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“She’d come to the hospital. In his clothes. Did she realize tears were spilling down her cheeks and she was shaking, head to toe? No, she didn’t. Based on her flirty shoulder shrugs and attempts to wink, she thought she was playing it cool, and it made his chest burn. This girl. He’d be keeping her. There was no way around it.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“His lips twitched, his hand rubbing circles in the center of her back. "You want to dance some more, or can I bring you home?"

"Where is home?"

"With me.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“You can be as high maintenance as you want, honey. But I'm the only one who does the maintenance.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“Constant work, Piper? No. You misunderstand me.” He tipped her chin up and kissed her mouth. “When the reward is as perfect as you, as perfect as this, the work is a fucking honor.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“The captain is a little sensitive about Piper,” Fox explained, still wearing that shit-eating grin. “He doesn’t know what to do with his confusing man feelings.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“What does reality have to offer me? Guide me, O wise one.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“His words made her feel like she was floating. They were pure Brendan in their honesty and depth and gruffness and humility. And they were for her.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“When the reward is as perfect as you, as perfect as this, the work is a fucking honor.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“He’d taken off his wedding ring. After seven years. Piper’s gaze traveled to Brendan’s. He knew she’d seen. And there was some silent communication happening between them, but she didn’t understand the language. Had never spoken it or been around a man who could convey so much without saying a single word. She couldn’t translate what passed between them, or maybe she just wasn’t ready to decipher his meaning. A drop of sweat slid down her spine, and she could suddenly hear her own shallow breaths. No one had ever looked her in the eye this long. It was like he could read her mind, knew everything about her, and liked it all. Wanted some of it for himself. And then she knew, by the determined set of his jaw and his confident energy, that Brendan Taggart did not think of her as a friend.”
― Tessa Bailey, It Happened One Summer

“Someday … when we're old and gray, I'm going to look at you lying in bed beside me, just like this, and I'm going to look into your eyes and know that it's only ever been you. And that is going to be the great joy of my life.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I stand by my logic though. I think love is a concept, and each person has an individual word for what sums it up for them. My word for love is Bree.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I didn’t know enough to dream you, Bree, but somehow you came true anyway. How did that happen?” He rubbed his nose along mine, pausing and then pulling back again. “Who read my mind and knew exactly what I wanted, even when I didn’t?”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I CAN SPEAK. I JUST LIKE TO SHOW OFF MY NICE PENMANSHIP.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I know I'm probably the last person you want to see right now, but I thought if I sat on your porch, you wouldn't be scared. You wouldn't be alone.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“...not all great acts of courage are obvious to those looking in from the outside.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I'm here for you. I'm here because of you. I'm here because you saw me, not just with your eyes, but with your heart. I'm here because you wanted to know what I had to say and because you were right...everyone does need friends.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“My eyes moved over his face. 'Why did you do it?'
He was silent for a couple beats, looking down, taking his bottom lip between his teeth before he brought his hands up and said, 'I don't know.' His expression turned thoughtful, his eyes meeting mine, and then he continued. 'When you were in the trap, I couldn't speak to you to reassure you. You can't hear me...I can't help that.' He looked down for a second and then back up at me. 'But I want you to see me.' An expression of vulnerability washed over his face. 'Now you can see me.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I try to believe that something beautiful can result from something ugly, and that there will come a time when I'll get to see what that is.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I was glad he didn’t try to come up with something encouraging to say. Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of meaningless words.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“As I stood there holding onto him, it occurred to me that not all great acts of courage are obvious to those looking in from the outside. But I saw this moment for what it was–a boy who had never been made to feel that he was wanted anywhere, showing up and asking others to accept him. It made my heart soar with pride for the beautiful act of bravery that was Archer Hale stepping into this small town diner.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I know I'm probably the last person you want to see right now, but I just thought if I sat on your porch, you wouldn't be scared. You wouldn't be alone.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“He brought both hands up and said, You can speak the old-fashioned way. I can hear you, remember? I blinked at him and after a few seconds brought my hands up. If it's okay with you, I'd like to speak your language. I smiled a small smile.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“I was finally home. Not the place, but his arms. Archer’s arms were my home- the only place I wanted to be, the place where I felt safe. The place where I felt loved.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“Dandelion seeds were scattered across the glass, and as a light breeze blew, the fluffy ends were caught in the moving air and danced delicately off my windshield as they took flight, moving away from me, in the direction the man had gone.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“One day, he put a bowl of potato chips out while I was preparing us lunch and as I snacked on them, I noticed that they were all the folded ones that I loved, but usually had to hunt for. I looked down at the chips and then up at Archer, confused. "All these chips… they're all folded," I said, thinking I sounded crazy. Aren't those the ones you like?”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“What’s on your happy list?”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“And her love slips quietly around me, holding me, anchoring me, reminding me that the loudest words are the ones we live.”
― Mia Sheridan, Archer's Voice

“It is my wish for you to be my fish”
― Colleen Hoover, It Starts with Us

“And isn’t it silly, to love the way someone’s things look like next to yours? Little bits and pieces of a life lived in parallel.”
― B.K. Borison, Lovelight Farms

“I’m going to love her in all the quiet ways, the slow ways, the loud and obnoxious ways.”
― B.K. Borison, Lovelight Farms