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16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1) QUOTES

16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1) QUOTES

1 " I don’t think you need to worry about me marrying Jack,” she assured him. He parked at the curb and cut the engine and then said the oddest thing. “Good.” Good? He didn’t want her to remarry? What a strange reaction, considering that he’d been married to Marge for fourteen years. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

2 " CECILIA RANDALL HAD heard of people who, if granted one wish, would choose to live their lives over again. Not her. She’d be perfectly content to blot just one twelve-month period from her twenty-two years. The past twelve months. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

3 " Their baby girl had been born premature while Ian was at sea, and it became immediately apparent that she had a defective heart. By the time Ian returned home, Allison Marie had already been laid to rest. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

4 " He left the building, fury propelling his steps, and got into his car. Feeling the way he did just then, Ian realized he shouldn’t be driving, but he wasn’t about to sit outside this apartment. Not when Cecilia might think he sat there pining for her. He revved the engine and threw the transmission into drive. The tires squealed as he sped off, burning rubber. He hadn’t gone more than a quarter mile when he saw the red-and-blue lights of a sheriff’s car flashing behind him. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

5 " It wasn’t only his business practices that distressed Olivia. Everyone knew that Warren had cheated on his wife—correction, wives. He’d flaunted his affairs until both women had filed for divorce and left town. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

6 " Olivia wondered whose idea it was to see the play. To Kill a Mockingbird wasn’t the sort of entertainment she suspected a man like Warren would choose. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas seemed more his kind of show. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

7 " But at twenty-eight, Justine had revealed no desire to marry. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

8 " she possessed, hurled the ring across the room. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

9 " Justine refused to risk the pain that real closeness could bring. She’d been with her twin brother when he died, and the love she felt for him had turned into agony. Caught up in her own grief, Olivia had failed to recognize the devastating effect his death had had on her daughter. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

10 " He couldn’t function if anyone was upset with him; he even disliked being around other people’s arguments. When a situation became too intense for him, he simply moved on. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

11 " The military might have its heroes, but the wives were the backbone "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)

12 " Think about it. Everything of value in life involves risk. "

― Debbie Macomber , 16 Lighthouse Road (Cedar Cove, #1)