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Avery Stafford’s fiancé. Elliot and Avery grew up together and slowly became boyfriend and girlfriend as teenagers. Elliot and Avery decide to get married because it seems like the next logical step and they do love each other, but there is no real passion between them. Elliot is a busy lawyer and his mother, Bitsy, is a busybody who tries to take control of the couple’s wedding plans. Elliot discourages Avery from investigating Judy Stafford’s past and especially from sharing details of that past with anyone. Avery begins rethinking their relationship and ultimately breaks off their engagement to date Trent Turner III instead.
Elliot Quotes in Before We Were Yours
The Before We Were Yours quotes below are all either spoken by Elliot or refer to Elliot . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
Quotes
Why haven’t Elliot and I ever come here?
The answer tastes bitter, so I don’t chew on it very long. Our schedules are always filled with other things. That’s why.
Who chooses the schedules we keep? We do, I guess.
Although, so often it seems as if there isn’t any choice. If we aren’t constantly slapping new paint on all the ramparts, the wind and the weather will sneak in and erode the accomplishments of a dozen previous generations of the family. The good life demands a lot of maintenance.
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Elliot Quotes in Before We Were Yours
The Before We Were Yours quotes below are all either spoken by Elliot or refer to Elliot . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 11
Quotes
Why haven’t Elliot and I ever come here?
The answer tastes bitter, so I don’t chew on it very long. Our schedules are always filled with other things. That’s why.
Who chooses the schedules we keep? We do, I guess.
Although, so often it seems as if there isn’t any choice. If we aren’t constantly slapping new paint on all the ramparts, the wind and the weather will sneak in and erode the accomplishments of a dozen previous generations of the family. The good life demands a lot of maintenance.
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