Liz Talley > Quotes

“Well, butter my butt and call me a biscuit, you fell in love with him.”
― Liz Talley, Charmingly Yours

“Yeah, falling out of love was like cleaning a window you didn’t know was dirty. Suddenly things were so clear.”
― Liz Talley, Deconstructed

“And then his arms came around her, like a favorite Wubbie Blanket enveloping her and giving her the peace she so craved. She wanted to cry everything out. If she could release everything, then it would be easier. But those tears didn’t come, the emotions she needed to feel for her husband stayed barred behind the terrible defenses she’d erected against the hurt the world constantly gave her. Still, his arms around her gave a comfort she craved. He”
― Liz Talley, The Wedding War

“Maybe that’s what Hillary had always understood—you didn’t tell the truth. You hid it because then everyone would leave you the hell alone.”
― Liz Talley, The Wedding War

“She might as well drink pumpkin spice lattes, carry Michael Kors, and wear yoga pants to the grocery store. Totally basic.”
― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe

“Sometimes you gotta fix what’s behind you so you can look in front of you.”
― Liz Talley, Deconstructed

“get up every morning and live with intention and honesty as best I can.”
― Liz Talley, Adulting

“The raccoon followed instructions the way most men followed instructions, which is to say, it sat there and did nothing.”
― Liz Talley, The Wedding War

“Come on. I won’t bite you. Unless you want me to.”
― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe

“Paper people are consumed by fire, dissipating into ash before scattering into the wind, never to be whole again. But others, those made of steel, used the fire to forge an edge. The heat hardened them, creating razor determination, melding them into something stronger.”
― Liz Talley, Deconstructed

“You’re killing me, you know,” he said, tossing a twenty on the counter and stepping back so I could slide past him.

“Yes, I know,” I said with a smile, enjoying the repartee even as I knew this was likely our last date. My gran used to say, “Always leave them wanting more,” and I’d never really embraced that idea. But it seemed apropos for this situation. I liked the tiny bit of power I held over this particular guy.”
― Liz Talley, Deconstructed

“No stockings, no breakfast casserole in the kitchen, no watching White Christmas with her daddy. Sounded horrible. Cindy came bopping back with their drinks. Taking a”
― Liz Talley, Perfectly Charming

“We’re both adults. I want you, and I know you want me, too. And, Daph, I want to do dirty, dirty things to you.”
― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe

“kissed her like the devil”
― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe

“But worthy things come from practice, and there’s something pure in practicing. You come at whatever the thing is with intent and focus, expecting to fail, but also expecting to move toward a goal.”
― Liz Talley, Adulting

“we’ll have five full-floor loft apartments and ten floors with duplex style.”
― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe

“But here’s the hard truth—shit happens. Sometimes you have to wipe it off and keep going . . . and sometimes you have to shovel it.”
― Liz Talley, Come Home to Me

“You hung up clothes that would eventually grace the bedroom floor. You fell in love only to mourn a broken heart. That was the vicious, joyful circle of life.”
― Liz Talley, Adulting

“Hadn’t someone once said, “Nothing is impossible?” Um, yeah. The Bible. All things are possible through Christ who strengthens me.”
― Liz Talley, Come Home to Me

“Because she never showed her displeasure to you. You’re her daddy, the man who always gives her the moon and stars. I’m her mother, and my job is to keep her from burning her fingers on all the stars you rope for her.”
― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe

“Taylor Swift’s newest song was on his last nerve. They were playing it way too much.”
― Liz Talley, Vegas Two Step

“know, but I also know that everyone needs support. That’s my job—to support her.” “Actually, that’s not your job, honey,” Tippy said. Daphne made a face. “You know I’m right. If you make the way smooth, she’ll never learn how to navigate the rocks and potholes. You can’t fix the world for Ellery any more than your mother could have fixed it for you. We all learn to live with what life hands us, and if we’re brave enough, we learn how to fight what the world gives us and forge our own paths.”
― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe

“Um, yeah. The Bible. All things are possible through Christ who strengthens me.”
― Liz Talley, Come Home to Me

“Love didn’t last if it wasn’t watered, given sun, or tended. Love didn’t last when one of the people stopped giving a damn and walked away. Now her love for Benton was a brittle tree waiting”
― Liz Talley, Perfectly Charming

“She’d slept with her daughter’s ex-boyfriend like some horny old slut.”
― Liz Talley, Room to Breathe

“happened.”
― Liz Talley, Cowboys for Christmas

“But after the nightmares started, the incessant bouts of racing heart and clammy palms, he’d gone to a therapist. The breathing exercises and the antianxiety meds had helped some. But he still dealt with nightmares and lack of sleep, which”
― Liz Talley, Come Home to Me

“But the dreamers are always the ones who win big. Or they go home.”
― Liz Talley, Charmingly Yours

“intended for Summer. He’d manipulated the story line”
― Liz Talley, Come Home to Me

“The day they’d placed him in her arms, she’d vowed to protect him with her everything. He was hers, and she had a mission—to love, protect, and fight to the death for her son. End of story. He was worth every tear she’d cried.”
― Liz Talley, Come Home to Me