Jo Grafford > Quotes

“Help me to see the world as you see it, Lord. To see others the way you see them. To change the things I am able to change and to accept the things I cannot.”
― Jo Grafford, Bride for the Tribal Chief

“Jen offered in a piteous voice. “Just please understand I’ll need to remain on standby for Jen’s next procedure.”
― Jo Grafford, Poultry and Perjury: Small Town Secrets

“Love isn’t something you earn, Eloise.” Gil’s voice grew quieter. “It’s freely offered. All you can do is accept it.”
― Jo Grafford, Bridles and Bribery

“He’d spent way too much time lately being angry, hurt, and resentful. Maybe he had a right to be, but that wasn’t the point. Those kinds of emotions were too toxic to hang onto for long.”
― Jo Grafford, Accidental Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z

“Sleeping under the stars isn’t so bad,” Jones exclaimed, waving his hands dramatically toward the heavens. “They’re God’s own nightlights.”
― Jo Grafford, Bride for the Tribal Chief

“He hated that his boss, Sheriff Gil Remington, had insisted he take two weeks of his use-or-lose vacation days only hours after his promotion to police sergeant! Work was the only thing that kept him sane — that and his hope for retribution.”
― Jo Grafford, Perils of Starlight

“The substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
― Jo Grafford, Instantly Her Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z

“Smooth,” Luca muttered in his ear. “I think you nailed the staring-like-a-moron act, hands down.”
― Jo Grafford, Her Billionaire Bodyguard

“The third option is to spread goodness all the time — to return the goodness of others with goodness, and to return the evil of others with yet more goodness. Now that, my friend, is the way to truly make a difference in the world.”
― Jo Grafford, Bride for the Tribal Chief

“I’m”
― Jo Grafford, Heart Lake, Box Set 3

“I have a choice every morning. I can live the way a lot of my fellow citizens do and return evil for good. I could cut corners. I could cheat. I could steal. I could overcharge them for my horses. But all that would do is make me as evil as them.” He grunted. “Or I could just be human and return evil for evil. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. When someone hurts me or mine, I could get revenge in the dead of night and leave no trail for them to follow. But all that would do is balance the scales. Fortunately, there’s a third option, one I learned at the knees of a Godly mother.”
― Jo Grafford, Bride for the Tribal Chief

“The good Lord had blessed her with too young of a heart.”
― Jo Grafford, Bridles and Bribery

“you had a drooling”
― Jo Grafford, Born in Texas Box Set #1: Books 1-5

“leaned in to plant a kiss on”
― Jo Grafford, Accidental Hero: Hometown Heroes A-Z

“You truly are a horse whisperer.” “Not really.” Jordan shot him a crooked smile. “He’s deaf, remember?”
― Jo Grafford, Bridles and Bribery