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“It is through that brokenness that we find courage and strength. It is what empowers us to do great things.”
― K.S. Ruff, In a Broken Dream

“I followed him into the kitchen but stopped abruptly. Kadyn was cooking bacon in loose fitting sweats and a ribbed tank top that fit snugly across his chest. His biceps flexed when he flipped the bacon. Holy Mary, mother of God. It should be a crime for that man to stand in front of a stove.”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“Tears pricked at my eyes. “You were still a child when your parents died. Besides, I think that’s what gives you those dark edges. Your wings have beat against the darkest side of life.”

He shook his head. “I don’t have wings.”

I rubbed between his shoulder blades. “I think maybe you do. Maybe they were broken somewhere along the way or maybe you just forgot how to use them…”

A smile teased at the corner of his lips. “I’m no angel.”

“You’re my angel,” I insisted.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Wings

“Like a pendulum my life swung between fairytales and nightmares.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Together

“How do you leave someone who has been such an important part of your life for twenty-eight years, someone you love more than life itself?”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“Kadyn was tearing down walls faster than I could build them. I knew what to expect from men who hit… men who threatened, manipulated, demanded, and controlled. Sadly, I had no clue what to do with a man like Kadyn.”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“I’d been praying every day… praying that life wouldn’t break her the way it had broken me… but I knew, as surely as God was resting his hand on my shoulder and peering down at her too, that she’d never be broken and alone. She’d be broken together until the day he called her home.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Together

“I buried my face in my hands. This wasn’t a train wreck. It was a nuclear disaster.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Wings

“I couldn’t stop thinking of all the tragedies, the heartache, and pain that life has thrown our way. We ended up together, despite all the obstacles and frankly dismal odds. But what if God intended it that way? Man has been broken since the Garden of Eden, but we were never meant to be broken apart. We were meant to be broken together until He comes for us.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Together

“Kimme and Dan joined us as they returned from their stroll along the beach. “Look what I found,” Kimme announced as she dumped a pile of seashells out on the sand.
I smiled at Kimme as she sifted through her treasure. Then I thought about the treasures I had found. My eyes filled with tears as I examined each of my friends in turn.”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“Kadyn stared at my lips. Slowly, he lowered his mouth until it was mere millimeters from mine. His eyes captured and held mine. “I’m not kissing you to get it over with.” His lips brushed my cheek before settling just behind my ear. Goose bumps danced across my skin. Kadyn issued his warning in a low, determined tone. “When I kiss you for the first time, you’re going to want that kiss more than your next breath.”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“He shook his head. “Did you tell him he should expand the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline up to Poland?”

I smiled. “Yes. Yes, I did. You should definitely expand the pipeline. Think of all the money you could make if you sold your oil to the EU. You could build a whole new children’s hospital and a research center. You’d have enough money to buy real toilets for the university so women don’t have to crouch over those holes in the floor.” I shook my head. “I’d like to see you try that in five inch heels!”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Wings

“You, Kristine. You are the only thing I have ever desired for myself, but I fear this world has conspired against me.” His eyes captured and held mine. “I would not wish this for you, but if anything should ever happen to Rafael… I would welcome you and your child with open arms.” Tears spilled down my cheeks. “I will wait for you, Kristine. I may be frail and gray before you are free to marry me, but I will wait… as long as it takes.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Together

“government or an NGO… a job that would enable”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“Kadyn groaned. “I cannot believe this. I’m on lockdown over here, Patrick. I can’t leave.”

“I know,” Patrick responded. “I’ve seen the news.” Patrick lowered his voice to a whisper. “You don’t think there’s a connection, do you?”

Kadyn’s eyes locked on Phil’s as he collapsed into the chair across from Phil’s desk. “Kri has a stalker with terrorist connections, the Pentagon has been peppered with bombs, and Kri’s gone missing. Of course there’s a connection.”
― K.S. Ruff, Beautifully Broken

“Well, that’s kinda romantic actually… in a slightly crazed Neanderthal kind of way.”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“Hope emanates from you, like a warm fire brightening an otherwise depressing room.”
― K.S. Ruff, In a Broken Dream

“I’d like to propose a toast,” Konstantin repeated. “To beautiful women, besotted men, and… well, you know the rest.”
― K.S. Ruff, In a Broken Dream

“How did we get to this… this place… where our actions have such grave consequences… where we dine and dance with presidents?”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Together

“The room fractured into shards of colored light. Red… gold… green… and blue shimmered, then blurred into unrecognizable colors as they wound tightly around our bodies. Then everything exploded… the lights… the room… our bodies... into a million beautifully broken pieces.”
― K.S. Ruff, Beautifully Broken

“Bear spray. B-E-A-R spray.” I stopped abruptly. “You seriously thought I was buying hairspray?” I started laughing. “We’re hiking. Why would I need hairspray?”
― K.S. Ruff, In a Broken Dream

“Michael was a complete contradiction. One minute he was tying one of my friend’s up with duct tape and threatening to kill people. The next minute he was kissing me and presenting me with a house… only it wasn’t a house, it was a mansion with servants.”
― K.S. Ruff, Beautifully Broken