“I love you," he said. "Every broken piece of you, with every broken piece of me.”
―
Maisey Yates,
Avenge Me
“Well, I’m going to say goodbye. There’s only so much my ego can take. This was a great growth experience but I can’t say I’m eager to stand around and marinate in it. Please don’t come buy your muffin from me tomorrow. I hope wherever you do buy one, it has raisins in it.” ― Maisey Yates, Shoulda Been a Cowboy
“Heartbreak was the worst. It was worse than a cord wrapped around the wheel on you computer chair.” ― Maisey Yates, Crazy, Stupid Sex
“I’ll bet he misses it.”“Almost as much as I miss him being on the road.”She frowned. “You don’t really mean that.”“Mostly not.”“Good. But I do sort of get it,” she said slowly. “The siblings-driving-you-crazy thing. My sisters . .. well, they’re perfect. As far as my parents are concerned.”“Yeah?”“Yeah. They’re married.”“And that’s perfect, huh? What about you? You’re successful, right? Your column is pretty big.”“Oh, it’s huge,” she said, her tone overdramatic, earning a chuckle from Cole. “I’m kind of a bigdeal. But I don’t have a husband, so . . . my parents think maybe I’m not such a big deal.”“So, you’re the black sheep.”“Baaaaa.”“Nice.”“Thanks.” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“And with every step he took away from her, he felt like he was leaving the best pieces of him further and further behind.” ― Maisey Yates, Take Me
“The simple fact was, I was scared, because I knew if I let myself love you, I would love you with all of myself. I would love you in that way that would take over my whole soul,” ― Maisey Yates, Take Me
“He was nice. But the waitress spilled a drink in my lap during dinner, and then I noticed he had apiece of spinach in his teeth, and . . . you know, there’s nowhere to go but down from there.”“And then what?”“I faked a work emergency.”“Do newspaper columnists have work emergencies?”“I might have led him to believe I was an ace reporter. And that there was a robbery somewhere” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“She was shaking. Her hands, her knees and everywhere in between. And kisses did not make her shake.And she didn't kiss men she didn't like. She didn't kiss men in uniforms who had a fetish for order and cleanliness.She didn't yell at people, either, but right now the yelling was lower on her list of sins than the kissing."What did you... I don't even... I'm going to go."She turned, her shoulders stiff, her heart hammering in her ears. "If I'd known a kiss would have gotten rid of you, I would have kissed you the moment I saw your car sitting on the side of the road."Oh. That. Did it.She whirled back around, anger gaining traction in her again. "Well, sure, your kiss got rid of me. Congratulations. Now who's going to help you get rid of the hard-on it gave you? Your right hand?” ― Maisey Yates, Part Time Cowboy
“We're two halves of a whole. We make a lot more sense when we're together.” ― Maisey Yates, Avenge Me
“In him, she saw the definition of strength. It didn't mean never showing a crack, it didn't mean not feeling fear or despair. It meant going on anyway.” ― Maisey Yates, Hajar's Hidden Legacy
“They said all the world was a stage, and Lydia had never been very convinced of that. But a small town was most definitely a stage when drama was going on.” ― Maisey Yates, Tough Luck Hero
“I didn’t get here based on lineage, Travis. I’m here because I work hard. The only thing that’s blue in my family lineage are the collars. The blood is just red.” ― Maisey Yates, Take Me
“All those stories of people going into the wilderness and finding themselves made sense. You could find your own insignificance out here. Your place as a thread in the patchwork of the world, rather than imagining you were the whole damn quilt.” ― Maisey Yates, A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas
“She shook her head and dropped the focus of the light down to the ground. “Well, thanks for . . .everything. Dinner. And stuff. Showing me the ranch.”Why were things so awkward with him?“Sure.” He put his hands in his pockets. “See you tomorrow?”“Yeah. Tomorrow.” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“Yeah.” He touchedKelsey’s arm and felt a shock, like static electricity. But this went deeper, beneath his skin. “I’mgoing to go see what Cade needs. See you later?”She licked her lips, the action sending a different kind of electricity down south. What a time for hislibido to make a reappearance. “Yeah. See you later” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“So I’ll see you tomorrow then.”“Yeah.” His heart rate picked up. She really did make him feel more like a kid than a grown man.Although the desire she made him feel was certainly a man’s desire. “Do you want to have lunch withme tomorrow?”“Lunch?”“Yeah. A picnic. I want to show you this place” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“But she didn’t pull away from him. If anything, she seemed to sort of melt against him. It was thefirst time she’d willingly accepted something from him without getting stiff and defensive andgenerally annoyed” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“He flexed his fingers and fought the urge to put his hand on her stomach. It was a possessivegesture, and he felt a little bit possessive” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“Relax, Cole, I wasn’t proposing.” She put her hand on his shoulder for a second, and when sheremoved it, the impression of her warmth lingered. Burned.And for a moment he wondered if marriage wouldn’t be such a bad idea.” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“Well, I’m going to say goodbye. There’s only so much my ego can take. This was a great growth experience but I can’t say I’m eager to stand around and marinate in it. Please don’t come buy your muffin from me tomorrow. I hope wherever you do buy one, it has raisins in it.” ― Maisey Yates, Shoulda Been a Cowboy
“Heartbreak was the worst. It was worse than a cord wrapped around the wheel on you computer chair.” ― Maisey Yates, Crazy, Stupid Sex
“I’ll bet he misses it.”“Almost as much as I miss him being on the road.”She frowned. “You don’t really mean that.”“Mostly not.”“Good. But I do sort of get it,” she said slowly. “The siblings-driving-you-crazy thing. My sisters . .. well, they’re perfect. As far as my parents are concerned.”“Yeah?”“Yeah. They’re married.”“And that’s perfect, huh? What about you? You’re successful, right? Your column is pretty big.”“Oh, it’s huge,” she said, her tone overdramatic, earning a chuckle from Cole. “I’m kind of a bigdeal. But I don’t have a husband, so . . . my parents think maybe I’m not such a big deal.”“So, you’re the black sheep.”“Baaaaa.”“Nice.”“Thanks.” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“And with every step he took away from her, he felt like he was leaving the best pieces of him further and further behind.” ― Maisey Yates, Take Me
“The simple fact was, I was scared, because I knew if I let myself love you, I would love you with all of myself. I would love you in that way that would take over my whole soul,” ― Maisey Yates, Take Me
“He was nice. But the waitress spilled a drink in my lap during dinner, and then I noticed he had apiece of spinach in his teeth, and . . . you know, there’s nowhere to go but down from there.”“And then what?”“I faked a work emergency.”“Do newspaper columnists have work emergencies?”“I might have led him to believe I was an ace reporter. And that there was a robbery somewhere” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“She was shaking. Her hands, her knees and everywhere in between. And kisses did not make her shake.And she didn't kiss men she didn't like. She didn't kiss men in uniforms who had a fetish for order and cleanliness.She didn't yell at people, either, but right now the yelling was lower on her list of sins than the kissing."What did you... I don't even... I'm going to go."She turned, her shoulders stiff, her heart hammering in her ears. "If I'd known a kiss would have gotten rid of you, I would have kissed you the moment I saw your car sitting on the side of the road."Oh. That. Did it.She whirled back around, anger gaining traction in her again. "Well, sure, your kiss got rid of me. Congratulations. Now who's going to help you get rid of the hard-on it gave you? Your right hand?” ― Maisey Yates, Part Time Cowboy
“We're two halves of a whole. We make a lot more sense when we're together.” ― Maisey Yates, Avenge Me
“In him, she saw the definition of strength. It didn't mean never showing a crack, it didn't mean not feeling fear or despair. It meant going on anyway.” ― Maisey Yates, Hajar's Hidden Legacy
“They said all the world was a stage, and Lydia had never been very convinced of that. But a small town was most definitely a stage when drama was going on.” ― Maisey Yates, Tough Luck Hero
“I didn’t get here based on lineage, Travis. I’m here because I work hard. The only thing that’s blue in my family lineage are the collars. The blood is just red.” ― Maisey Yates, Take Me
“All those stories of people going into the wilderness and finding themselves made sense. You could find your own insignificance out here. Your place as a thread in the patchwork of the world, rather than imagining you were the whole damn quilt.” ― Maisey Yates, A Tall, Dark Cowboy Christmas
“She shook her head and dropped the focus of the light down to the ground. “Well, thanks for . . .everything. Dinner. And stuff. Showing me the ranch.”Why were things so awkward with him?“Sure.” He put his hands in his pockets. “See you tomorrow?”“Yeah. Tomorrow.” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“Yeah.” He touchedKelsey’s arm and felt a shock, like static electricity. But this went deeper, beneath his skin. “I’mgoing to go see what Cade needs. See you later?”She licked her lips, the action sending a different kind of electricity down south. What a time for hislibido to make a reappearance. “Yeah. See you later” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“So I’ll see you tomorrow then.”“Yeah.” His heart rate picked up. She really did make him feel more like a kid than a grown man.Although the desire she made him feel was certainly a man’s desire. “Do you want to have lunch withme tomorrow?”“Lunch?”“Yeah. A picnic. I want to show you this place” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“But she didn’t pull away from him. If anything, she seemed to sort of melt against him. It was thefirst time she’d willingly accepted something from him without getting stiff and defensive andgenerally annoyed” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“He flexed his fingers and fought the urge to put his hand on her stomach. It was a possessivegesture, and he felt a little bit possessive” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
“Relax, Cole, I wasn’t proposing.” She put her hand on his shoulder for a second, and when sheremoved it, the impression of her warmth lingered. Burned.And for a moment he wondered if marriage wouldn’t be such a bad idea.” ― Maisey Yates, Unexpected
