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Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1) QUOTES

Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1) QUOTES

1 " This is what life is about: seeing new places, meeting new people, grabbing life by the balls and squeezing until it coughs up a story worth telling. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

2 " No real adventure ever started by waiting patiently by a doorstep. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

3 " There are things we can fix and things we can’t. I guess life is about figuring out which is which, and dealing with both the best you can. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

4 " there are no winners in a tragedy, only people struggling to survive the aftermath. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

5 " Life is scary, but I think it's supposed to be. If you're living it right, that is. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

6 " I learned that in a tragedy there are no winners, only people struggling to survive the aftermath. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

7 " No real adventure ever started by waiting patiently on a doorstep. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

8 " I feel "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

9 " Here was a woman who seemed unaware that a man could have the air sucked right out of his lungs and be rendered speechless by just one look at her. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

10 " I suppose it’s a compliment that I’m on level with your horse. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

11 " Sarah pinched him lightly. “He’s easier to get along with, though, so sometimes he ranks higher. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

12 " My mother always said that God made kids cute when they were little so parents could cling to those memories when they turned into teenagers. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

13 " Accepting yourself is the first step toward improvement. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

14 " Her brother never apologized—ever. She was pretty sure he’d been genetically shortchanged on the ability to. Her voice thick with emotion, she said, “Thank you. I needed to hear that. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

15 " We all did. But running away from it never made me feel better. Pretending it hadn’t happened was slowly killing me.” Sarah hugged the album to her chest, her eyes filling with tears again. “Thank you for this. Ignore the tears. You’ve made me "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

16 " Someone recently told me that there are no winners in a tragedy, only people struggling to survive the aftermath.” “Can’t "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

17 " When he looked at her she felt alive, vibrant, and unable to deny him anything. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

18 " Denial, even when unanimously adopted, never cured the heartache—it only hid it. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

19 " Pushing her away was about as easy as trying to stop high tide with a spoon. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)

20 " I did it. I let my life become so much less than it was meant to be. I won’t make that mistake twice. "

― Ruth Cardello , Taken, Not Spurred (Lone Star Burn, #1)