Bethany Turner QUOTES

21 " I was done. I had loved my allotment. John, Chris, and Sergei. Those three men were the only men I would ever be in love with. I don’t think that Chris or I could have imagined at that moment, however, that never falling in love with anyone besides those three didn’t mean I would never fall in love again. "

― Bethany Turner , Scenes From Highland Falls (Abigail Phelps, #2)

22 " It’s the same conversation, because it’s the same story, over and over. I love, but not enough. I want to be with them, but not enough. Not like I want to be with you. Not like I love you. "

― Bethany Turner , Scenes From Highland Falls (Abigail Phelps, #2)

23 " I lose keys because I never put any real effort into holding on to them, but I’ve spent most of my life trying to hold on to you, Phelps. I remember everything about you. "

― Bethany Turner , Scenes From Highland Falls (Abigail Phelps, #2)

24 " The bravest, most difficult thing I have ever done is stay away from you. But once again, I chickened out and here I am. I’m sorry. "

― Bethany Turner , Scenes From Highland Falls (Abigail Phelps, #2)

25 " For once in your life will you just shut up and listen to what that man’s heart is trying to say to you? "

― Bethany Turner , Two Thousand Years (Abigail Phelps, #3)

26 " We paused to breathe and I slid my arms around his neck and held his face the way I'd wanted to for so long. My fingers weaved into his wind-blown hair and tugged the back of his head, pulling his lips toward mine once more. There would be time for breathing later.
"I love you," I whispered when our lips finally parted. "The biggest lie I ever told was telling you I didn't. And if I ever claim you're not romantic, please remind me of the time we were 1.200 feet in the air in December and I needed to fan myself." I saw a smile overtake his eyes and felt it overtake his mouth. "I mean, seriously, Will," I said, my breath still coming back to me.
He pulled away, which was the last thing I wanted, and laughed. "But I'm also just a boy, standing in front of a girl..."
I threw my head back in joyous laughter. "You don't have to ask me to love you, Whitaker. It's done."
"Actually..." He kissed my hand and lowered onto one knee. "I was going to say "asking her to marry him." The hand that wasn't linked with mine was holding a beautiful emerald cut diamond ring. "Sorry there's not a box," he said with a wink.
My breath caught in my throat. "But, how did you...why do you..."
"Sorry, but Kevin's on my team. I claimed him pretty early. And he understands, in a way you still don't seem to, that not even Willie Mays and Hank Aaron could provide me with the motivation that you could. Besides, McCaffrey, even I'm not stupid enough to fall for that ridiculous plan you hatched." His smile grew wider and he kissed my hand once more. "But I just like that you try."
I Ieaned down to kiss him. Tears flooded my cheeks, but still I said nothing.
"You're killing me here. And frankly, I'm not sure how long my knee can stay on this cold concrete." He smiled and asked, "Will you marry me or not?"
I sniffed. "Have you asked my father's permission?"
I began laughing as he jumped up to face me. "Oh, you think that's funny, do you?"
"Too soon?"
He captured my mouth once again, and I threw my arms around his neck before pulling away from his kiss, just long enough to whisper, "My answer is yes." I smiled against his lips and added, "I really thought you'd never ask. "

― Bethany Turner , Wooing Cadie McCaffrey

27 " And by him we cry, 'Abba, Father." Piper recited those words from Romans 8 to me, and I couldn't help but laugh when she explained to me that "Abba" was Aramaic for "Father" and that the apostle Paul hadn't actually been in the mood for a little "Dancing Queen."
You don't know that he wasn't. I smiled. You don't know that he and Timothy, or Barnabas, didn't occasionally release a little tension among the Corinthians by belting out Super Trouper. "

― Bethany Turner , The Secret Life of Sarah Hollenbeck

28 " Oh, fantastic. My security is in the hands of a hormonal teenager with a JFK Jr. poster on her wall. "

― Bethany Turner , I've Loved These Days (Abigail Phelps, #1)

29 " We stared at each other, weighing the options, very seriously considering the years we had both put into figure skating, and the dreams and aspirations associated with all of that hard work - all of which suddenly seemed a little less significant. "

― Bethany Turner , I've Loved These Days (Abigail Phelps, #1)

30 " You have supposedly been making yourself less presidential for a while now, but how? By playing flag football in Central Park without a shirt on? You do realize that women are allowed to vote in this country now, don’t you Mr. Kennedy? "

― Bethany Turner , I've Loved These Days (Abigail Phelps, #1)

31 " When someone decides to do the Ice Capades version, I'm sure they'll give you a call. "

― Bethany Turner , I've Loved These Days (Abigail Phelps, #1)

32 " I usually don't know these women. I literally don't know their names sometimes. More often than not, I meet them when I step into the car my manager sends to pick me up. And then the minute we walk into whatever venue we're going to, they go talk to Leonardo DiCaprio or Andy Cohen, or one of the Desperate Housewives-"
"Do you mean the Real Housewives?" she asked as an impish smile overtook her face. "I mean, maybe they're snubbing you to go talk to Teri Hatcher... "

― Bethany Turner , Hadley Beckett's Next Dish

33 " No, the ones in the drawer next to the refrigerator! Good grief, Scott, we’re not covering up her head and filming a hostage video here. "

― Bethany Turner , The Do-Over

34 " What should I be apologizing for?"
Ah. There he was. There was the cocky, egocentric Max Cavanagh with the special "something" no one quite knew how to define. Well, I could define it. Not with any words a Southern lady would use, but I could define it all right. "

― Bethany Turner , Hadley Beckett's Next Dish