Julie Ortolon > Quotes

“You accept that people are the way they are. There's nothing you can do about it, except
learn ways to minimize the damage they can do to you. It's like rain. We don't feel a need to forgive
the sky for raining on a day when we really wanted sunshine, do we? No. We might be upset and
disappointed, but the need to forgive never enters our mind.”
― Julie Ortolon, Unforgettable

“Every romantic movie with a grocery shopping scene had to have a baguette sticking out of the bag. And a bundle of flowers.”
― Julie Ortolon, Too Perfect

“friends talk her into this. Standing”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“gravity didn’t even exist. As if the thought of slipping off that narrow seat and plummeting to the ground never entered any of their minds. Growing up, she’d had a hard enough time riding the chair lift during her family’s annual Christmas vacations to Colorado, but after doing her residency in a hospital emergency room, she had an all-too-vivid image in her head of exactly what the result of such a fall would look like. How had she let Maddy and Amy talk her into this? Of course, sitting in a bookstore coffee shop with her friends last spring, the thought of facing her fear of heights”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“Sometimes, merely voicing our fears out loud makes them less frightening.”
― Julie Ortolon, Dear Cupid

“[You] have to accept it and move on, without letting where you've been control where you're going.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“There aren’t enough words in the English language to express how badly I stink at sports.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“The only way to conquer fear is to face it.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“Sometimes in life, we all need a little nudge to get us moving in the right direction. If we ignore it, we’re likely to get a shove.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“The surface didn’t always tell the full story. A carefully constructed façade could hide a myriad of secrets.”
― Julie Ortolon, At Last

“Never let your past limit your future.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“long”
― Julie Ortolon, Lie to Me

“planning the wedding. “We’ll”
― Julie Ortolon, Falling for You

“Love had to be given freely. No conditions.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“One thing about public opinion is you can turn it in an instant with the right illusion.”
― Julie Ortolon, Don't Tempt Me

“Marriage could be a partnership, not a life sentence where the woman’s identify is ripped away the first day.”
― Julie Ortolon , Almost Perfect

“Nothing comes without a price, so don’t whine when the bill arrives.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“While success takes hard work, there’s something to be said for taking the path of least resistance.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“Never underestimate gut instinct.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“Bookseller’s Best Awards. Almost Perfect, book one of her Perfect trilogy, was a Rita finalist and was named Best Single Title Contemporary by the readers of Affaire de Coeur magazine.  Julie’s road to success as a romance novelist was a bit bumpier than most”
― Julie Ortolon, Lie to Me

“Out of adversity comes opportunity.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“True love takes courage because you have to offer yourself, everything you are, weaknesses and all. And that is the greatest fear of all because rejection of self from someone you love would be a pain beyond enduring.”
― Julie Ortolon, Falling for You

“You don't have to earn love. It either is or isn't.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“When all else fails, smile.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“It’s true what they say: Time flies when you’re having fun.”
― Julie Ortolon, Almost Perfect

“No matter how badly you want to please someone, you can only put up a false front for so long.”
― Julie Ortolon, Drive Me Wild: A Loveswept Classic Romance

“The lack of a free weekend keeps more blockbusters bestsellers from being written than you can imagine.”
― Julie Ortolon, Lead Me On