Quotes by Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants

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That's how you know you love someone, I guess, when you can't experience anything without wishing the other person were — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
Why is it so hard to articulate love yet so easy to express disappointment? — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I'll never be ready. Yet at the same time, you always want to reach the end. You can't fly to a destination and linger i — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
A sea of red lights, and I slow down. My job now is to gather everyone together and tell them we have to let her go. I w — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I like the way men cry. They're efficient. — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
Perhaps I did nothing because I don't have enough fear to be a good parent. — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I tell Esther she should ease up on lard. There's no need to mix lard in with Scottie's rice, chicken, and beans. I tell — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
My God,” she says. “I feel like I’ve gone through a car wash.”I laugh, or force myself to, because it’s not something I’ — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
Do you guys have sunscreen?” I ask.“No,” Scottie says. “Do we have water?”“Did you bring any?” Alex asks.“No,” I say.Ale — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I had to ask Scottie what TYVM meant, because now that I’ve narrowed into her activities, I notice she is constantly tex — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
We walk until there aren't more houses, all the way to the part of the beach where the current makes the waves come in t — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I'm sorry," I say. "I didn't give you everything you wanted. I wasn't everything you wanted. You were everything I wante — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
Say goodbye to your mom.”Scottie pauses, then keeps going.“Scottie.”“Bye!” she yells.I grab her arm. I could yell at her — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I drift off for a while. I don't know how long, but when I open my eyes, the Oscars are still on and Alex tells me that — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I lean down so that my face is right in front of hers and whisper, ‘He doesn’t love you. I love you. — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I look in the jewelry box where Joanie found the drugs. She showed me a miniature Ziploc bag filled with a clear, hard r — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I hope she can’t tell that I’m appraising her and that I’m completely worried by what I see. She’s excitable and strange — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
We need to get home and put some ointments and ice on the stings. Vinegar will make it worse, so if you thought Giraffe — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
I’d like you to come to Kauai with me,” I say. “And Scottie. I think it would be good to get her away from the hospital — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants
You’ve already said that,” Alex says. “Why should I go?”“You’re the only person I have,” I say. “And I want us all to be — Kaui Hart Hemmings, The Descendants