Quote by Emma Straub Download Open image ““... She was as beautiful and lost as a landlocked mermaid.”” — Emma Straub ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“She was like a mermaid enrapturing me the sailor with all her charms!” — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“She tried to speak; her mouth opened, once, twice, silent, a mermaid washed ashore.” — Gillian Flynn Copy Share Image
“The sea waves stirred before me they dashed against the rocks Like a mermaid rising from its depths curled white sea foam were her… — Giselle V. Steele Copy Share Image
“Being a mermaid might seem like all fun and games, but it was a job like any other.” — Mira Grant Copy Share Image
“Mermaid tears were treasure, meant to be guarded close to one’s heart. They brought wishes of true love and kept you safe from those… — Kerry Lonsdale Copy Share Image
“She smells the way a mermaid ought to smell. She smells of the sea.” — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“I knew I loved that quirky mermaid before I ever dated her, and I don't want any more time to come between us.” — Carla Reighard Copy Share Image
“Once, long ago, I heard the mermaids singing, but I do not think they will sing to me now.” — Toby R. Beeny Copy Share Image
“Now whenever Franny or Jim spoke to someone who kept a car in Manhattan, they reacted with quiet horror, like people who’d been subjected… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“There was nothing in life harder or more important than agreeing every morning to stay the course, to go back to your forgotten self… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“Having a daughter whose company he actually enjoyed was one of Jim’s favorite accomplishments. The odds were against you, in all matters of family… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“Once Charles arrived, Franny would start laughing the way she had when she was twenty-four, and the rest of them could start setting one… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“Teenagers and younger children did not need to sit in business class, let alone first—that was Franny’s philosophy. The extra room was for people… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“What were parents anyway, except two people who had once thought they were the smartest people in the world? They were a delusional species,… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“It's a rental," I said, realizing when I said it that our house was the only rental on the block. Maybe something unseemly had… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“Timing was everything—that was more and more obvious the older you got, when you finally understood that the universe wasn’t held together in any… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“Elizabeth was happy in her marriage, she really was. It was just that sometimes she thought about all the experiences she’d never gotten to… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“It was crazy, what young people believed was possible, what so many earnest twenty-three-year-olds took for granted about the rest of their lives.” — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
“...all she wanted was a button she could push to pause her age, just for a little while, a few years, while she got… — Emma Straub Copy Share Image
