Simply Irresistible Quotes

“If I looked like him,” Tara said. “I’d want to have sex with myself. All the time.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Just when you think you’ve hit rock bottom, someone will hand you a shovel.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Two of my fav pieces of wisdom from Phoebe:

- Men are like parking spots. All the good ones are taken, and those that aren't are inaccessible.

- Remember, it's always better to be the smartass rather than the dumbass.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Smile...it makes people wonder what you're up to.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Experience is something you get… after you need it.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Men are like roses. You have to watch out for the pricks.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Don't take life too seriously. After all none of us are getting out alive anyway.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Learn from the mistakes of others you won't have time to make them all your self”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Where did that flashlight come from?" Chloe asked.
"My purse."
Chloe looked at Tara. "She carries a flashlight in her purse."
"For emergencies," Maddie said, trying to see into the yard.
"You have any chocolate?" Chloe asked hopefully. "For emergencies?"
"Of course. Side Pocket, next to the fork.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Sorry,” he said. “Let me drop the belt-"
“No.” She held on when he would have pulled away. “Don’t. I like it.”
Again, he lifted her face, and he smiled. “The tool belt turns you on.”
“No.” She closed her eyes and thunked her forehead to his chest. “Little bit.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Boys are like drugs,' her father said, 'just say no.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“I’m already yours. Always have been. All you have to do is step into the ring.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“I chose the path less traveled but only because I was lost. Carry a map. - Phoebe Traeger”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Obeying the rules might be smart, but it's not as nearly as much fun.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Looking at him, she saw her future and felt all the ragged tears in her heart heal themselves. "I fit," she whispered in marvel, stepping into him. "I fit with you."
He nodded and wrapped his arms around her.
"Perfectly”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“She’s drunk dialing contractors ” Chloe said to Tara. “Someone should stop her.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“I've given up men. It's true. At first, I was just going to give up attorneys, but that seemed immature - and far too exclusive, so I'm playing it safe and giving up all the penis-carrying humans.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“You came here a fighter, Maddie. Maybe you'd lost a round or two, but you were on your feet. You want to stay in Lucky Harbor? Fight for it. You want a relationship with your sisters? Fight for it."
"What about you? What about a relationship with you?"
He pulled back to look into her face as if memorizing her features. His voice, when he spoke, was low and gravelly with emotion. "I'm already yours. Always have been. All you have to do is step into the ring.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“I gave you sympathy. *I* want sympathy!"

"Are you kidding me? You have the sexiest man on the planet wanting you. You're getting laid regularly. No sympathy for you!”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Sisters are the true friends who ask how you are, and then wait to hear the answer.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“I'm going to shoot somebody," Maddie said.
"Sawyer hates when people do that. It's a whole bunch of paperwork.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“It's the kissing! The stupid kissing! It's like he kissed all the vital brain cells right out of my head!”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“A new beginning done right," she said out loud, because everyone knew that saying it out loud made it true. "You hear that, karma?" She glanced upward through her slightly leaky sunroof into a dark sky, where storm clouds tumbled together like a dryer full of gray wool blankets. "This time, I'm gong to be strong." Like Katharine Hepburn. Like Ingrid Bergman ."So go torture someone else and leave me alone."

A bolt of lightning blinded her, followed by a boom of thunder that nearly had her jerking out of her skin. "Okay, so I meant pretty please leave me alone."

-Maddie”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Together they crawled through the attic space, looking for the source of a roof leak they’d discovered in the last bathroom. Jax was out in front,
braving the spiderwebs. Maddie was behind him, working really hard at not looking at his butt.
And failing spectacularly.
So when he unexpectedly twisted around, holding out his hand for the clipboard she was now holding, he caught her staring at him.
“I, um—You have a streak of dirt,” she said.
“A streak of dirt.”
Yes.” She pointed to his left perfectly muscled butt cheek. “There.”
He was quiet for a single, stunned beat. She couldn’t blame him, given that they were both covered in dirt from the filthy attic. “Thanks,” he finally
said. “It’s important to know where the dirt streaks are.”
“It is,” she agreed, nodding like a bobble head. “Probably you should stain-stick it right away. I have some in my purse.”
“Are you offering to rub it on my ass?”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“There isn't any poison oak in the winter. It's hard to convince a girl you're sexy when you can't stop scratching your ass because of the rash. -Jax Cullen”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“And I specialize in fixing things up and restoring them to their former glory.”

She wondered if that talent extended to humans, maybe even humans who never really had a former glory.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“She closed her eyes. “Okay, here’s the thing. We have some chemistry,” she allowed.
“Some? Or supernova?”
“Supernova. But,” she said to his knowing grin. Good Lord, he needed to stop doing that. “I really did give up men.”
“Forever?”
“My gut says yes, but that might be PMS talking. Let’s just say I’m giving up men for a very long time.”
“You going to try out women?”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Maddie swallowed hard and tried to channel… which actress? Damn, she couldn’t think of an
actress to save her life! She was on her own.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Men are like parking spots. All the good ones are
taken, and those that aren’t are inaccessible.”
PHOEBE TRAEGER”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible

“Tara moved into the kitchen and went still at the condition of it. "Formica countertops," she said as if she'd discovered asbestos.”
― Jill Shalvis, Simply Irresistible