Trice Hickman > Quotes

“Do you know what it's like to find yourself drawn to another person who gives you that missing piece? Who electrifies you with just the sound of his voice?”
― Trice Hickman, Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies

“What dress to wear? What boy's offer to accept to the prom? What college to attend? Which academic major to pursue? -- Those were the kinds of decisions he saw in Alexandria's future. Not what race she would claim? The thought pissed him off, and the fact that he knew there was little he could do frustrated him.”
― Trice Hickman, Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies

“Victoria didn't know why, but something in her daughter's tone put a chill on her arm.”
― Trice Hickman, Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies

“Mom, I can take care of myself, and I've been doing a pretty good job of it for quite some time. Besides, I enjoy the peace and quiet of coming home alone...no unexpected interruptions." Victoria said, trying to convince herself.”
― Trice Hickman, Unexpected Interruptions

“Stepping out there is easy if you don't have anything to risk." "Life's a risk. It's what you make of it that counts.”
― Trice Hickman, Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies

“Gnawing at the forefront of Victoria's thoughts was the question that Rob had asked--was she dismissing Ted because he was white? She'd always thought herself to be open-minded, but in her romantic relationships, she'd only dated black men.”
― Trice Hickman, Unexpected Interruptions

“She'd heard more than a few of her friends and clients complain about their dead sex lives, citing disgruntled husbands, over-active children, and under-active libidos as major culprits. One of her best friends, Debbie Long, who was like the sister she never had, had recently confided that since the birth of her son seven years ago, her love life with her husband had dwindled to a state of near non-existence. "We're like rommmates," Debbie had told Victoria a few months ago. "We love each other but the passion is gone. We're just going through the motions. As a matter of fact, I can't remember the last time Rob and I made love," she'd complained.”
― Trice Hickman, Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies

“I turned around and there he was, Edward Curtis Baldwin. My best friend's father. My Sweet Pea's Papa. And my heart's true desire. I had loved this man for the better part of my adult life.”
― Trice Hickman, Playing the Hand You're Dealt

“He knew that at times his need for privacy frustrated her, because she wanted him to share more, but he was operating from a learned behavior, still trying to navigate his new course.”
― Trice Hickman, Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies

“You never know what’s around the corner. One minute life seems one way and then from outta nowhere, you can get blindsided before you have a chance to blink.”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided

“But as Bernadette would soon come to discover, secrets could not stay hidden forever, and it was only a matter of time before they came bubbling to the surface.”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided

“learned a long time ago that there comes a point in certain relationships where you have to accept things as they are, and not how you want them to be.”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided

“Prayer is a powerful thing.”
― Trice Hickman, Looking for Trouble

“A fourteenth-century philosopher named Hafiz said, ‘This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.’ So you see, even if we don’t understand the things around us, and why they happen, we’re exactly where we’re supposed to be, doing exactly what we’re supposed to be doing.”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided

“I learned a long time ago that there comes a point in certain relationships where you have to accept things as they are, and not how you want them to be.”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided

“Life has boundaries, but love does not . . .”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided

“I want you to be the first thing that I wake up to every morning, and the last thing that I see when I close my eyes at night.”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided

“Sometimes you have to make adjustments in how you deal with people, even people who you love, so you can live your life without a bunch of mess.”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided

“His mother had taught him at an early age that information was power, and that as long as he kept information to himself, no one could use anything against him.”
― Trice Hickman, Keeping Secrets & Telling Lies

“Through a family. There’s no better way to leave your footprint on this earth than by having others to carry on once you’re gone.”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided

“I knew you were special, and after our first date, I knew that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. I can honestly say that I’ve been happier the last five months than I’ve ever been in my entire life, and it’s because of you. I want you to be my wife.”
― Trice Hickman, Blindsided