Buck Turner > Quotes

“You were in love. He was your first love. That's a feeling that never goes away no matter how much time passes.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“You don’t find love. It finds you. It’s got a little bit to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars. —Anais Nin”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“This is the place where I fell in love, got married, and shared almost twenty years with the man I loved. And if I close my eyes, I can still feel him here with me. There aren't enough beaches and golden sunsets in the world to make me walk away from those memories.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.”
― Buck Turner, The Long Road Back To You

“TN They say our lives are written in the stars, that our fate is predetermined. But after the life I’ve lived, I believe that we are the authors of our own destiny, endowed by the Almighty with the power to choose our own paths, and, when necessary, to rewrite the stars.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“be careful who you give your heart to. Once it’s gone, there’s no takin’ it back, no matter how much you might wanna.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“There is no greater loneliness than being misunderstood.”
― Buck Turner, The Long Road Back to You

“a person’s success isn’t measured by money but by what his family thinks of him.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“faith and perseverance can pay off, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.”
― Buck Turner, A Thousand Distant Shores

“I think it has to do with the connection they make when they’re young. Even though life takes them in separate directions, they always feel the need to return to one another.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“The sky over Kitty Hawk is in a mood,”
― Buck Turner, The Rain Catcher

“Do you ever stop and think if you’d done something as simple as going left versus right, how different your life might be?”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“Whats that?” “I want you to remember that the past is just a story we tell ourselves. It holds no power over you unless you let it.” Harper nodded slowly”
― Buck Turner, Promises Promises

“but it’s also fierce, a refusal to be limited by her condition.”
― Buck Turner, The Rain Catcher

“No. I am not made of iron. Iron may be strong, but it’s not flexible. It cracks under pressure, rust, and decays with time. I’ve weathered storms that threatened to tear me apart, yet here I am, still standing. I’ve bent, but never broken, scarred, but never shattered. I am a beacon of hope for those who have lost their ways… and a reminder of the past for those who dare to forget. No, I am not iron. I am a survivor.”
― Buck Turner, A Thousand Distant Shores

“Memories are the monsters of the mind. They are pieces of our past, our most private possessions, lurking in the endless void between our ears.”
― Buck Turner, Evergreen

“To be a lighthouse, you must be strong enough to resist every kind of storm, to every kind of loneliness and you must have a powerful light inside you! —Mehmet Murat Ildan”
― Buck Turner, A Thousand Distant Shores

“Instead, I’m left with a gentler ache, some understanding, a version of events that isn’t about betrayal but about fear, and what happens when the people who love you most can’t always stay the course.”
― Buck Turner, Until the Last Star Falls

“They say our lives are written in the stars, that our fate is predetermined. But after the life I’ve lived, I believe that we are the authors of our own destiny, endowed by the Almighty with the power to choose our own paths, and, when necessary, to rewrite the stars.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“I want you to remember that the past is just a story we tell ourselves. It holds no power over you unless you let it.”
― Buck Turner, Promises Promises

“Well, that’s where folks like you come in.” He grinned and pushed open the front door. “Many think the reason no one lives here anymore is that it’s haunted.”
― Buck Turner, Between Your Heart and Mine

“Darlin’,” she said quietly, “life isn’t a game. No one’s keeping count of who’s giving up more.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“reaching”
― Buck Turner, The Rain Catcher

“The way I see it,” Jack mused, “God gives us life and a brain in our head so we can make decisions. What we choose to do beyond that point is up to us, as well as the consequences that go along with it.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“Daddy used to say that our fate was written in the stars, but I don’t believe that. I like to think we’re the authors of our own destiny.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“sometimes, we don’t get the things we want the most. And that’s okay. It hurts, but it often leads us to something better.”
― Buck Turner, A Thousand Distant Shores

“It is. It’s like the ocean never ends, just goes on and on forever.”

“That’s the beauty of it, isn’t it? The endless possibilities. Just like life, it has its storms and its calm, its high and its lows. But at the end of the day, it keeps going.”
― Buck Turner, A Thousand Distant Shores

“advice is to hang on for dear life”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“The way I see it,” Jack mused, “God gives us life and a brain in our head so we can make decisions. What we choose to do beyond that point is up to us, as well as the consequences that go along with it.” Ellie stopped and thought about that. “Does that mean you don’t believe in fate or destiny? “Daddy used to say that our fate was written in the stars, but I don’t believe that. I like to think we’re the authors of our own destiny.”
― Buck Turner, The Keeper of Stars

“you’re not ten minutes early, you’re five minutes late.”
― Buck Turner, Promises Promises