“He was defeated. Competitive him, who'd spent most of his life perfecting the art of winning. He'd been trounced by a woman. Killed with one look from those hazel eyes.”
“Funny thing about prayers. God hears them. But you just never know if, when, or how He's going to answer them.”
“Where there's God, there's hope," she said. "And where there's hope, there can be healing.”
“Saint Bo, a man christened with the miraculous ability to gentle horses, nervous women, and one year olds.”
“He could look into your eyes and without saying a word assure you that you were the most fascinating woman in the world and call you beautiful in six languages.”
“Nora wasn't a football fan. Who had time to watch football when there were so many fantastic books in the world yet unread?”
“You have to go where I lead you, right?Unless I taser you. Then you'll have to go where I drag you.”
“He'd sacrifice much for her. He'd do anything she asked of him. He'd pay any price, except one.The price of giving her up.”
“He never promised us that we wouldn't suffer. But He's too just not to redeem it. And He does promise us that He won't leave us. That He'll be with us through the worst. That He loves us.”
“What I've learned is that the past might be challenging and the future might be unsure. And that's okay. The present is all we're given, anyway. When we get to the future, God will be there. He'll supply whatever we need for each day.”
“This was thing about temptations. God didn't take them away. They were there - powerful and still needing to be dealt with. If you gave them an inch of leeway, they had the dark strength to take you under.”
“So . . . I am the someone you were speaking of earlier?Yes. You're my someone.You're my someone, too.”
“Loving someone wasn't about their perfection. It was about coming to accept every part of them, their good qualities at their weaknesses and flaws--looking on everything they were and loving it all.As she looked on everything Jake was, right down to his center, she loved him.”
“Shh. Please don't cry. I'm so sorry. Here."She opened her eyes to see him pull a tissue from his jeans. He handed it to her and she used it to press away her tears.He carried tissues around in his pockets for her, even on nights when he had no expectation of seeing her.”
“You in the mood for a movie tonight?" Kate asked him a couple days later. Matt was working, and she was sitting on her customary bucket taking a break, drinking bottled water, and surreptitiously admiring him from every angle."I could pick something up on my way over tonight.""Sure.""How about Pride and Prejudice?""What's that?" he asked warily. It's not one of those movies where they all wear old-fashioned clothes and walk around talking in British accents, is it?""That's exactly what it is."Matt groaned."It's romantic! Maybe one of the most romantic stories ever.”
“The things you didn't receive added value to your life, the same as did the things you received. Life had holes. Life was still beautiful.”
“She'd been hired to protect him. But he'd come to a place where he'd do anything, give anything, risk anything to protect her.”
“Reason number five hundred why it was advisable to have oneself for a boss: Even when you hadn't earned it, you could still treat yourself to a coffee break.”
“You are trustworthy.' She said it again and again, letting the chorus seep into her quavering heart and hungry soul. "I trust you with everything. My whole life. I want your will, Lord. Not mine. Just . . . . ' Her voice broke. 'Just Christ alone. That's what I choose. You're enough.”
“I was raised in church, Gray. If you'd asked me during my wildest phases if I was a Christian, I'd have told you I was. But there was a disconnect there.You're judging me.No, I'm calling it like it is, unlike most of the people you know, who would all agree with you if you said the sky is red.”
“He was too handsome, too strong-willed, too wealthy, too daring, and otherwise not ideal.”
“He wanted desperately to stay, just a little while longer. But he couldn't be here, in this place, with her. It was calm here. She was innocent and beautiful and perfect. He was not. He didn't want his mess or his mental illness or his past anywhere near her. He wanted to protect her from a lot of things, but most of all from himself.”
“He'd sacrifice even his sanity for her. If it came down to it, he'd let her break his heart.Because he loved her.”
“She'd faced some hard knocks in life - one really hard one five years ago - and had managed to cultivate a protective shell for herself. But like a Godiva truffle, she was only hard in a thin outer layer. Her insides were still as tender as ever.”
“To distract himself he started making a mental list of all the ways he could leave Chapel Bluff.He could go by train. Plane. Motorcycle.Last night Beverly had invited all three of them - him, Ryan, and Tyler - to stay for dinner. Matt had refused. Ryan had likewise refused because his wife had dinner waiting for him at home. Tyler had leapt at the chance.Matt had been the one who'd decided to put distance between himself, Kate, and Beverley. Even so, it rankled that Tyler had slipped right into his empty spot at the dinner table. That Kate had found someone so much more charming than him to talk to. That Kate seemed so delighted to turn her back on him.He could leave by four-wheeler. Mountain bike. Skateboard."You're a design genius, young lady." Tyler said to Kate. "That's a perfect place for that sideboard.""Why thank you," Kate replied.Matt ground his teeth and imagined leaving by Greyhound bus.He'd even have settled for a horse.Hot air balloon.Donkey cart.”
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