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Sweet Lullaby QUOTES

Sweet Lullaby QUOTES

1 " He was lying in bed with the woman he loved . . . a woman he couldn't make love to. He closed his eyes. More than any­thing in this world, he wanted this woman to be happy. He'd give her anything, do anything to make her happy. Even if it made his own life hell. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

2 " Jake?"

"Mmm?"

"I like it when you spend the day thinking."

He brought his head up, twinkling eyes and a mischie­vous grin gracing his countenance.

"Reb, honey, that was just what I thought about this morning. Wait until I show you what I thought about this afternoon. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

3 " Rebecca tilted her face up to Jake and she felt his lips brushing lightly against hers. Then his lips were beside her ear, whispering, "A lifetime of happiness, Reb, I promise. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

4 " Jake was hurting, emotionally and physically, and he was exhausted. He stared at her in wonder.

"You're going to name him after me?"

"I don't see any other father in this house."

Ignoring the pain throbbing in his hands, he drew her close, holding onto her tightly. It was the most precious gift she could have given him. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

5 " I almost envy your horse," she said, "because these thighs hug him all day."

-Rebecca to Jake "

― , Sweet Lullaby

6 " I was proud of you today, handling William Long the way you did." Her fingers stilled. "What did you think of him the first time you met him?" she asked quietly.

"That he was the kind of man you should have married."

"And now you don't think that anymore?"

"Now, it doesn't matter. You're married to me."

"I was the night you met him."

Jake's eyes met and held hers in the moonlight. "No, you weren't. Not really." His arm tightened around her. "But you are now. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

7 " He heard a soft voice calling him and turned towards it, trying to focus the vision before him. It wasn't his mother. If he weren't so tired, he would have smiled. He hadn't expected to find an angel in Hell.

The angel, her image blurred, a whiteness surrounding her, would understand. The angel would know.

"Why couldn't she love me?" he asked. The angel's answer was garbled. He strained to understand the words, not all his senses failed him as he slipped back into the abyss on the edge of Hell.

And the angel knelt down beside the bed and wept. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

8 " ...When she'd skillfully turned it back towards the herd, Rebecca lifted an arm to wave at Jake, her smile vis­ible even from this distance. He felt a familiar tightening in his loins. How many times had he watched her ride across the Lazy A, experienced the same stirrings, and rid­den away so she'd never know what his true feelings were? He didn't have to ride away today. He could watch her graceful movements to his heart's content. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

9 " You are the politest man I know, Jake Burnett."

"Had politeness beat into me. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

10 " ...Closing his eyes, he saw every smile that Rebecca had ever directed his way and knew a pang of regret. He would have liked to have held her in his arms one last time before he died. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

11 " Miss Velvet."

"Lord, darlin'. You're the only man in this state who would tip his hat to a whore." She ushered the other women along and stopped beside Jake. "You haven't been back to see me, darlin'."

"No, ma'am."

"You won't be coming back to see me, will you?"

He shook his head. "No, ma'am. I won't."

She smiled, a warm, pretty smile. "It's just as well. A man like you, darlin', shouldn't have to pay a woman. You take care of yourself now, you hear?"

He returned her smile. "Yes, ma'am. I will."

She reached out, touching the raised comer of his mouth with the tip of her finger. "Lord, darlin', I don't know how any woman could walk away from that smile. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

12 " He ducked down under the wooden slats used to separate the stalls in the barn and crawled into the adjacent stall where he began rubbing the belly of the chestnut mare.

"Lay down, Lady. Please . . . it's awful cold tonight. Please lay down."

The mare complied as she always did to the soothing tone in his voice. Drawing the blanket up tightly around him, he lay down beside the horse, moving in close to her side. He was careful to place his frozen feet near enough to her for warmth, but not so near that she'd protest.

"They had a real purty tree, Lady, with candles. Bet it didn't look as purty from the inside, though. Weren't no snow on the inside."

He snuggled in closer to the warm beast. "Merry Christmas, Lady," he whispered.

The mare nickered and moved her head in closer to the boy as he drifted off to sleep, the scent of hay and livestock surrounding them. "

― , Sweet Lullaby

13 " Her eyes shot up to his, expressing gratitude. He ignored the pain her obvious relief brought him. "

― , Sweet Lullaby