Jill A. Davis
(Quotes from her books...)

When you run into love and it seems like some psychedelic mystery, look at it again, and again, and keep looking it until you realize the only mystery is how you've gotten by so long without it. -Girls' Poker Night

But nothing is ever straightforward. And there's no such thing as forever. no matter how well you kid yourself. The truth is, you don't know anyone.- Girls' Poker Night

You don't need to know any of this. But the things I don't reveal are the things I hold closest and fear losing the most. I work overtime keeping them veiled and camouflaged. You don't need to know that I walk around all day fearing the things that make me happy, and that I have been doing that for my entire life. --Girls poker night

but it doesn't even have anything to do with him. it's easier this way, because when he fails all the tests, i won't be disappointed, because they were set up in a way to ensure that he would fail. and, in turn, i would not be disappointed by the outcome. - Girls' Poker Night

It's funny how the prospect of love is so much more interesting when you don't actually know the person you're fabricating a fantasy life with. –Girls' Poker Night

You set yourself up for happiness or you set yourself up for sadness. Either way, it’s your doing. - Girls' Poker Night

No matter what number it is, the pursuit of love is like agreeing to climb on a giant slingshot and be thrust forward, at full speed, with only a blurry target in sight and millions of miles of flight. And most times it's all a mirage. The blurry target? It's a brick wall. Or a wall that really loves you, but also keeps urging you to change. So why thrust? Because there's nothing quite like the hope of a new and improved self, and the fantasy it allows you. -Girls' Poker Night

I think it’s really great that he’s calling. It means he knows he’s a bonehead. A declaration of weakness, which is really a declaration of strength. – Girls' Poker Night

It's all about might. It might hurt. It might not work. It might be awful. I never think it might work. It might be good. It might be fun. -Girls' Poker Night

If it were going to happen, it would have already happened. (Admittedly, even while I'm thinking this, I'm hoping it's not true. It's too simplistic, and when you apply the statement to almost any situation, frankly, it doesn't hold up. I mean, what does its not having happened yet have to do with preventing it from happening in the future? Nothing! Is it a predictor of things to come? Who knows! I don't want the statement to be true, of course. It's just true for now. That gets my hopes up, which just lets me down, so I need to stick with this thinking-you see.) -Ask again Later

I've thought for a long time that we were going to end up together, so I didn't really care so much about the when of it. Now, though, the long road is starting to seem like the infinite road. - Ask Again Later

It makes me sad. And then it makes me laugh, because sadness at any length is terrifying. –Ask again later

While you can't leave it behind, you can look at the events of your past from a new point of view. Turn them around. See all the angles. Consider it your second chance. Second chances do come your way. Like trains, they arrive and depart regularly. Recognizing the ones that matter is the trick. - Ask Again Later

"Loss is never one-sided, " I say. "Maybe most of the pain that comes from loss is that people imagine it is one-sided." - Ask Again Later.

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