293 Quotes by Jennifer Weiner

Admitting you had a problem was the first step – everyone knew that – but admitting you had a problem also left you open to the possibility that maybe you couldn’t fix it.

A writer wasn’t a body, just a byline. My words would be sharp and spiky, punchy and pointed; my stories would be swift and lean, sleek and enviable, moving fast and hitting hard. I would not, I vowed, write like a fat girl.

Your friends will still be your friends, if they’re good friends.

You fell into your life, the same way I fell into mine.

Right now women are using surrogates because they can’t be pregnant. What worries me is the possibility that soon they’ll use surrogates because they don’t want to be pregnant.

People say I’m not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I’m doing the best I can.

I like blogs. they’re good times.

You make the wrong choices, you make mistakes, you disappear for a decade, you marry the wrong man. You get hurt. You lose sight of who you are, or of who you want to be, and then you remember, and if you’re lucky you have sisters or friends who remind you when you forget your best intentions. You come back to yourself, again and again. You try, and fail, and try again, and fail again. She.

The condom broke. I know how stupid that sounds. It’s the reproductive version of the dog ate my homework.