Kortney Keisel > Quotes

“Sometimes, life comes from behind and scares you so badly that it takes your breath away.... But don't worry. You will breathe again.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Promised Prince

“Grief sticks with you—it changes and shifts as you grow, but it never leaves you.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Promised Prince

“I want to marry you, Emree Dutson, for all the right reasons. Images of you consume my everyday life. You are my future, every special moment I don’t want to forget, and all my dreams coming true. You’re not just a random girl at the Morreck Inn, the Promenade Director, or a working-class woman in gray. You’re my everything, and I don’t want to live another day without you.” He held the ring out in front of her. “Please say that you’ll marry me and be my forever.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Rejected King

“My dad steals a kiss from my mom as he passes her on the stage, and it’s like my life has come full circle. I’ve always wanted the kind of love my parents have. I’ve watched them my whole life, seen every cute hug on the beach, every glance across the room, every butt tap from my dad when she bent over to empty the dishwasher, every time they took care of each other, the times they chose to forgive, and the times they chose to be there for each other no matter what.”
― Kortney Keisel, Summer Ever After

“He was never meant to be hers. He was meant to be King. Meant to be Seran's. That had already be dicided”
― Kortney Keisel, The Promised Prince

“You're much stronger than I ever was, and you'll be okay”
― Kortney Keisel, The Promised Prince

“My stomach ties up in knots every time I get together with my family. I feel anxious that I’m not going to fit in the way they want me to. Or that I’m just the disappointing misfit they all have to tolerate. I’m worried I won’t know what to say or that every exchange will be forced and awkward. I’m stressed that I won’t be able to leave when I want to. I literally stew over it for hours beforehand.”
― Kortney Keisel, Summer Ever After

“How can I have a broken heart over someone that’s never been mine?”
― Kortney Keisel, Complete

“The most beautiful woman in the room is in my arms. They’re not looking at me. They’re looking at you. And then, they’re thinking, How on earth did Walker Collins get Jane Hayes?”
― Kortney Keisel, Summer Ever After

“That’s what I like about life. No matter how bad things are, there are always more chances to start again.”
― Kortney Keisel, Summer Ever After

“You’re a handful, Mykaleen Adler, but I kind of like that about you. I like how at any given moment of the day, I don’t know what you’ll do or say next. You’re funny, and sometimes you don’t even try—it’s just natural. You don’t pretend to be something you’re not. You’re unapologetically yourself in the best way. I like that you’re brave and bold and daring. And,” he paused, “I like how you don’t need me to rescue you, but you’ll let me anyway.” He shook his head. “I know you’re way out of my league and that you deserve someone better than me, but I can’t help it. I love you. I love your craziness, and your goodness, and your strength.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Stolen Princess

“Renna grabbed Myka and Dannyn’s hands. “Let’s go.” A rush of adrenaline swept through Dannyn. These women were exactly the team she needed.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Forgotten Queen

“This was not a fairytale.
This was a nightmare”
― Kortney Keisel, The Forgotten Queen

“Love happens when you’re brave enough to let someone see your pain, and we’re past bravery—bearing our whole souls for the other to see. ”
― Kortney Keisel, One Foggy Christmas

“A six-foot-three professional golfer with dark curls, blue eyes, and a charming smile isn’t your type?”
― Kortney Keisel, Summer Ever After

“This morning, I found the CD on the front seat of my golf cart with a note that said, Hopefully, now I won’t have to keep playing this song for you, with a smiley face.  He BOUGHT me the CD!”
― Kortney Keisel, Summer Ever After

“It’s the type of love that grows with time, deepens with experience, and changes with life.”
― Kortney Keisel, One Foggy Christmas

“Some heartbreaks are worth it”
― Kortney Keisel, The Forgotten Queen

“She’d been through a lot, but her past didn’t define her. She wasn’t broken. She’d gotten stronger, learned how to fight for the life she wanted. Her story hadn’t ended in Albion the day she’d been shot. The quicksand of life hadn’t dragged her down. She could write her own ending, and she could do it with Marx.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Forgotten Queen

“She was turning into some kind of Drake Vestry fanatic. Every little thing he did was attractive. Even the way he beat her at Monopoly.
Drake yawned again, and somehow even that was attractive.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Stolen Princess

“Emree bit her swollen lip, fighting to keep her own passion at bay. He waved his hand out in front of him, gesturing to her. “Would you stop that!”
Confusion creased her brow. “What?”
“Stop biting your lip and looking so attractive. I’m trying to be a
gentleman.”
She rolled her eyes.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Rejected King

“Sydria understood now what Dannyn had said. Some heartbreaks were worth it.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Forgotten Queen

“I don’t know if I should answer this. Everything I say seems to irritate you.”
― Kortney Keisel, Compared

“Because what’s the point of suffering, if a person doesn’t learn anything from it?”
― Kortney Keisel, The Stolen Princess

“I have no idea why Nash manhandling that heavy ladder with one hand is so dang attractive, but it is.”
― Kortney Keisel, One Foggy Christmas

“She had no one else, but she didn’t need anyone else as long as she had Drake Vestry.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Stolen Princess

“That was the root of the problem. Sydria didn’t care about Marx. Not in the way he had begun to care about her.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Forgotten Queen

“She would miss him.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Forgotten Queen

“All this time, she’d pictured a bad guy to be dirty and ugly with yellowed teeth and ogre-like eyes, not covered in muscles with a smooth face and striking jawline. Was every bad guy this handsome? Probably. It didn’t seem likely that ugly villains would gain much of a
following.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Stolen Princess

“I was broken, but you didn’t try to fix me—you gave me room to fix myself. You taught me to want more out of life, believe in myself, trust my instincts, and not settle for what everyone else said I had to be. You didn’t set me free. You broke down the walls so I could free myself, and I love you for that.”
― Kortney Keisel, The Forgotten Queen