Maureen Child > Quotes

“Sometimes you have to get sad before you get happy 'cause otherwise how would you know the difference?”
― Maureen Child, And Then Came You: Sam's Story

“He touched her and found fire. Tasted her and found life.”
― Maureen Child

“I’m not the white-picket-fence kind of guy. So don’t go building castles in the air. You’ll get trapped in the rubble when they collapse.”
― Maureen Child, Baby Bonanza

“Jack la miró largamente. ¿Cómo había imaginado que podría vivir sin ella?
Durante todo el infernal trayecto por la autopista cubierta de agua en un Jeep
robado, mejor dicho, prestado, había ensayado lo que iba a decir, había pensado
cómo iba a abordarla.
Una vez allí, en la misión más arriesgada de toda su vida, solo podía hacer una
cosa.”
― Maureen Child, The Oldest Living Married Virgin

“The years went by too quickly, that was the trouble. By the time you figured out that the times you were living were the best, they were over and nothing more remained than a few blurry snapshots and a handful of memories.”
― Maureen Child, Some Kind of Wonderful

“—Espero que hayamos hecho un bebé esta tarde, Donna. Quiero tener hijos
contigo.
Donna se quedó sin aliento y, maldición, volvió a sentir el escozor de las
lágrimas. Jack la besó con suavidad y siguió hablando.
—Quiero crear una familia contigo, Donna. La familia que siempre he querido
pero nunca pensé que encontraría.
Donna levantó la mano para acariciarle la mejilla. ¿Cómo podía habérsele
pasado por la cabeza abandonar a aquel hombre amable y fuerte?, se preguntó, y le
sonrió con orgullo.
—¿Quieres bebés? —le preguntó—. Pues hoy es tu día de suerte, marine. ¿A
que no sabes que sorpresa tengo reservada para ti?”
― Maureen Child, The Oldest Living Married Virgin

“—Te quiero, Donna —al ver que ella no contestaba, controló el estremecimiento
de pánico y siguió hablando con su mejor voz de mando—. Y será mejor que tú
también me quieras. Es una orden.”
― Maureen Child, The Oldest Living Married Virgin

“Cerró los puños al sentir cómo aquel vacío crecía hasta amenazar con devorarlo
por entero. Contempló la negrura que era su vida y comprendió lo que llevaba
semanas negando. La amaba. La amaba de verdad. Tanto, que sin ella, su vida sería
una sucesión interminable de días estériles y noches desoladoras.
Pero Donna se había ido sin decir una palabra.
Aun así, se preguntó, si él le hubiera confesado su amor, si se hubiera
arriesgado a sufrir su rechazo y le hubiera confesado lo que sentía, ¿se habría ido?
No lo sabía. Pero, maldición, ya estaba harto de retirarse. Iba a aferrarse a la
oportunidad que se le ofrecía, la que tantas personas afortunadas daban por hecha
todos los días: la oportunidad de amar, de pertenecer a una familia.
Con paso rápido atravesó el despacho y salió por la puerta. Desfiló con paso
raudo hasta el despacho del coronel, que estaba al final del pasillo. Llamó con los
nudillos y abrió la puerta lo justo para asomar la cabeza.
—Solicito permiso para tomarme el día libre por asuntos personales, señor —le
pidió.
—Concedido —gritó el coronel hacia la puerta que ya se estaba cerrando.”
― Maureen Child, The Oldest Living Married Virgin

“Ah,” Sean said, smothering a laugh. “The brilliant plan falling apart? Wow. Wish I’d seen that coming. Oh. Wait. I did.”
― maureen child, Her Return to King's Bed

“Jake Hunter scowling was enough to make a woman drool. Jake Hunter smiling made her want to climb right up all six feet four inches of him and settle in for a long visit.”
― Maureen Child, The Cowboy's Pride and Joy

“She smiled up at him, reveling in the promise of love and life and a future that looked brighter than any she could have dreamed of. “Let me get my purse.”
― Maureen Child, Beauty and the Best Man

“Not then and not now. Perfect. That's great. You didn't tell me you were leaving and now that you're back, you won't tell me why any of it happened. Fantastic.”
― Maureen Child, The Price of Passion

“Jesse: You puzzle me
Jillian: Isn't that a nice thing to say?
Jesse: There it is again. Puzzlement.
Jillian: I'm an open book, Jesse .
Jesse: Women always say tha, but doesn't matter if the books open if it's written in a language you can't read.
Jillian: You seem to do alright
Jesse: No. There isn't a man alive who can translate that book”
― Maureen Child, Rich Rancher's Redemption

“If you don't make a move, you'll never know what you could have had. Are you willing to live with that kind of regret?”
― Maureen Child, The Price of Passion

“Oh no. I'm willing to stand here and take everything else you said to me because I figured you've got a right. But you don't get to say I betrayed you.”
― Maureen Child, The Price of Passion

“I might never be okay with what you did."
"I didn't ask you to be."
"I can't trust you."
"I didn't betray you."
"From your prospective."
"That's the only one I've got.”
― Maureen Child, The Price of Passion

“Well, hell, Rico. You’re wasting your time being a hotelier when you should be a saint.”
― maureen child, Her Return to King's Bed

“Caleb shot his friend a hard look. '
Caleb: Since when is looking at a pretty woman a crime?
Mike: Since never. Yet anyway," he added. I'm just saying she's single, you're single-what the gell, Boss?
Caleb: It's complicated and you know it
Mike: I know you can untangle any knot if you want to Bad enough
(Page 58)”
― Maureen Child, Runaway Temptation

“We keep twisting the doorknob, but we never open it. Never look. Isn't it better to know the truth?”
― Maureen Child, The Price of Passion

“Who wants easy? Mum used to tell me that nothing great comes easy. So I'll take hard if I can have great at the end of it.”
― Maureen Child, Rich Rancher's Redemption

“A challenge. H'd always known the way to get to her. Tell Beth she couldn't do something and she would find a way to accomplish it.
"Why couldn’t I? You're not completely Irresistible, Camden."
That was a lie, because yes he was. At least he was always had been to Beth. But she wouldn't be admitting to that anytime soon.”
― Maureen Child, The Price of Passion

“You're not fooling me you know, Cora Lee said softly. I know a grown man trying to hide from his mum when I see one.
He asked wryly, Can you really blame me?
I guess not. Fine. You can relax. I won't say another word about Jillian.”
― Maureen Child, Rich Rancher's Redemption