Grigg Harris Quotes in The Jane Austen Book Club (2007)

Grigg Harris: What about me? Am I your friend? Or am I just some... some widget to help you make Sylvia feel better about herself? Why did you invite me to be part of your book club? No, what went through your mind the first time you saw me? "There's a man who is *dying* to read every book Jane Austen ever wrote." Is that what you thought?

Jocelyn: No.

Grigg Harris: But I thought, "What a beautiful woman. I hope she looks over at me." I thought if I read your favorite books that you would read mine. But no... no, no. You just want to be obeyed. That's why you have dogs.

Grigg Harris: Isn't physical attraction one of the the ungovernable forces? You know, like gravity - that's what we like about it. Downhill, release the brakes, loosen your grip and then - whoosh!

Grigg Harris: One day, I'm like 10 years old, my dad takes me back to the shed and he shows me some magazines that he keeps back there. He says, "This is strictly guy stuff. It's top secret. Very private. Tell no one."

[he shows a sci-fi magazine and laughs]

Grigg Harris: So from then on... It was like... I don't know... It's like me and my dad and science fiction. These were the first books I fell in love with, and I never got over it.

Grigg Harris: Women never go for the nice guys.

Jocelyn: Please, men say that, but when you get to know some of these men who complain the most, you find out they're not as nice as they think they are.

Jocelyn: You know what I'm wondering before I go? How do you feel about older women?

Grigg Harris: Ah, great. I have three older sisters, so I like all women.

Jocelyn: If we stay in this lane, we're going to be late.

Grigg Harris: Given that I have to convert donut grease into biofuel every time I fill up the tank, I try not to drive very fast.

Jocelyn: We're barely moving... Why are you getting off here?

Grigg Harris: I enjoy seeing the river.

Jocelyn: What are you, Mark Twain? Now we're gonna get stuck at every light.

Jocelyn: Sex is messy. Maybe Mrs. Dashwood prefers a more well-ordered life.

Grigg Harris: Maybe that's why she's such a minor character.

Jocelyn: I think if you read Austen's novels...

Grigg Harris: Oh, I have. You wanted me to, and I did.

Jocelyn: I think you'll see she always writes in favor of order and self-control. Nothing unwise.

Grigg Harris: So what, this is a rulebook?

Bernadette: We could do worse.

Sylvia Avila: She

[Jocelyn]

Sylvia Avila: used to date my husband in high school. Then she sort of... gave him to me. Daniel's the one who first bought Jocelyn a dog.

Grigg Harris: She traded your husband for a dog?