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81 " Jethro’s sarcasm was cool whip on whipped cream—completely unnecessary. "
― Penny Reid , Truth or Beard (Winston Brothers, #1)
82 " No. That’s not what I want. You would have to go all in. We would go out to dinner, see movies, call each other, text. I’d work on your car—you know, the Mustang you left at my house earlier this week—install gadgets you don’t need ’cause you’re my girl. You might come to the Winston place and hang out with us boys. This would be both of us, all in for all twelve months—or less if we find we don’t suit. "
83 " Jessica," he whispered,"arguing with you is one of my favorite things to do. "
84 " When a guy sees a car he likes,all he can think about is getting under the hood or taking her for a ride. "
85 " He smiled. It was small and magnetic. I took a mental snapshot; spending time with him confirmed my suspicion that Duane’s smiles were few and should be treasured. I "
86 " no more than ten feet later I was faced with a picturesque clearing at the edge of a wide, still stream and I sucked in a small breath. I didn’t know this place existed. If I’d known this place existed then I would have become one of those nature people who forage the woods for sustenance and bathe in moonlit pools. "
87 " The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.” — Marion Zimmer Bradley, The Fall of Atlantis "
88 " Roseanne Barr ~Jessica~ "
89 " Please let me know if I can ever be of service pushing you in a similar fashion.” I watched him take a deep breath, his gaze moving over my features—still warm with affection—and he said in a near whisper, “My momma once told me, you don’t need to be pushed in order to fall. I don’t think you’ll need to do much pushing, Jessica. "
90 " My momma once told me no one turns away a lady bearing pie. If you want to get your foot in the door, bring pie and hold it in front of you. She called this the pie effect. "
91 " family with the last name of Oliver, very high-cotton. "
92 " Hi, Duane.” I tried to be circumspect and mindful—after all we were still in church—but it didn’t work. My simple greeting sounded beyond delighted even to my ears, verging on enthusiastic. Music only I could hear switched on; this time is it was Just the Way You Are, by Bruno Mars—except the shes were replaced with hes "
93 " I know you want adventure, I know you want to see the world. But love is the greatest adventure, where you risk the most for the greatest reward. What good will all this exceptional living do if you’re doing it only for yourself? "
94 " fernweh; in German it means farsickness. It’s like, some people have homesickness and that’s considered normal, acceptable. Missing one’s family and friends, what’s familiar, I think everyone can understand longing for home. But I realized that the strange anxiousness I’ve always felt to be elsewhere was called fernweh. "
95 " You don’t ask someone you love to give up on her dreams! "
96 " he six Winston boys had inherited their father’s ability to charm snakes, the IRS, and women. "
97 " Don't let your luggage define your travels, each life unravels differently.” — Shane Koyczan "
98 " And then I learned what a hot look was. Because Beau Winston was giving me a hot look. I wanted to label it as incendiary, but as it was the first hot look I’d ever been aware of receiving, I decided instead to make his hot look the baseline by which all other hot looks would be measured "
99 " In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path” — Swami Vivekananda "
100 " Jessica. Her name on my lips sounded too loud. I had an odd thought just then, that I should only ever whisper her name and that she would always be close enough to hear it. "