The Love Square Quotes

“Life is about how you handle being thrown off course, not discounting yourself from the race because you were thrown off course in the first place.”
― Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square

“You are selfish, and uncomprehending of the games you play with grown men’s emotions. I said I loved you, but now I have thought about it I don’t know if I could love somebody who could be so cruel. So thoughtless. You are an animal, trapped in her own pain, lashing out at anybody who dares come close enough to show you some kindness. I say this because I care, and because as soon as I have finished talking I will not care any longer. Get help. Go to therapy. Sort your head out. Because you will never find true contentment until you do, okay? This victim routine you have is mind-numbing. It’s time to grow up. It really, really is.”
― Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square

“women’s fiction’ is just human fiction, and I love having the space to explore that humanness.”
― Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square

“She was doing her best to do her best, trying hard to do the right thing.”
― Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square

“Moving this way, leaving everything behind, she’d had no choice. That’s what she told herself.”
― Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square

“That’s what you do, isn’t it? You see the problem and then you figure out how to make it work for you.”
― Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square

“Listen," Penny started, not sure what she was going to say next. Maybe: sorry about the hand-job I gave you, I can see how you might have the wrong impression. Or, I hope the stain came out of your suit. Or, I am not emotionally mature enough for this conversation, please just cease to exist. She wasn't, of course, proud of herself.”
― Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square

“God, I'm sick of myself," Penny proclaimed, finally. "If my life was a movie I don't think it would pass the Bechdel test, you know. All I do is talk about bloody men.”
― Laura Jane Williams, The Love Square