Ava Hunter > Quotes

“Remember what I said to you the night we met? About the stars?”
She nods. She’d never forget. “You said they shine the brightest in your hometown.”
“Not anymore. You’re my star, Tess.” He places a hand over his chest. “You shine here. In my heart.”
― Ava Hunter, Babymoon or Bust

“We have to make our time. We have to make every second count. You can’t miss out on your life trying to get it together.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“learn not to fuck with a good woman’s heart.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Hope’s not stupid. It keeps you going.”
― Ava Hunter, Rope the Moon

“One night, no names, two heartbeats, and all the stars in the universe.”
― Ava Hunter, Babymoon or Bust

“I love you, Ruby,” he says when he pulls back. Visibly overcome, he presses my hand over his heart, and his piercing blue eyes stare into mine. “From this heartbeat until the last, I am yours.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“That’s a brave thing to do. Live for yourself. Most people don’t realize it’s what they want until it’s too late.”
― Ava Hunter, For Better or Hearse

“For so long, I thought I was happy, when all I’ve been is happily unhappy.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“I promise Wyatt’s not really an idiot. He just acts like one.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Bravery is being scared and doing it anyway,”
― Ava Hunter, Rope the Moon

“You have to take the good with the bad. And when you do, you’ll find the bad doesn’t matter as much as the good.”
― Ava Hunter, For Better or Hearse

“Shame, sadness, stains her voice, slumps her shoulders. Dims her light.”
― Ava Hunter, For Better or Hearse

“When I set her on her feet, my cock could’ve punched through drywall.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Listen to more music. Find your stars. When you find that one good man, you better kiss him. Then keep him.”
― Ava Hunter, Babymoon or Bust

“I’m not your hero,” I tell her and she casts me a sideways glance in the dark. “You’ve always been able to save yourself.” I pull her closer. “But I am your anchor. Because I will always be there when you need something to ground you.”
― Ava Hunter, Rope the Moon

“In the fluorescent light of the motel, I see a bruised cheekbone. Black eye. A busted lip. Rage courses through me, swift, blinding. “Who did this, Dakota?” I demand, fighting to keep my voice controlled even as my breath comes out in ragged pants. “Who. The fuck. Did this?” Her eyes flutter closed. “Davis, don’t—” “Cupcake, I’m gonna need you to shut that pretty mouth and let me hold you.”
― Ava Hunter, Rope the Moon

“Your body, Reese,” I murmur, “is an absolute goddamn stunner. Has me absolutely fucking feral.”
― Ava Hunter, Burn the Wild

“Love isn’t about fixing yourself so that someone loves you. It’s about finding the right person to love you as you are.”
― Ava Hunter, For Better or Hearse

“I don’t want to be a main character. I want to be that statue in the corner of the room that sometimes gets mistaken for a ghost and scares the shit out of people.”
― Ava Hunter, For Better or Hearse

“He broke my arm with a rolling pin.”
― Ava Hunter, Rope the Moon

“She was the junky thing found in the bottom of a drawer. And that was before her diagnosis. After? Friends didn’t get it. They dropped off, quit calling. Either thought she was weird or got weird about it themselves. Ash learned then that when things got hard, people who love her will let go. So it’s better if she does it first.”
― Ava Hunter, For Better or Hearse

“Because I have love. And that has to be enough.”
― Ava Hunter, Rope the Moon

“Who hurt you?”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“See how it goes. The thought calms me somehow, casting a golden glow into my chest. Like I only need to put one foot in front of the other to move. It’s that simple.”
― Ava Hunter, Rope the Moon

“You and that baby—I’m going to spoil you fucking senseless. Love you both so damn hard. Protect you until the end of my goddamn days. I swear to God.”
― Ava Hunter, Rope the Moon

“You only get one shot. Chance, life, love are finite.”
― Ava Hunter, For Better or Hearse

“Observe, do not absorb.”
― Ava Hunter, For Better or Hearse

“I came to bring you home. But when I saw you at your showing, hell, you looked so damn happy…” I swallow, threading a hand through my hair. “I couldn’t do it.” A long silence. I’m crawling inside my skin, waiting for her reply, waiting for words that could break or save me. “I wasn’t happy,” she bursts out. Her eyes are blurry. “I had a thousand texts written out to you that night. You were the one person I wanted there and…” She sucks in a trembling breath. “You were there after all.” “You were amazing that night, Bell.” “Why? Why didn’t you say anything?” She meets my eyes with curiosity. “I didn’t want to take you away from your dream a second time.”
― Ava Hunter, Tis the Season for a Cowboy

“The champagne to his beer can.”
― Ava Hunter, Babymoon or Bust

“You know,” Ash muses. “Love and death are so similar. The beginning. The end. It’s all a mystery. An unknown. Both are always on our minds. We don’t control the ride, the ride controls us. And no matter how hard we prepare, no matter how much we think we’ve got this, we can’t escape. Love. Or death.”
― Ava Hunter, For Better or Hearse