Abigail Strom > Quotes

“I just think that particular brand of sexy isn't a woman's best weapon, and it's definitely not her only one. If you reduce yourself to that, then that's what people will see. They won't notice anything else about you.”
― Abigail Strom, Cross My Heart

“Don't look backwards. That never does any good. Think about the future instead.”
― Abigail Strom, Cross My Heart

“There are only two things in life you can’t change—yesterday and tomorrow. But there’s nothing you can’t do today.”
― Abigail Strom, Almost Like Love

“Falling into her was like falling into a star, the heat so intense he was consumed in the blink of an eye.”
― Abigail Strom, Cross My Heart

“Love is the only thing we take with us, and the only thing we leave behind. You can’t force it. You can’t deserve it. You can only give it . . . and accept it.”
― Abigail Strom, Waiting for You

“A faint sheen of perspiration made Simone's face glow, and every part of him felt warm and alive. I want you, he thought. God, I want you. He used his free hand to cup the side of her face. Her skin was so soft...so dewy and creamy and perfect. He wanted to touch every inch of her. He wanted to lick the salt sheen from her breasts and her belly and her legs. He wanted to taste the deep places.”
― Abigail Strom, Nothing Like Love

“As long as you’re alive, you can fix anything.”
― Abigail Strom, Tell Me

“without stories, reality would destroy us. She says stories and myths and heroes challenge us to be worthy of a larger reality. To listen to the better angels of our nature. To be more than what we are.”
― Abigail Strom, Almost Like Love

“I was obviously out of my mind. It was your job to talk me down off the ledge, not hand me a cape and tell me I could fly.”
― Abigail Strom, Almost Like Love

“But one day the man was faced with the loss of something precious. And he knew in that moment that what really mattered to him were the people he loved: his nephew, and his friends, and the woman who’d taught him that magic is real—and that love is real, too.” He paused. “And that cats purr between twenty and a hundred and forty hertz.”
― Abigail Strom, Almost Like Love

“Allison frowned. “But that’s the easiest one we’ve had in ages. She just wants to meet that software CEO—the man who designed that video game she likes so much. Rick Hunter, right? He lives right here in Des Moines. What’s the problem?”
― Abigail Strom, The Millionaire's Wish

“intensely aware of the brush of her sundress against her bare”
― Abigail Strom, Into Your Arms

“In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”
― Abigail Strom, Tell Me

“lies so convincingly you’d swear they were telling the”
― Abigail Strom, Into Your Arms

“you can look forward with love or backward with hate, and people have to make that choice for themselves. But holding on to bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for someone else to die, and she by God wasn’t going to waste her time like that.”
― Abigail Strom, Almost Like Love

“hot”
― Abigail Strom, Nothing Like Love

“And as long as there’s one thing in this world you do because it brings you joy, then you’re not a lost cause.”
― Abigail Strom, Anything but Love

“But it's safe to say that if your period panties not being on display is the best that can be said about a situation, the situation pretty much sucks.”
― Abigail Strom, Rikki

“People need love and understanding and support when they deserve it the least.”
― Abigail Strom, Claire

“If your only goal is to be safe you'll miss out on everything that makes life worth living. Passion can be scary, but without it we're just going through the motions.”
― Abigail Strom, Rikki

“They didn’t understand that no one was entitled to a living. That everything was a struggle. That you had to fight and claw your way to success. Kate”
― Abigail Strom, Almost Like Love

“When she saw it was Ian, a little jolt went through her system. She wished that would stop happening. When he’d called earlier in the week to ask if she could watch Jacob today, her heart had jumped as if she were a teenager hearing from the cutest boy in class. After the call had ended, she’d found herself singing “I Feel Pretty” from West Side Story.”
― Abigail Strom, Almost Like Love

“her back”
― Abigail Strom, Into Your Arms

“the only thing in the world he could say right now”
― Abigail Strom, Almost Like Love