Maisey Yates > Quotes

“I love you," he said. "Every broken piece of you, with every broken piece of me.”
― Maisey Yates, Avenge Me

“Well, I’m going to say goodbye. There’s only so much my ego can take. This was a great growth experience but I can’t say I’m eager to stand around and marinate in it. Please don’t come buy your muffin from me tomorrow. I hope wherever you do buy one, it has raisins in it.”
― Maisey Yates, Shoulda Been a Cowboy

“Heartbreak was the worst. It was worse than a cord wrapped around the wheel on you computer chair.”
― Maisey Yates, Crazy, Stupid Sex

“And with every step he took away from her, he felt like he was leaving the best pieces of him further and further behind.”
― Maisey Yates, Take Me

“I’ll bet he misses it.”
“Almost as much as I miss him being on the road.”
She frowned. “You don’t really mean that.”
“Mostly not.”
“Good. But I do sort of get it,” she said slowly. “The siblings-driving-you-crazy thing. My sisters . .
. well, they’re perfect. As far as my parents are concerned.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah. They’re married.”
“And that’s perfect, huh? What about you? You’re successful, right? Your column is pretty big.”
“Oh, it’s huge,” she said, her tone overdramatic, earning a chuckle from Cole. “I’m kind of a big
deal. But I don’t have a husband, so . . . my parents think maybe I’m not such a big deal.”
“So, you’re the black sheep.”
“Baaaaa.”
“Nice.”
“Thanks.”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“The simple fact was, I was scared, because I knew if I let myself love you, I would love you with all of myself. I would love you in that way that would take over my whole soul,”
― Maisey Yates, Take Me

“He was nice. But the waitress spilled a drink in my lap during dinner, and then I noticed he had a
piece of spinach in his teeth, and . . . you know, there’s nowhere to go but down from there.”
“And then what?”
“I faked a work emergency.”
“Do newspaper columnists have work emergencies?”
“I might have led him to believe I was an ace reporter. And that there was a robbery somewhere”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“She was shaking. Her hands, her knees and everywhere in between. And kisses did not make her shake.And she didn't kiss men she didn't like. She didn't kiss men in uniforms who had a fetish for order and cleanliness.
She didn't yell at people, either, but right now the yelling was lower on her list of sins than the kissing.
"What did you... I don't even... I'm going to go."
She turned, her shoulders stiff, her heart hammering in her ears.
"If I'd known a kiss would have gotten rid of you, I would have kissed you the moment I saw your car sitting on the side of the road."
Oh. That. Did it.
She whirled back around, anger gaining traction in her again. "Well, sure, your kiss got rid of me. Congratulations. Now who's going to help you get rid of the hard-on it gave you? Your right hand?”
― Maisey Yates, Part Time Cowboy

“We're two halves of a whole. We make a lot more sense when we're together.”
― Maisey Yates, Avenge Me

“In him, she saw the definition of strength. It didn't mean never showing a crack, it didn't mean not feeling fear or despair. It meant going on anyway.”
― Maisey Yates, Hajar's Hidden Legacy

“Fear was a dumbass state to live in. - From IMAGINE ME AND YOU”
― Maisey Yates, Animal Attraction

“You’re my everything. My heart, my soul. And if I don’t have you, then nothing else means anything. I know we’re young, and I know that scares you, but trust me, there is nothing in this life that I would be happier experiencing without you by my side. I love you,”
― Maisey Yates, Take Me

“She shook her head and dropped the focus of the light down to the ground. “Well, thanks for . . .
everything. Dinner. And stuff. Showing me the ranch.”
Why were things so awkward with him?
“Sure.” He put his hands in his pockets. “See you tomorrow?”
“Yeah. Tomorrow.”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“Relax, Cole, I wasn’t proposing.” She put her hand on his shoulder for a second, and when she
removed it, the impression of her warmth lingered. Burned.
And for a moment he wondered if marriage wouldn’t be such a bad idea.”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“They said all the world was a stage, and Lydia had never been very convinced of that. But a small town was most definitely a stage when drama was going on.”
― Maisey Yates, Tough Luck Hero

“You know, I understand the way that some people view manual labor. With a kind of sneer, looking down your nose at it, like it’s less. But I’ve never found anything more satisfying than going out and making a change with my own two hands. Seeing a project through from start to finish, knowing that what I did…that it changed something. The shape of an object, the landscape. When you’re fighting fires, that your hands helped put up the blockade that preserved the wilderness. That you dug those trenches, ran those fire lines that saved houses, trees, animals. Lives. There’s no shame in it.”
― Maisey Yates, Cowboy Christmas Redemption

“What?” she asked, like she was surprised, even though she was fully aware that she was both distracting herself and distancing herself by becoming Therapist Sadie, rather than being Sadie the bag of flail who was marinating in her own lustypants.”
― Maisey Yates, Part Time Cowboy

“But she didn’t pull away from him. If anything, she seemed to sort of melt against him. It was the
first time she’d willingly accepted something from him without getting stiff and defensive and
generally annoyed”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“So I’ll see you tomorrow then.”
“Yeah.” His heart rate picked up. She really did make him feel more like a kid than a grown man.
Although the desire she made him feel was certainly a man’s desire. “Do you want to have lunch with
me tomorrow?”
“Lunch?”
“Yeah. A picnic. I want to show you this place”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“His family had become hers, in many ways. They weren't perfect, but there was more love in their broken pieces than Kaylee's home had ever had.”
― Maisey Yates, Untamed Cowboy

“Yeah.” He touched
Kelsey’s arm and felt a shock, like static electricity. But this went deeper, beneath his skin. “I’m
going to go see what Cade needs. See you later?”
She licked her lips, the action sending a different kind of electricity down south. What a time for his
libido to make a reappearance. “Yeah. See you later”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“I feel like if the most important thing is that we love each other, everything else will fall into place.”
― Maisey Yates, Take Me

“All those stories of people going into the wilderness and finding themselves made sense. You could find your own insignificance out here. Your place as a thread in the patchwork of the world, rather than imagining you were the whole damn quilt.”
― Maisey Yates, A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas

“I call my power back to me. I call my energy back to me. I call my magic back to me. I am shielded from anything that would take my power from me. Nothing can harm me or take my light. I am safe. I am protected. I am powerful. And so it is. —A spell for trying times”
― Maisey Yates, First Witches Club

“I didn’t get here based on lineage, Travis. I’m here because I work hard. The only thing that’s blue in my family lineage are the collars. The blood is just red.”
― Maisey Yates, Take Me

“The universe has a way of taking away what isn’t needed and providing what is.”
― Maisey Yates, First Witches Club

“He flexed his fingers and fought the urge to put his hand on her stomach. It was a possessive
gesture, and he felt a little bit possessive”
― Maisey Yates, Unexpected

“Mischief is best enjoyed in the company of friends.”
― Maisey Yates, First Witches Club

“Look, the dominate-male thing was hot in bed, but it's jerky in real life, just so you know.”
― Maisey Yates, Avenge Me

“I have a 100 percent success rate on making it through the day. I don’t expect today to be any different.” She”
― Maisey Yates, Copper Ridge Series #0.5-3.4: Shoulda Been a Cowboy\Part Time Cowboy\Brokedown Cowboy\Bad News Cowboy\A Copper Ridge Christmas