Top 140 Susan Mallery Quotes (2025 Update)
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51. “He grabbed her and pulled her against him. “I’ve missed you,” he said right before he kissed her.”

— Susan Mallery

52. “I’m putting on my own oxygen mask,” she whispered, doing her best not to give in to the need to throw up. “I’m saving myself. I’m allowed to do that. It’s going to be okay.”

— Susan Mallery

53. “Life wasn’t meant to be easy. It was meant to be lived.”

— Susan Mallery

54. “I’ll have you know I was wildly in love with Ford long before he was dangerous. No one truly loves like a fourteen-year-old girl.”

— Susan Mallery

55. “What do you mean she left me the embryos? I’m supposed to get the cat.”

— Susan Mallery

56. “How do you know that?” “I read a brochure. Someone dropped off a whole folder filled with brochures on the various town festivals. Some of them look fun.”

— Susan Mallery

57. “The combination of his teeth gently grating on her skin and his tongue flicking back and forth was the most erotic experience of her life. A sad statement on her sexual experiences, but still true.”

— Susan Mallery

58. “Destiny turned and saw a gray-haired lady in a track suit walking toward them.”

— Susan Mallery

59. “Yup – nothing like asking about bull sperm to shut down a conversational exchange.”

— Susan Mallery

60. “What? Are you on crack? I did no such thing.”

— Susan Mallery

61. “I suppose I’m saying that loving someone should be a positive experience for both parties. That being around the person you love shouldn’t make your life worse. That when you’re with that person, you are seeking to be better than you would be without him.”

— Susan Mallery

62. “I think you’re attracted to me and you don’t know how to handle it.” She.”

— Susan Mallery

63. “Brides tended to travel in packs.”

— Susan Mallery

64. “I like that you’re emotionally broken,” she said cheerfully. “It keeps the playing field level.” “I’m not broken. I’m quirky.” “Is that what we’re calling it?” she asked.”

— Susan Mallery

65. “What exactly do you want to sue her for? Kidnapping?” He brightened. “I hadn’t thought of that. Sure. Kidnapping, but mostly theft.” Jill had a bad feeling she didn’t want to know, but she had to ask. “Theft of what?” “Buck’s sperm. She was always after me to have him mate with her damn dog and I refused. So when her dog went into heat, she kidnapped him and locked those two together for three damn days. She could have killed him.”

— Susan Mallery

66. “Weddings Out of the Box.”

— Susan Mallery

67. “If you want to know, you need to ask her. Speculation will only lead to trouble.”

— Susan Mallery

68. “It’s good to learn stuff. It keeps us young.”

— Susan Mallery

69. “All righty, then. They both liked the kissing and touching. An interesting fact that should have absolutely no bearing on their lives. Really.”

— Susan Mallery

70. “He loved his entire family, including his mother, but growing up with them had taught him that not every intimate detail needed to be shared. He hadn’t wanted to know that his parents had enjoyed a new sexual technique the night before or that his sisters had their periods. He hadn’t wanted to talk about his own sexual development or, back when he’d been a teenager, have his mother ask him, over breakfast, if he’d masturbated yet that day.”

— Susan Mallery

71. “He was curious about how much of her indignation was real and how much was self-protection.”

— Susan Mallery

72. “Too bad Justice refused to let him toss live grenades to the side of the course. That would add motivation. He knew from personal experience. His personal best time for a quarter-mile run had been in Africa – while being chased by an angry rhino. Imminent death made for a great workout.”

— Susan Mallery

73. “What Duncan didn’t realize was that under that tough exterior was a really nice guy, which he wouldn’t want to hear anyway. Guys hated to be called nice. But he was. She couldn’t turn around without tripping over the proof.”

— Susan Mallery

74. “You were right.” “I usually am.” His mouth twitched. “And modest.” She shrugged. “I live with the burden.”

— Susan Mallery

75. “Friend. The word was like a bucket of ice water. He drew back slightly, breaking the kiss and resting his forehead on hers.”

— Susan Mallery

76. “Six months of therapy three years ago had left her more confused than ever.”

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77. “H-how many people?” she asked. “About four hundred.” Dear God. The room spun and dipped. The buzzing got worse, as did the pressure on her chest. She was going to die, right here at Amy’s school. “I know it’s more than you were expecting, but how could we tell people no? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. To hear someone of your caliber play live.” If the panic didn’t ease, they were going to hear her play dead.”

— Susan Mallery

78. “I DON’T GET IT,” Starr admitted as they stepped off a curb on their walk to town and the festival in progress. “Who is Rosie the Riveter?”

— Susan Mallery

79. “I know that’s an endorsement I’ve been waiting for,” Skye added. “Perfectly adequate in bed. They should make that into a T-shirt.”

— Susan Mallery

80. “Charity Jones loved a good disaster movie as much as the next person – she would simply prefer the disaster in question not be about her life.”

— Susan Mallery

81. “He moved toward her and cupped her face in his hands. “You are so beautiful that sometimes it hurts just to look at you. Your eyes are a thousand shades of brown and gold with hints of blue and green.” He touched her cheekbones with thumbs. “Your freckles are like the girl-next-door fantasy brought to life. Your mouth is sexy and soft and when you smile, the world seems like a better place. Swear you’ll never change anything. Swear it.”

— Susan Mallery

82. “Sarcasm is like Jell-O. It’s always the right time and there’s always room.”

— Susan Mallery

83. “Men get over things. Women remember forever.”

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84. “No. It’s just that I don’t want to be with you.” He hesitated. “I’m not sure I ever loved you.”

— Susan Mallery

85. “The sliding doors opened, and a man entered the baggage area. A tall, dark-haired man with incredibly broad shoulders, a cowboy hat and a gaze so penetrating Phoebe knew he could probably tell what color her panties were.”

— Susan Mallery

86. “Because his mother never met a boundary she didn’t want to cross.”

— Susan Mallery

87. “Besides her Zane muttered under his breath. She caught a handful of words. Something about being old, broken bones and a reference to hanging Chase from the lightning rod in the middle of a storm.”

— Susan Mallery

88. “I think experienced makes me sound like an aging hooker.”

— Susan Mallery

89. “Part of getting better was learning how to let go. It had taken her a while but she’d finally figured out that when she stopped trying to control the world, she had a whole lot less anxiety.”

— Susan Mallery

90. “If he’d tossed her to the ground and started ripping off her clothes, instead of being outraged, she would have helped. She would have done it right there, in front of God and the goats.”

— Susan Mallery

91. “Yet there was something about Phoebe Kitzke. An innocence, maybe. No, that wasn’t right. It was how she seemed trusting. More fool her. Or maybe him.”

— Susan Mallery

92. “Better to keep trying until you find something that makes you happy rather than choose something now and hate your job for the next twenty years.”

— Susan Mallery

93. “He was funny and charming, but also kind. It seemed the older she got, the more she appreciated kindness in people.”

— Susan Mallery

94. “Don’t be logical. You know I hate that.”

— Susan Mallery

95. “How lovely.” The old lady sighed. “An office romance. I always wanted an office romance. Of course I never really had a job, which made the situation more challenging. Oh, I worked on an assembly line during World War II, but there weren’t very many men around and as my husband was off serving his country, an office romance would have been unpatriotic, don’t you think? – Mrs. Ford.”

— Susan Mallery

96. “So it can be done, if you’re willing to work at it. There’s no magic, there’s just believing.”

— Susan Mallery

97. “She didn’t know the going price of cattle on the hoof, or the per acre value of land in this part of the country, but from what she could tell, no Nicholson was ever going to die poor.”

— Susan Mallery

98. “He wrapped his arms around her and hauled her against him so her entire body pressed against his. The man was a rock. Big, unyielding and warmed by the sun. She wanted to snuggle even closer. She wanted to rip off her clothes and give the goats something to talk about.”

— Susan Mallery

99. “He supposed that was the problem. That he’d gotten over loving Katie, but he’d never recovered from losing their friendship.”

— Susan Mallery

100. “She pulled a laptop out of her backpack and booted it.”

— Susan Mallery