Brenda Novak > Quotes

“You ever want me to show you what it's like to have a man in your bed, you know where to find me.”
― Brenda Novak, When Snow Falls

“Never miss a good chance to shut up.”
― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy

“...some small part of her had reacted to the passion inside him. Despite his role as a titled gentleman, there seemed to be a facet inside him that society could not tame, something stimulating yet dangerous, like standing at the edge of a cliff and feeling the mysterious, subtle pull to jump.”
― Brenda Novak, Through the Smoke

“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy

“Maybe being a big star isn’t the only life that will make you happy. Maybe the joy isn’t in the end result—in the success. Maybe it’s in living, loving—and trying.”
― Brenda Novak, A Winter Wedding

“Courage is as contagious as fear.”
― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach

“into it in the end, but she’d gotten the feeling he’d only relented to placate her, to ease some of the tension that’d crept into their marriage. And by then it was too late. A month later she was attending his funeral. Oddly, she didn’t feel the gut-wrenching loss that normally accompanied any thought of her late husband. Did that mean she was learning to live without him? Or was it the hope of having a child that buoyed her spirits? If she was pregnant, it would be more than a little ironic that it had happened with Maxim… “Get this over with,” she said aloud.”
― Brenda Novak, On a Snowy Christmas

“We all do stupid stuff when we're hurting," she said and, probably because kissing him was all she could think about, lowered her mouth to his.”
― Brenda Novak, Keep Me Warm at Christmas

“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.”
― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy

“hurt you, or you could hurt me—” “That’s the risk with any relationship. People change. We can only judge by what we feel now.”
― Brenda Novak, When Snow Falls

“Respect is more important than anything else. Respect will create a foundation. But, just so you don’t walk into something you aren’t prepared for in the future, you need to be aware that he has his limits.”
― Brenda Novak

“But I have plenty of experience with trying to meet everyone's expectations so they won't reject me. It's easy to become a slave to that - to lose yourself in it.”
― Brenda Novak, One Perfect Summer

“We all just do the best we can. When we make mistakes, we admit them, learn from them, ask forgiveness and move on.”
― Brenda Novak, Sweet Seduction Boxed Set

“Hanover House?” “That, or it’s possible someone just thinks it’s funny. But if I find out who that someone is, I’m going to make them awfully sorry.” He stepped back and told his dog to go inside with her. “Makita will stay with you until I check things out.” She nodded and closed the door so that Makita wouldn’t be tempted to follow”
― Brenda Novak, Hanover House

“The service had reminded her of the meaning of Christmas and given her a sense of peace. It had also reminded her of the baby she carried and the hope that having a child brought into her life. Did the past really matter? Not if she didn’t let it, she decided.”
― Brenda Novak, Be Mine at Christmas

“she’d been determined to overcome the immunology challenges associated with finding a cure for diabetes—her favorite aunt had lost a leg to the dreaded disease—”
― Brenda Novak, Until You Loved Me

“Grandpa Garnier: Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.”
― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy

“Algunas veces no tenemos ningún control sobre las cosas que nos abaten. Lo único que podemos hacer es encontrar la forma de enfrentarnos a ellas e intentar levantarnos.”
― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach

“In so many ways, she was the luckiest person in the world—someone who didn’t have to worry about money, someone who lived in a beautiful, exclusive area others paid a fortune to visit, someone who cared about the library and felt a great sense of purpose—and yet...something was missing. Her life wasn’t nearly as idyllic as others probably saw it.”
― Brenda Novak, The Seaside Library

“Internal”
― Brenda Novak, Stop Me

“Then don’t let it be for nothing. Let her go. Let the past go with her. And quit punishing yourself.”
― Brenda Novak, A California Christmas

“That was the trouble of telling someone all your truths. They could use them to tear you apart.”
― Brenda Novak, Sweet Seduction Boxed Set

“He wasn’t the only one who’d ever suffered—yet he’d been given a unique opportunity to make a difference.”
― Brenda Novak, Until You Loved Me

“She stripped off the leather coat she’d worn to bridge, and he hung it on an elaborate yet unique coat tree next to some built-in bookshelves that were so extensive his living room almost resembled a library—at least on that side. Ariana guessed he’d put them where the staircase used to be. The new staircase was made of wrought iron and was no longer against the wall. “I love your shelves,” she said. “Thanks. I built them myself.”
― Brenda Novak, The Seaside Library

“She could only attribute the difference to each parent’s attitude. Micah acted as if all was well, so Trevor responded in a similar manner. Paige acted as though she was miserable, and that meant Trevor had to worry about her and carry a lot of angst.”
― Brenda Novak, Before We Were Strangers

“And you can reach them, because you know what it’s like to have a difficult childhood. It’s made you caring, empathetic and willing to get off your ass instead of just sitting back and enjoying your money.”
― Brenda Novak, Until You Loved Me

“How many times do you let someone hurt you in the same way," she asked him, "before you become the asshole who keeps allowing it?”
― Brenda Novak, Sweet Seduction Boxed Set

“A lot of that criticism stems from jealousy, don’t you agree? People have a hard time accepting someone who soars so high. Someone who dares to break all the rules.”
― Brenda Novak, When We Touch

“Nothing ever stays easy for long.”
― Brenda Novak, Of Noble Birth

“a reprieve like that “a tender mercy,”
― Brenda Novak, This Heart of Mine