molly quickly, his voice low, rough. “You can’t tell anyone—not even your friend the priest during confession, do you understand?” “Are you in some kind of danger?” she asked him. Dear God, he was so thin. And was the cane necessary or just a prop? “Stand still, will you, so I can—” “No. Don’t. We can’t . . .” He backed away again. “If you say anything, Mol, I swear, I’ll vanish, and I will not come back. Unless . . . if you don’t want me here—and I don’t blame you if you don’t—” “No!” was all she managed to say before Sister Helen opened the door and looked from the mess on the floor to Molly’s stricken expression. “Oh, dear.” “I’m afraid it’s my fault,” Jones said in a British accent, in a voice that was completely different from his own, as Helen rushed to Molly’s side. “My fault entirely. I brought Miss Anderson some bad news. I didn’t realize just how devastating it would be.” Molly started crying. It was more than just a good way to hide her laughter at that accent—those were real tears streaming down her face and she couldn’t stop them. Helen led her to one of the tables, helped her sit down. “Oh, my dear,” the nun said, kneeling in front of her, concern on her round face, holding her hand. “What happened?” “We have a mutual friend,” Jones answered for her. “Bill Bolten. He found out I was heading to Kenya, and he thought if I happened to run into Miss Anderson that she would want to know that a friend of theirs recently . . . well, passed. Cat’s out of the bag, right? Fellow name of Grady Morant, who went by the alias of Jones.” “Oh, dear,” Helen said again, hand to her mouth in genuine sympathy. Jones leaned closer to the nun, his voice low, but not low enough for Molly to miss hearing. “His plane went down—burned—gas tank exploded . . . Ghastly mess. Not a prayer that he survived.” Molly buried her face in her hands, hardly able to think. “Bill was worried that she might’ve heard it first from someone else,” he said. “But apparently she hadn’t.” Molly shook her head, no. News did travel fast via the grapevine. Relief workers tended to know other relief workers and . . . She could well have heard about Jones’s death without him standing right in front of her. Wouldn’t that have been awful?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/he-swore-sharply-david-jones-s-still-so-familiar-voice-coming-out-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_bad-news_he-swore-sharply-david-jones-s-still-so_3027372.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_bad-news_he-swore-sharply-david-jones-s-still-so_3027372.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/suzanne-brockmann-2175_bad-news_he-swore-sharply-david-jones-s-still-so_3027372.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He swore sharply, David Jones’s still-so-familiar voice coming out of that stranger’s body. “Do you have any…” — Suzanne Brockmann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 18, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I believe strongly that my books are entertainment. I hope you might learn a thing or two while reading them, but first and foremost, my job is to entertain you. If I’m waving a flag in Hot Target, it’s the same flag I’ve always waved in all my books—the American flag. And that’s a flag that’s supposed to stand for acceptance and understanding. For freedom for all—and not just freedom for all Americans, but freedom for all of the diverse and wonderful people living on this planet; freedom to live their lives according to their definitions of freedom. 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I’m afraid that accepting me for who I am comes with the territory when talking friendship.” “Stay in the shadows, asshole,” she said, then turned to stalk up the lawn toward the deck. “Thank you,” he said as he headed for the shrubs. “I appreciate our open-minded acceptance of my asshole-ishness.” And he wasn’t sure, but he could’ve sword that he heard Phoebe laugh.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/then-it-s-a-deal-we-re-friends-can-we-just-make-one-conditional-rule/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/suzanne-brockmann-2175_asshole_then-it-s-a-deal-we-re-friends-can-we-ju_2037476.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/suzanne-brockmann-2175_asshole_then-it-s-a-deal-we-re-friends-can-we-ju_2037476.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/suzanne-brockmann-2175_asshole_then-it-s-a-deal-we-re-friends-can-we-ju_2037476.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Then it’s a deal, we’re friends.” […] “Can we just make one conditional rule here? 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Convincing?” “That was pretty good.” They sat in silence for a moment, then Gina spoke again. “Maybe I could get a T-shirt that says, ‘I’m not his daughter, I’m his wife.’” Max nodded as he laughed. “Yet still you mock me.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Suzanne Brockmann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-brockmann/can-i-tell-you-a-funny-story-gina-asked-she-didn-t-wait-for-him-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/suzanne-brockmann-2175_funny-story_can-i-tell-you-a-funny-story-gina-asked_1665633.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/suzanne-brockmann-2175_funny-story_can-i-tell-you-a-funny-story-gina-asked_1665633.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/351/suzanne-brockmann-2175_funny-story_can-i-tell-you-a-funny-story-gina-asked_1665633.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Can I tell you a funny story?” Gina asked. 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