Brenda Novak Quotes
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"We found you at last,” her mother said, and they both started to cry.
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Sometimes we see the jagged rocks in our path, but we still can’t avoid them.
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What would happen after the tour. The thought of not seeing him daily filled her chest with a hollow ache.
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Well, for heaven’s sake, don’t leave her unattended. You never know what she might do.
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It’s best to keep your troubles pretty much to yourself, because half the people you tell them to won’t give a damn, and the other half will be glad to hear you’ve got them.
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The psychopaths are always around. In calm times we study them, but in times of upheaval, they rule over us.
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What was one more skeleton in an already crowded closet?
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Slightly overweight, older than the typical groupie and definitely on the frumpy side. All of which.
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If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
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Life isn’t easy. Love isn’t easy. Fairy tales are books we read to children. Romance novels are books that make teenagers dream of love and happily ever afters. I’m here to tell you my story. This is my diary. This is my life. This is my truth. You can’t make this shit up.
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He kept imagining women like his mother creeping across the border with the hope of being able to make enough to feed themselves and their families, and being murdered by some vigilante who felt he had the right to take the law into his own hands. It was so easy to feel self-righteous and superior when you had a comfortable home, a safe place to live and a full stomach.
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She’d decided she’d try to stick it out until halftime when she saw a face that made her scream and jump off the sofa.
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She didn’t protect her own computers with a password, even the one she worked on here at the B and B. But there was hardly any crime in Whiskey Creek, and she had nothing to hide.
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The service had reminded her of the meaning of Christmas and given her a sense of peace. It had also reminded her of the baby she carried and the hope that having a child brought into her life. Did the past really matter? Not if she didn’t let it, she decided.
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She loved the contrast between his tough-guy image and the sensitive heart he guarded so well.
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You see, he was to become the first man I fell in love with. Only, falling in love doesn’t always mean rainbows and butterflies. This is the true story of my life and how love changed everything!
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He was going to crash and burn, he might as well make it one hell of a conflagration.
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She could only attribute the difference to each parent’s attitude. Micah acted as if all was well, so Trevor responded in a similar manner. Paige acted as though she was miserable, and that meant Trevor had to worry about her and carry a lot of angst.
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Sometimes one had to be grateful for the small things.
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Thanks for the advice, but it never pays to run from a bully. That would only endanger whoever I chose to stay with.
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She had a diaper pail, a car seat, a stroller and something he’d never even seen before—a breast pump, according to the box. He picked it up to take a closer look, decided he was glad to be a man and set it back down.
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You’re like…you’re like Abraham Lincoln. Didn’t he walk some ungodly distance to return a penny? The store clerk probably thought he was an idiot.
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To my second-oldest daughter, Megan, for her strength of spirit, her leadership ability and her constancy. Meg, you’re a light to everyone who knows you, someone capable of great things because at twelve years old you’ve already learned the power of self-discipline. I can always depend on you to choose the right and stay the course, and that has been an incredible blessing. If you forget everything else I’ve ever taught you, remember this: my love is everlasting.
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You don’t look so good.