Quotes of Jamie Beck

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“Most people aren’t living. They’re planning, remembering, or regretting.” ― Jamie Beck, In the Cards
“Keeping quiet forces other people to do all the talking and all the revealing.” ― Jamie Beck, In the Cards
“Even in the crisp night air, being near her felt like standing under the sun. Warmth seeped from her body and flowed along the ground, like a river of heat seeking to penetrate the frozen places inside his chest.” ― Jamie Beck, Worth the Wait
“These kisses hurt--not from roughness, but because she could feel all his pain.” ― Jamie Beck, Worth the Risk
“Levi’s a porcupine, prickly and defensive.” ― Jamie Beck, In the Cards
“The most important step in the whole process was to just sit down and do it. My hobby has become a second career. Who knew?-Jamie Beck, Romance Novelist” ― Holly Hurd, Venture Mom: From Idea to Income in Just 12 Weeks
“As a teacher, I’d seen good parents with troubled kids and troubled parents with wonderful kids.” ― Jamie Beck, If You Must Know
“When he thought about that, he wasn’t sure how to define what they shared. He only knew he cherished it. “Well,” ― Jamie Beck, Worth the Wait
“Blame. Such a useless word. People flung it around when they were mad or hurt. Or they carried it like a cross until it destroyed any chance at redemption or happiness. Blame never solved one problem or changed a single outcome. A pointless, unproductive, ultimately destructive concept, really.” ― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew
“That’s how marriage works. How love works. You have to forgive. You have to remember that it isn’t always easy. And you have to fight for love, too.” ― Jamie Beck, Before I Knew
“Loneliness could sometimes wrap itself around you so tightly you could barely breathe.” ― Jamie Beck, Worth the Wait
“...Still wondering if the grass is greener somewhere else?" The old woman shook her head and reached for Wyatt's hand. "I gardened for fifty years and let me tell you one thing: Grass is only green when you tend to it night and day. You remember that, young man.” ― Jamie Beck, Unexpectedly Hers
“There ought to be a warning anytime you wake up on a day that will forever change your life.” ― Jamie Beck, If You Must Know
“Pop warned me caring too much blinds a man. Looks like he was right. I” ― Jamie Beck, In the Cards
“Accidents happen. Mistakes were made. The only way to move forward was through forgiveness and acceptance—of others and one’s self.” ― Jamie Beck, Worth the Wait
“If we carelessly disregard other people, we should change. But if we’re merely being true to ourselves, we shouldn’t. How others respond to pain or fear is their choice.” ― Jamie Beck, If You Must Know
“Pity. Life must be boring for those without any sense of humor.” ― Jamie Beck, If You Must Know
“The ocean calmed her. Somehow its endless horizon connected her spirit to something much bigger than her daily life. Oddly freeing, that feeling of relative insignificance.” ― Jamie Beck, Worth the Trouble
“What if is the worst kind of regret” ― Jamie Beck, Worth the Risk
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Jamie Beck

Jamie Beck is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of 18 novels, which have been translated into multiple languages and have sold more than three million copies worldwide. She is a two-time Booksellers' Best Award finalist, a Women’s Fiction…

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