“Everybody's heart is like a cup. They stumble from place to place and person to person, trying to get them filled. They get cracked, those cups, and even broken. Some people throw them away, thinking that it will stop the pain. Poor fools. Nobody can fill a cup but Almighty God Himself. Nobody.”
―
Linda Lael Miller,
McKettrick's Pride
“Courage, like so many other things, was not something one did or didn't have; it was a decision, a choice.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Creed Legacy
“Sometimes, everything in the world seems to be lined up against you. All the evidence says you ought to run the other way. Make the bravest choice, not the safest. It's not the best advice, but it's all I have to offer” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Rustler
“Everything worth doing involves risk.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Creed Legacy
“Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. Sadness is just--well--being sad.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Creed's Honor
“Wait until you see him up on a horse” ― Linda Lael Miller, McKettrick's Heart
“I tell you that there are eighty-plus-year-old nudists cavorting on your property, Ashley O'Ballivan, and all you can do is laugh?” ― Linda Lael Miller
“Being a McKettrick meant claiming a piece of ground to stand on and putting your roots down deep into it. Holding on, no matter what came at you. It meant loving with passion and taking the rough spots with the smooth. It meant fighting for what you wanted, letting go when that was the best thing to do.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Sierra's Homecoming
“Oh my god" Meg ranted. "Her water just broke!" Margaret" Eve said, "get a grip - and a towel. I'll be there in five minutes." (After her sister is off to the hospital and Meg comes close to hyperventalating) Shouldn't we have called an ambulance or something?" Meg fretted. Oh for heavens sakes," Eve replied. "You don't need an ambulance!" Not for me, Mother for Sierra.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The McKettrick Way
“Liking something and wanting to take it for a ride are two very different things', Joslyn sais, climbing out of the truck to stand on the ground. Hutch's eyes sparkled as he came around to face her. 'I'm not touching that one with a ten-foot pole,' he told her.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Big Sky Country
“But he was bent on making that ride, Brody, and if he hadn't gotten himself thrown that day, he'd have done it some other day. What I'm trying to get at here is that folks seem to come into this life with a list of things they need to get done while they're here inscribed on their souls. Old or young, when their work is done, they leave.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Creed Legacy
“Without a word, Carolyn held him...for a long, long time. Then, presently, she stood up, took hold of his hand and led him back to her bed, where she proceeded to put him back together again, piece by piece.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Creed Legacy
“But we do have other choices, my dear. We can turn our backs on all that we know is right, sit ourselves down, fold our hands and allow wickedness to go unchallenged and therefore to prevail. We can run away and hide. Or we can stand our ground and fight inequality to our last heartbeat, knowing that if we perish, we have done all that we could and others will carry on, just as those who came before us have done.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Yankee Widow
“It’s not smart to hold yourself away from the shocks of life, the good ones or the bad. They’re all part of the mix, and paradoxically, shying away from them only makes things harder.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The McKettrick Way
“That was then. This is now.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Big Sky Mountain
“Tal vez había cambiado de verdad. Y tal vez, si ella se ponía unas zapatillas rojas y entrechocaba los talones, aparecía en Kansas.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Logan
“Lincoln's heartbeat picked up a little, the way it always did when he rounded that last bend in the road and saw home waiting up ahead.Home.” ― Linda Lael Miller, A Creed Country Christmas
“You're the one with the badge," I admitted, "but I'm the one being haunted by a seven-year-old in a ballerina costume.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Deadly Deceptions
“Her fatigue was gone; she felt vital and strong, like a tree coming back to life in the springtime, vibrant with sap, ready to put out buds and then blossoms.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Springwater
“Courage, like so many other things, was not something one did or didn't have; it was a decision, a choice.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Creed Legacy
“Sometimes, everything in the world seems to be lined up against you. All the evidence says you ought to run the other way. Make the bravest choice, not the safest. It's not the best advice, but it's all I have to offer” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Rustler
“Everything worth doing involves risk.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Creed Legacy
“Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. Sadness is just--well--being sad.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Creed's Honor
“Wait until you see him up on a horse” ― Linda Lael Miller, McKettrick's Heart
“I tell you that there are eighty-plus-year-old nudists cavorting on your property, Ashley O'Ballivan, and all you can do is laugh?” ― Linda Lael Miller
“Being a McKettrick meant claiming a piece of ground to stand on and putting your roots down deep into it. Holding on, no matter what came at you. It meant loving with passion and taking the rough spots with the smooth. It meant fighting for what you wanted, letting go when that was the best thing to do.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Sierra's Homecoming
“Oh my god" Meg ranted. "Her water just broke!" Margaret" Eve said, "get a grip - and a towel. I'll be there in five minutes." (After her sister is off to the hospital and Meg comes close to hyperventalating) Shouldn't we have called an ambulance or something?" Meg fretted. Oh for heavens sakes," Eve replied. "You don't need an ambulance!" Not for me, Mother for Sierra.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The McKettrick Way
“Liking something and wanting to take it for a ride are two very different things', Joslyn sais, climbing out of the truck to stand on the ground. Hutch's eyes sparkled as he came around to face her. 'I'm not touching that one with a ten-foot pole,' he told her.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Big Sky Country
“But he was bent on making that ride, Brody, and if he hadn't gotten himself thrown that day, he'd have done it some other day. What I'm trying to get at here is that folks seem to come into this life with a list of things they need to get done while they're here inscribed on their souls. Old or young, when their work is done, they leave.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Creed Legacy
“Without a word, Carolyn held him...for a long, long time. Then, presently, she stood up, took hold of his hand and led him back to her bed, where she proceeded to put him back together again, piece by piece.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Creed Legacy
“But we do have other choices, my dear. We can turn our backs on all that we know is right, sit ourselves down, fold our hands and allow wickedness to go unchallenged and therefore to prevail. We can run away and hide. Or we can stand our ground and fight inequality to our last heartbeat, knowing that if we perish, we have done all that we could and others will carry on, just as those who came before us have done.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The Yankee Widow
“It’s not smart to hold yourself away from the shocks of life, the good ones or the bad. They’re all part of the mix, and paradoxically, shying away from them only makes things harder.” ― Linda Lael Miller, The McKettrick Way
“That was then. This is now.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Big Sky Mountain
“Tal vez había cambiado de verdad. Y tal vez, si ella se ponía unas zapatillas rojas y entrechocaba los talones, aparecía en Kansas.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Logan
“Lincoln's heartbeat picked up a little, the way it always did when he rounded that last bend in the road and saw home waiting up ahead.Home.” ― Linda Lael Miller, A Creed Country Christmas
“You're the one with the badge," I admitted, "but I'm the one being haunted by a seven-year-old in a ballerina costume.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Deadly Deceptions
“Her fatigue was gone; she felt vital and strong, like a tree coming back to life in the springtime, vibrant with sap, ready to put out buds and then blossoms.” ― Linda Lael Miller, Springwater
