“You ever want me to show you what it's like to have a man in your bed, you know where to find me.”
―
Brenda Novak,
When Snow Falls
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” ― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy
“...some small part of her had reacted to the passion inside him. Despite his role as a titled gentleman, there seemed to be a facet inside him that society could not tame, something stimulating yet dangerous, like standing at the edge of a cliff and feeling the mysterious, subtle pull to jump.” ― Brenda Novak, Through the Smoke
“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.” ― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy
“hurt you, or you could hurt me—” “That’s the risk with any relationship. People change. We can only judge by what we feel now.” ― Brenda Novak, When Snow Falls
“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.” ― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy
“We all do stupid stuff when we're hurting," she said and, probably because kissing him was all she could think about, lowered her mouth to his.” ― Brenda Novak, Keep Me Warm at Christmas
“into it in the end, but she’d gotten the feeling he’d only relented to placate her, to ease some of the tension that’d crept into their marriage. And by then it was too late. A month later she was attending his funeral. Oddly, she didn’t feel the gut-wrenching loss that normally accompanied any thought of her late husband. Did that mean she was learning to live without him? Or was it the hope of having a child that buoyed her spirits? If she was pregnant, it would be more than a little ironic that it had happened with Maxim… “Get this over with,” she said aloud.” ― Brenda Novak, On a Snowy Christmas
“But I have plenty of experience with trying to meet everyone's expectations so they won't reject me. It's easy to become a slave to that - to lose yourself in it.” ― Brenda Novak, One Perfect Summer
“Courage is as contagious as fear.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
“Maybe being a big star isn’t the only life that will make you happy. Maybe the joy isn’t in the end result—in the success. Maybe it’s in living, loving—and trying.” ― Brenda Novak, A Winter Wedding
“Respect is more important than anything else. Respect will create a foundation. But, just so you don’t walk into something you aren’t prepared for in the future, you need to be aware that he has his limits.” ― Brenda Novak
“Don’t make excuses for him. We all have choices, even when times are tough. Those are the defining moments of our lives.” ― Brenda Novak
“Edward Teach, or Blackbeard, one of the most famous pirates to operate in this part of the world in the early eighteenth century,” ― Brenda Novak, Summer on the Island
“Lo que le había permitido superar aquellos horribles años había sido su carácter luchador.” ― Brenda Novak
“Siempre estaba dispuesta a retirarse al mundo imaginario que creaban los buenos autores.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
“No podemos elegir cuándo llegan a nuestras vidas ciertas personas. El momento no siempre es el más oportuno, pero cuando algo es bueno, es bueno.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
“Algunas veces es mejor no saber.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
“Algunas veces no tenemos ningún control sobre las cosas que nos abaten. Lo único que podemos hacer es encontrar la forma de enfrentarnos a ellas e intentar levantarnos.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
“Never miss a good chance to shut up.” ― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy
“...some small part of her had reacted to the passion inside him. Despite his role as a titled gentleman, there seemed to be a facet inside him that society could not tame, something stimulating yet dangerous, like standing at the edge of a cliff and feeling the mysterious, subtle pull to jump.” ― Brenda Novak, Through the Smoke
“Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.” ― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy
“hurt you, or you could hurt me—” “That’s the risk with any relationship. People change. We can only judge by what we feel now.” ― Brenda Novak, When Snow Falls
“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.” ― Brenda Novak, Coulda Been a Cowboy
“We all do stupid stuff when we're hurting," she said and, probably because kissing him was all she could think about, lowered her mouth to his.” ― Brenda Novak, Keep Me Warm at Christmas
“into it in the end, but she’d gotten the feeling he’d only relented to placate her, to ease some of the tension that’d crept into their marriage. And by then it was too late. A month later she was attending his funeral. Oddly, she didn’t feel the gut-wrenching loss that normally accompanied any thought of her late husband. Did that mean she was learning to live without him? Or was it the hope of having a child that buoyed her spirits? If she was pregnant, it would be more than a little ironic that it had happened with Maxim… “Get this over with,” she said aloud.” ― Brenda Novak, On a Snowy Christmas
“But I have plenty of experience with trying to meet everyone's expectations so they won't reject me. It's easy to become a slave to that - to lose yourself in it.” ― Brenda Novak, One Perfect Summer
“Courage is as contagious as fear.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
“Maybe being a big star isn’t the only life that will make you happy. Maybe the joy isn’t in the end result—in the success. Maybe it’s in living, loving—and trying.” ― Brenda Novak, A Winter Wedding
“Respect is more important than anything else. Respect will create a foundation. But, just so you don’t walk into something you aren’t prepared for in the future, you need to be aware that he has his limits.” ― Brenda Novak
“Don’t make excuses for him. We all have choices, even when times are tough. Those are the defining moments of our lives.” ― Brenda Novak
“Edward Teach, or Blackbeard, one of the most famous pirates to operate in this part of the world in the early eighteenth century,” ― Brenda Novak, Summer on the Island
“Lo que le había permitido superar aquellos horribles años había sido su carácter luchador.” ― Brenda Novak
“Siempre estaba dispuesta a retirarse al mundo imaginario que creaban los buenos autores.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
“No podemos elegir cuándo llegan a nuestras vidas ciertas personas. El momento no siempre es el más oportuno, pero cuando algo es bueno, es bueno.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
“Algunas veces es mejor no saber.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
“Algunas veces no tenemos ningún control sobre las cosas que nos abaten. Lo único que podemos hacer es encontrar la forma de enfrentarnos a ellas e intentar levantarnos.” ― Brenda Novak, The Bookstore on the Beach
