Top 100 Kristan Higgins Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “For the record, a mechanical engineer is responsible for how just about anything is built. We make sure any type of structure or vehicle or roadway is strong, safe and will stay together.”

— Kristan Higgins

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

— Kristan Higgins

3. “I use to think that somewhere along the line, I’d find the key to that perfect life... and that once I had it, every day would be golden and easy and everything would fit. But life isn’t like that. There are only perfect glowing moments... and then there are everyday moments that weave them together into a shimmering path that can always be seen, even in the dark.”

— Kristan Higgins

4. “A huge weight has been lifted from my shoulders, as if a rock has rolled off my soul. No. As if I pushed it off, and stand blinking in the sun.”

— Kristan Higgins

5. “Stop smiling. Every time you smile, an angel dies.”

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6. “You want to be treated like an adult? Then you need to grow up.”

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7. “She smiled, and there it was again, that aching pressure in his chest. Love, or a heart attack. Kind of the same thing.”

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8. “But they’re family, and you forgive them, even if they are human equivalent of hyenas. Because that’s what you do, Posey. Forgive.”

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9. “Funny, how easy that could be. When you found the right person, there was no hiding of flaws... there was just trying to do better. There was the comfort of admitting your weaknesses and trying to get past them. The knowledge that no one needed you to be on all the time, always fun, upbeat, attentive... He only needed you to be yourself. The security in knowing someone loved simply being with you.”

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10. “God grant me the courage to date the men who aren’t idiots, the serenity to accept the fact that many men are idiots, and the wisdom to know the difference.”

— Kristan Higgins

11. “Hey, buddy.” If.”

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12. “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. Every letter in the alphabet in that sentence.”

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13. “Don’t ever marry a man who loves his work more than he loves you.”

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

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15. “To get a hug from your dad makes you feel safer than just about anything in the world, and in his arms, you don’t have to be brave or strong or selfless. You’re daddy’s little girl again, and just knowing he’s there makes everything a little better, even if it doesn’t really change anything.”

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16. “Well, you always remember people who hurt your feelings.”

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17. “I hate being shy. I hate it.”

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18. “That moment when you’ve had the worst day ever, and you come home, and you can’t go one more step without a long, hard hug from your spouse. Only they have the arms that will do. Only they really understand.”

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19. “The love of your life won’t be the man you end up with, and you’ll always compare the two.”

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20. “My darlings, I give you this wedding wish: may your wedding day not be the happiest day of your life. May those be the simple days, the ordinary days when the sky looks so pretty, or your baby smiles at you, or your spouse laughs at your joke, and your heart is filled with simple and pure contentment. And may those days number in the thousands.”

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21. “Well, no point in crying over spilled milk. Spilled wine, yes.”

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22. “The bewilderment is the worst part. That’s what they don’t tell you in divorce articles. They talk about anger and loneliness and growing apart and starting over and being kind to yourself, but they don’t tell you about the untold hours in the black hole of why. Why? What changed? When? Why was I the one you chose to marry, but all of a sudden, I’m not enough anymore?”

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23. “It never even occurred to me that we wouldn’t make it. And it never occurred to you that we would. You were just waiting for us to go down in flames. I thought we could get through anything.”

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24. “Shake hands, kids,” Jack said. “Remember, humble in victory, gracious in defeat.” He grinned up at her. “I feel very humble, don’t you?”

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25. “No more bereavement food. I was sick of it. It’s funny how time is measured after you’ve lost someone. Everything relates back to that second your life swerved. The calendar isn’t measured by the names of the months or seasons anymore, but by those significant dates. The day we met. The first time we kissed. The first dinner with his family. The anniversary of his death. The date of his funeral.”

— Kristan Higgins

26. “There are only perfect, glowing moments, like this one, and then there are the everyday moments that weave them together into a shimmering path that can always be seen, even in the dark.”

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27. “I guess I’ve found that I’d rather be alone than with the wrong person.”

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28. “When you’re feeling sorry for yourself, do something nice for someone else.”

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29. “If Adam is cheating on my sister, I will rip off his testicles. Through his throat.”

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30. “Life was kind and full of chances. Sometimes we didn’t take them. Sometimes we hid our truth and acted out of fear. Sometimes we turned away and closed the door.”

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31. “Are you alright?” Jonathan stood before me, also soaked, though his hair looked quite... well, Darcy-esque; there was really no other word for it. Colin Firth and Jane Austen had ruined us chicks for other men, let’s face it.”

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32. “The walk of shame, please. It was the walk of pride today.”

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33. “You wonder how much abuse you can take and still love someone. You wonder how long they can treat you like nothing but still want them back. You wonder how many years it will take to forget how things used to be, how long you’ll burn yourself with that tiny ember of hope before the deluge of their neglect drowns it.”

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34. “Dogs. The best work God had ever done.”

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35. “Love didn’t have to be romantic to encircle you in its arms. It didn’t have to make your heart race or your toes curl. Love could be just this, the sound of laughter on a warm night, the absolute comfort of being exactly who you were with the person who knew you inside and out.”

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36. “Maybe love isn’t just a bouquet of roses once in a whole. Maybe it’s just sticking it out, when it’s hard, when you’re mad, when you’re tired.”

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37. “I wish in one sharp, abrupt swell, that I could stay. What a beautiful word that is. Stay with me. Stay home. Stay alive.”

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38. “I was supportive! I was 1950s girdle supportive.”

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39. “I don’t date. I’m strictly for recreational purposes. – Leo.”

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40. “All I can say is... she’s been a good friend. And in her own special way, she’s a ball of insecurities, but so aren’t we all, right?”

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41. “I knock cheerfully on the super’s door – shave-and-a-haircut, two-bits!”

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42. “Elle complimented me on my weight loss and asked me which diet I was on. Acid stomach, I wanted to say. You should try it. I can introduce your husband to Emmanuelle if you want.”

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43. “It’s not easy, you know, to be in love with your husband and watch him slowly grow disappointed with who you actually are.”

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44. “Not everyone was strong. Not everyone rose to the occasion. Not everyone could carry the burdens of life. And weakness was a burden unto itself.”

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45. “I needed to mourn my father, that wonderful, sweet, gentle man.”

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46. “The third boat was quite pretty, too... this one was an Adirondack fishing boat, and even though it was only half finished, I could picture Jay Gatsby in it, casting a line over the side while he yearned for that shallow tramp, Daisy.”

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47. “I Google “five star hotels, new york city” and scroll through the list. The Surrey – nah, too fussy. The Peninsula – just looked at that one last week. Anything Trump – no, thanks, too overdone.”

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48. “Hell is not other people. Hell is the DMV.”

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49. “Sometimes it takes a few years before you understand what you’re worth. And who’s worth your time.”

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50. “He had all the rough and sultry appeal of Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront. Clive Owen in Sin City. Russell Crowe in everything he did.”

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