Jean Brashear > Quotes

“Know inside yourself that you're strong. It's the only weapon that matters, and no one can teach that to you.”
― Jean Brashear, The Goddess of Fried Okra

“I might not know every step of my journey, but standing still wouldn’t accomplish a thing. Sometimes you just had to take a step, whatever the direction, and see what happened.”
― Jean Brashear, The Goddess of Fried Okra

“Imagination can be your best friend, you know.”
― Jean Brashear, The Goddess of Fried Okra

“Fate didn't always speak up when called.”
― Jean Brashear, The Goddess of Fried Okra

“Cinnamon and sugar and a second chance....how could that not be sign?”
― Jean Brashear, The Goddess of Fried Okra

“After checking the manual again, she located the mat in the trunk and peeled it back, then unscrewed the big winged nut holding down a sort of cardboard cover. Beneath it—shazaam!—lay the spare tire and pieces of what the instructions assured her was the jack. If only she had the faintest notion how to assemble it. She removed the metal components and shivered again. She’d packed a set of long johns, but she wasn’t eager to spend time removing boots or stripping off jeans. Activity would warm her. Keep moving. Next the tire, which was determined not to leave its cocoon. She was strong for her size from years of hauling around big pots, but never had she cursed her small stature more. The thing weighed a ton, and it was wedged in there so tightly she couldn’t get it to budge. She’d go to the next step, then come back to the stupid spare. Nothing went better after that. Jacking up the car was a nightmare, and trying to loosen what the book called lug nuts simply wasn’t happening. Cold and scared and frustrated, Scarlett forced herself to think hard about the alternative: walking back to Sweetgrass Springs. But the town had been deserted except for Ruby’s,”
― Jean Brashear, Texas Roots

“I don’t know a lot about”
― Jean Brashear, The Gallaghers of Sweetgrass Springs Boxed Set: Books 1-3

“You have to be enough for yourself, Maddie. No one else can do it.”
― Jean Brashear, Texas Secrets

“That’s what a man does—he takes a look at the cards life deals out, and he doesn’t give up and he doesn’t whine about his sorry lot. He hunkers down and figures out what he can do with them.”
― Jean Brashear, Hot for the Cowboy

“except”
― Jean Brashear, Texas Secrets

“Boone already felt in his bones that if he ever got his hands on Maddie, once would never be enough.”
― Jean Brashear, Texas Secrets

“He needs to respect you and know you mean business, but it’s not your business to be mean.”
― Jean Brashear, Texas Secrets