By the Sea Quotes

“Because if I fell any deeper for the way his eyes crinkled with his smile or his habit of tapping on his nose to emphasize a point, my ship would be sunk.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“That’s me, keeping things bitchy from open to close.” I turned around and gave him my customer service smile.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“Despite the sea being wild and the waves rolling away from the shore, the tide always returns.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“Like a rollercoaster, my mind had climbed its way to the top—only to witness how far there was to fall. And like a coaster, the second the fear hit, my stomach plummeted with the drop.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“The tides rolled up to crash against the shore while we sat feet from one another with the remnants of all we’d left unsaid driving us apart.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“Too late; my awkwardness had already made an unforgettable appearance, so, of course, I couldn’t be let off the hook.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“Flirt with the old ladies and you’ll be fine,” I muttered, shoving my stuff into the cubby.

He hung his green hoodie on the hooks right beside me. “Is that how you get by?”

“Doesn’t work on the old ladies for me, but the old men on the other hand?” I paused and glanced at my nails. “Yeah, doesn’t work on them either.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“From the way his face lit with curiosity to the slight tilt of his jaw, even the lingering scent of brine and breeze gave him away.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“We’d never talked about his parents, like he was some underwater Peter Pan.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“What bothered me the most was the hesitation in his voice when he said that— like he was running out of time.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“You’re like an oceanic Lassie.” My grin twitched on my face, threatening to tumble over into laughter again.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“If you’re supposed to work with someone, I’d recommend not getting all hot and bothered with them the night before. The word of the day was “tense.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“The choice lay out for me. Stay on land or plunge into the icy depths of the sea.

I always chose the sea.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea

“He looked so frustrated and perfectly serious, and yet here we were talking about his missing seal pelt.”
― Katherine McIntyre, By the Sea