Jennifer Close Quotes & Sayings

Are you ever afraid that you aren't going to meet anyone? — Jennifer Close

Some friends are gossips and some are sloppy drunks. If you like them well enough, you ignore this trait and continue to be their friend. — Jennifer Close

They followed because it was all they had ever done; they followed because it was all they knew how to do. — Jennifer Close

You can imagine anything to be fun in retrospect- look at all those people who long for high school. — Jennifer Close

She worried that maybe they'd been dating too long to end up together. It was like when you tried to jump off the high dive and if you did it right away, you were fine. But if you stood there looking down, thinking of all the bad things that could happen, you were doomed. You would just climb back down the ladder to the safety of the ground. — Jennifer Close

No one really knew what went on in her relationship with Mike. No one even really knew her. Maybe she loved Mike more than he liked her. And wasn't that horrible? Wasn't that sad? But people forgot about that. They didn't see a tragedy, just a good story. To them, it was just some girl to point to and say, "Well, at least my life isn't as fucked up at that". — Jennifer Close

When Lauren hired a woman to come to the party and sell sex toys, Kristi turned to her and said, 'This seems like something you would want more than I would. I mean, I have Todd now and we're getting married, so I don't really need a vibrator. But it's fun for the single girls, I guess. — Jennifer Close

It wasn't that I didn't understand it, this jealousy, because I did. It's just that it was hard sometimes to watch a group of grown people act like seventh graders trying to sit next to the coolest kid at the lunch table. Honestly, it just made you feel sad because you always thought people would outgrow this, thought that adulthood would be different. And it wasn't. — Jennifer Close

No," Isabella said. "I've been out to eat with boys who were my boyfriend, but that's not dating. That's just parallel eating. — Jennifer Close

How can you be with someone if you never see them? — Jennifer Close

You never want to be the first one of your friends to get married. If you are, just resign yourself to the fact that your wedding will be a shitshow. Most people are still single, open bars are a novelty, and no matter how elegant the wedding was planned to be, it will end up looking like a scene out of Girls Gone Wild. — Jennifer Close

She'd forgotten to do the right thing for one day and that was it. life was shit sometimes, it really was. — Jennifer Close

I didn't know then that this was just part of DC, that everyone was always looking ahead to the next step, peeking around to see what other people were doing, calculating the next move. — Jennifer Close

Family time was hard when it was your own family, it had to be twice as hard when you were the girlfriend. — Jennifer Close

That's the thing about giving advice, she could say. It might come back to haunt you. — Jennifer Close

It made them restless and irritable while they waited for something to start. They all knew they ought to feel different in their new lives, but they felt the same and it put them on edge. Hot and impatient, they fidgeted in the heat, grumbling and asking each other, "What next? What next? — Jennifer Close

Ken was Mary's new boyfriend, a nice guy who made all their friends comments, "Oh, there he is. That's what she's been waiting for," as if finding your perfect match was a guarantee as long as you were patient enough. — Jennifer Close

I hated that the Metro was carpeted, and that it was so far underground - you felt like a mole by the time you got down the escalator - and I hated that you had to swipe your card to get in and out of the station. I hated that you couldn't eat or drink on the train, and I especially hated that everyone obeyed the rule, like they were afraid they'd be arrested for sipping a cup of Starbucks on their morning commute. — Jennifer Close

This is the first fall that I haven't gone to school. Maybe that's why I feel weird all the time. — Jennifer Close

The thing is that you don't meet someone until you do ... and the older we get, the harder it is. And maybe not all of us will meet someone. — Jennifer Close

That was all she wanted. To be back somewhere where no one looked at her strangely, where she fit in. And she knew that place was New York. — Jennifer Close

I wondered if people ever blamed the end of friendships on geographical differences, the divides that come from being born in different areas, culture clash. — Jennifer Close

The neighbors are neglecting their exotic birds. — Jennifer Close

Republicans like Fox News and NASCAR and Democrats like MSNBC and Starbucks." "Simple as that?" I asked, and he said, "Absolutely. — Jennifer Close

We all laughed, but what I really felt was a sense of claustrophobia, something that had been happening more and more. It was like the city was getting smaller the longer we were there. It was incestuous, the way everyone knew everything about people. — Jennifer Close

I'd get off the train at Penn Station, breathe in the smell of urine, popcorn, and dirt, and feel like I was coming home. — Jennifer Close

I've never been on a date before," Isabella said to Mary as she got ready that night.
"You've been on plenty of dates," Mary said.
"No," Isabella said. "I've been out to eat with boys who were my boyfriend, but that's not dating. That's just parelle eating. — Jennifer Close

All he wanted was to know what to expect. His world didn't look like he'd thought it would, and she understood. how could he keep calm if he couldn't see? — Jennifer Close

Isabella, you miss the essence of a boy. That's all. — Jennifer Close

And then there's the way that people come here, earnest and full of dreams, believing that they can make a difference. That's the thing about DC - people are always leaving but that makes space for the new transplants, the crowds that keep flooding in, full of energy and wonder. — Jennifer Close

Somewhere after the dinner was served and before the cake was cut, Isabella lost Ben. Everyone at their table was up dancing and mingling. Isabella sat there and drank wine. She felt like a fool. — Jennifer Close

Wanting him back was like wanting to cut off your arms or have your toes poked with needles. It didn't make sense. — Jennifer Close

Breakups are tough," Isabella said. "But you got through it!" "I'm glad you're over him," Shannon said. "Now you need to go find another asshole to fuck with your head. — Jennifer Close

I just think you can't be so quick to be so sure of other people's situations. Examine your own situation. You also have a lot of choices. It's not always easier for other people. It doesn't work like that. — Jennifer Close

sometimes I wondered if the whole point of their friendship was just to post these images, to prove to the world that they had a bunch of pretty friends. — Jennifer Close

Fall always did that to her. It made her restless, like she was late getting back to school; like she should be registering for classes, and buying pencils and notebooks and folders that matched. — Jennifer Close

What if he was only pleasant and kind when everything was working out for him, when good things were easily coming his way? — Jennifer Close

In college, twenty-nine had seemed impossibly old. By now, she'd thought, she'd be married and have kids. But as each year went by, she didn't feel much different than she had before. Time kept going by and she was just here, the same. — Jennifer Close

This is your life. You're the one that has to live with the decision you make, not anyone else. Just remember that. What you do in life is yours and it doesn't matter what other people want from you. — Jennifer Close

The peahens waddled round, following the peacock wherever he went. He couldn't see in the night, so he wandered around aimlessly in the pen. Go the other way, she wanted to scream at the gimpy peahen. Stop worrying about where he's going and just rest. — Jennifer Close

Harrison knew how to date. He made plans to go to dinner at restaurants where they could drink margaritas and hear each other talk. He took her to movies and then to a diner for grilled cheese. He always paid. He called when he said he would, and held the door for her. The first night she stayed at his apartment, he woke up early and came back with two cups of coffee. — Jennifer Close

It wasn't that she wanted to be in college again, exactly. No, she just missed it sometimes, the aftermath of those nights out, inexplicable bruises and lost wallets, phone numbers being requested, make-outs with near strangers in crowded bars — Jennifer Close

And like most big families, they were loud and secretly thought they were funnier and a little more special than everyone else. — Jennifer Close

What you do in life is yours. — Jennifer Close

The fights they had now were much worse. Isabella had never fought like this with anyone before. With Ben, she had all-out, drunken marathon fights that lasted for hours. She was sure the neighbors thought they were crazy. — Jennifer Close

If you pretend to have authority, people never question you. — Jennifer Close

She'd spent years working at places that were just a job and it didn't make it easier that you didn't care about it. If anything, it made it harder. — Jennifer Close

Sometimes she missed people before they even left her, got depressed about a vacation being over before it started. — Jennifer Close

When, I wondered, did every pregnant person get together and decide that Mama was the appropriate term to use? Why did having a baby turn these people into hillbillies? — Jennifer Close

Sometimes, she knew, people just needed a little time to be able to picture themselves in a new place, to see possibility in a blank space. — Jennifer Close

There are fall days in October that are so beautiful they take your breath away. The sky is blue and the sun is strong and the air is finally the tiniest bit crisp. Most of the East Coast is already bundled up in their winter coats, but we get to appreciate the last of the sunshine. — Jennifer Close

Harrison was standing next to the dorm building, checking his Blackberry. She watched him from behind. How was she supposed to be okay just hating him and then loving him on alternate days. What if it never stopped? — Jennifer Close

Isabella and Ben starting spending a lot of time together, but he never really wanted to do anything. — Jennifer Close

When a friendship ends, people don't always give it the same amount of thought that they do relationships ... most of the time, friendships end in a different way - slowly, and without declarations. Usually people don't really notice until a friend has been gone for a while and then they just say they grew apart, or their lives became too different. — Jennifer Close