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At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1) QUOTES

At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1) QUOTES

1 " He'd felt God's gentle urging in his life before, but never had it been so overt. It was as if a general had ridden onto the battlefield to direct the operation himself instead of leaving it in the hands of his officers. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

2 " In truth, as much as her heart panged at the thought that she might never have children, she was content with her lot. God had called her to medicine. Of that she had no doubt. He'd placed a passion within her for scientific learning and a heart that ached on behalf of the hurting. She might never have what other women did, but what she did have was special, and she wouldn't regret making whatever sacrifices were necessary to fulfill her vocation. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

3 " I like honesty. What I don't like is a man assuming he knows better than me and running roughshod over my opinions." She lifted her right hand from her hip and jabbed her index finger into the dip of his shoulder. "I've seen your dedication to your men. I've seen your patience with young boys barraging you with questions. I've heard accounts of you risking your life to fight for those beset by wicked men. I've seen you worship with a Bible in your lap and a song on your lips. I didn't make up my opinion on a whim, Mr. Hanger. I have empirical evidence to back my claims. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

4 " There was only Matthew. The rugged, straightforward captain, with his square jaw and horseshoe mustache, looking at her with an intensity that made her believe cardiac somersaults were anatomically possible. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

5 " He made a glorious picture. Tall in the saddle. Valiant. Unafraid of the dangers that lurked ahead. A hero on a noble quest. A rather romantic notion for a woman who'd packed away dreams of handsome knights long ago in favor of the reality of a career in medicine. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

6 " You can't undo the past, but you can learn from it. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

7 " She'd surprised him. Good. She liked keeping military types on their toes. Reminding them they didn't always have the answers. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

8 " If her father didn't think it proper to teach a girl about horse breeding and economics, she'd simply teach herself. Books didn't care if she wore skirts instead of trousers. Their knowledge belonged to anyone with the courage to open their covers. And she had courage in spades. The size of the tome or the length of the words didn't dissuade her. She pursued them all, though the treatises on commerce quickly grew tedious. The books on animal husbandry, however, fascinated her and beckoned her back again and again.

God's creation was a marvelous machine, each cog and gear accomplishing a unique purpose within its own sphere that then affected the health and function of the overall animal. Those early forays into her father's study had lit a fire within her to understand the workings not only of four-legged creatures, but two-legged ones as well. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

9 " You can't undo the past, but you can learn from it. ... I believe in you, Charlie. I believe that you can be a man God designed you to be. A man of honor and integrity. You've got a good heart. ... It's just a little rusty, is all. Give it a good scrubbing, scrape away the corrosion, and infuse it with a purpose higher than itself. It will shine again. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

10 " Something flickered in her belly. Not attraction, surely. She despised arrogant military types. but the man before her didn't look arrogant at the moment. Or even all that militaristic. He simply looked like a man who loved his horse. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

11 " He'd never thought himself a setting-down kind of man. Until he met Josie with her ten-dollar words and her determination to make a place for herself in a man's profession. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

12 " The prospect of having a dictatorial military type underfoot should annoy her. So why did the twisting in her belly feel less like annoyance and more like anticipation? "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

13 " He struck her as the warrior type. Nothing would stop him except death itself. Or his own stubbornness. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

14 " She'd surprised him. Good. She liked keeping military types on their toes. Reminded them they didn't always have all the answers. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

15 " He knew better than to fall for a pretty pair of eyes and a feisty temperment. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)

16 " Torture isn't healthy," said Josie said, cutting off his spiraling thoughts. "It tears apart the soul. "

― Karen Witemeyer , At Love's Command (Hanger's Horsemen, #1)