Bybee Quotes

If you want an answer, you’ll have to risk the question.

What's under the kilt?" His smile teased. "Need.

Never Give Up!

When you hold your baby for the first time. All the pain in your life disappears. You’ll sacrifice many things for your children, your family. It’s hard to watch them make the wrong decisions.

Sometimes the journey is the destination.

Women are emotional creatures.

Sometimes family isn’t about the people you’re born to, but those who care enough about you to support you . . . or pull a few favors to help right a wrong for someone you know.

But shit happens. Go with the flow and all that. Life happens whether you want it to or not.

I’d enjoy a good book before watching a movie.

Private security is a license to stalk.

Traumatic times in one’s life often led to a sixth sense about things.

Oh, yeah… she knew what love was when she saw it. Eliza saw it every day in the eyes of her husband.

Kissing will be the easy part,” he said over her opened lips. “Pulling back will prove much harder.

Money brings people, not friends,” he said.

People never think something will happen to them until it does.

Finding the right person to spend forever with shouldn’t be easy. When things come easily, the relationship ends up being temporary.

Silence came in two categories, quiet and painful, or quiet and comfortable.

It's when that fear goes away that you know you've found the right person to risk everything for.

Entre sus brazos, mientras él le cubría de besos los labios, el cuello y el mentón, ella pensó que el mundo no era un sitio tan malo.

It’s when that fear goes away that you know you’ve found the right person to risk everything for.

He gasped. “Jesus, Jessie, aren’t you listening to me? I love you more than roaches love sticky buns.

Apologies are only words until they are backed up with actions.

I think an artist might feel the same way when they place a brush to a canvas.” She looked down at the design. “Even if the end result isn’t beautiful for anyone but the artist, the journey is worth the effort.

Do you want my advice?” Patrick asked. “God, please.” She had no idea which way to turn. “Wait. Irrational decisions are rarely the right ones. Take a few days to digest this information before you do anything.

Friends call to say hi. Family call when they need something.

Running sucked. Who willingly put on shorts, a sports bra, and jogged around the block?

Que sepas cómo manipularme tan fácilmente es, sin lugar a dudas, lo más horrible de todo.

Amber leaned into Gavin. Could it be that simple? Could love be the glue that keeps us on the path of righteousness? “Love is always the answer.

Do it right or don't do it at all.

Finding the right person to spend forever with shouldn’t be easy. When things come easily, the relationship ends up being temporary.” “Like

She wanted to kill her, hold her . . . strangle her . . . scold her . . . love her to death. Good night, parenting was a bipolar disorder.

Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

Love is grand, but divorce is a hundred grand.

For a moment, they simply stared at each other. Hunter was about to assure the man that Gabi was safe with him, when his temporary brother-in-law delivered a threat Hunter hadn’t seen coming. “If you hurt her . . . one hair . . . I will kill you.” Kill? Not, come after you . . . make you regret it . . . but kill? “Don’t you have a new wife that would be disappointed if you landed in jail for murder?” “My wife would be standing in line to finish the job should I fail,” Masini told him. “And she’s an excellent shot.

Lighten up!

Friends are people you choose, and family are people you’re stuck with . . .

I’m short, in case you haven’t noticed. I need heels to see how the rest of you live.

¿Cómo iba a mantenerse alejada de su cama si insistían en jugar a la ruleta rusa?.

Las palabras tenían sentido, pero su corazón se negaba a escuchar.

It’s hard to keep kids from leaving small towns when they’re old enough to move on.” “Unless family is holding them back.

body weakening, my will to live with the world crushing

You can take a Lady out of the castle, but not the castle out of the Lady.

Life was a series of chapters, and this one would end in style if he had any say in the matter.

Margaret laughed . . . a full-throat chuckle

When was the last time he’d held a conversation with a woman about the motivations of men?

They can do without me, but I can’t do without you.

Valentino Masini wasn’t a small man. He wore a suit, ruffled and worn after what must have been a lightning flight across the country. His dark eyes held a death stare that would intimidate most.

—Te perdono. Él empezó a sonreír, pero Samantha sacudió lentamente la cabeza. —Blake, espera. No puedo seguir con esto. Creí que sería capaz de jugar a las casitas, de jugar a ser tu esposa e irme cuando el año terminara, pero no puedo. —Pero... —No, espera —lo interrumpió—. Ya sé que tú no querías que los sentimientos se inmiscuyeran en esto, pero no he podido evitar enamorarme de ti, como no puedo evitar respirar y sobrevivir.

The school of life and studying people is something I’ve done since birth. Every character I create in a book is real in my head. They have a family, a history, and something that drives them to do the things they do within the pages of fiction.

Esta vez Blake fue incapaz de contenerse y en sus labios asomó una sonrisa que rápidamente pasó también a sus hermosos ojos grises. —¿Me quieres? —le susurró. —Por eso tenemos que poner fin a esto cuanto antes —respondió ella. Blake cerró los ojos y, sin dejar de negar con la cabeza, dejó escapar una exclamación de sorpresa. —¿Qué? —Ya es suficientemente duro estar embarazada. Este dolor en el pecho, esta sensación de no saber si vas a dar por buena la fecha de finalización de nuestro contrato de matrimonio, es algo con lo que no puedo vivir. —Mirarle, incluso en aquellos momentos tan duros, era suficiente para que se le partiera el corazón. ¿Cómo podía pasar los ocho meses siguientes pensando que en cualquier momento podía pedirle que se marchara? —¿Me has oído cuando te he dicho que te quiero? —Sí,pero... Blake le cubrió los labios con un dedo para hacerla callar. —Te quiero, Samantha Harrison, y si estás esperando a que te pida que salgas de mi vida, será mejor que te pongas cómoda porque vas a esperar mucho tiempo.

Blake didn’t even question why her jeans and shirt were dumped in the garbage can at the hotel. He simply noticed the outfit there and offered a laugh. Whatever! She shouldn’t have brought it to begin with; then she wouldn’t have been wearing it when Linda made her appearance.

Hey, California,” he said on the phone, his voice sleepy. “Did you just get home?” “I forgot how annoying commercial flights are.” “Slumming with the rest of us?” Monica joked. “It’s a pain when I know there’s a better way. Besides, I don’t like someone else driving.” “Control freak.” “Look who’s talking.

conventions hosted by the Miami Morrison. The question was, what convention was Laker Girl attending? Walt had arrived at the hotel earlier in the day to find massive banners and the entire second floor of the conference hall filling up with pictures of half-naked men and women embracing. At first, he thought the competing conference had something to do with adult film. When he asked, he was told a writers convention was dominating the hotel for the weekend. By comparison, the number of people at the conference he was attending was a drop of water in the ocean. Soon the hotel would be filled with writers, readers, publishers, and agents. The genre of choice . . . romance. Books written with nothing but happily-ever-after in mind.

If only it were that easy. “I think you’re into us more than I am. I wish I felt more, but I don’t.” He ran a hand through his hair. “You’re breaking up with me.” Monica sat on her hands. “I’m sorry. I’m not ready for a committed relationship. I don’t even have a pet.” “Is there someone else?” “No. Of course not. I don’t want to lead you on. Make you think I want something deeper when I don’t.” He had to understand that… right? “I

Monica nudged her husband’s shoulder. “On-time flights are easier when you’re behind the controls.” Trent Fairchild and his two brothers owned and operated Fairchild Charters. A private air charter company with a fleet of jets, big and small, not to mention more helicopters than one could count, which was why they were attending the conference of International Emergency Medicine . . . a conference where professionals worked to improve the emergency response to natural disasters all over the world. “Is Glen with you?” Glen was Trent’s brother and liaison to the fixed-wing portion of air travel for the sick and injured.

When the pilot told them they were clear to unbuckle, Blake turned to Samantha. “Ready to get married?” She turned her hand over and laced her fingers with his. “What the hell, I didn’t have anything better planned for today.” Blake tossed his head back and laughed.

He’d

He looked every bit the medieval knight as he marched through the crowed with hardly a glance.

Leo diverted his attention from the couple that had walked into the restaurant and toward the woman he’d just bumped into. Dishwater blonde with mysterious eyes and full pink lips. Beautiful

Regrets are made in the things in life you don’t do, not in the things you do. Everything leads you to who you are meant to be. Doing nothing is not a life lived.

I’m not waiting for a husband to start living my life. I’m capable of taking care of myself.

Bucket list is what you do before you die. Like hurry up and check a box. The problem with checking a box is you don’t always enjoy what you’re doing. Life quest is the feeling of exploring and discovery that admittedly is like a bucket list, but without death looming.

Sometimes family are the people that you choose and not the people that you’re born to.

If two people are starting something that isn’t casual, they don’t keep secrets . . . ever. Because when you do, trust is lost. And trust is everything.

You need a man who wouldn’t dare let you go to your father alone. He wouldn’t question your relationship. He’d simply be there and hold your hand because you needed it. You don’t deserve anything less, Brooke. That’s all I’m saying. If you think that’s Marshall, then fine. I don’t think it is. And as long as you have him in your life, the other guy isn’t going to show up.

He was fighting the loss of his independence with every breath he had left in him.

You open doors and give your seat to a woman. If she doesn’t like it, find another woman.” His mother’s words, not Luca’s. “It isn’t because she can’t, it’s because you can.

Chloe reached out a hand, set it on top of Brooke’s. “Family is the most important thing.

A parental relationship shapes us. You look at the relationships around you and figure out what you want and what you don’t.

Interruption . . . imposition. These are not words Italians use. If we don’t like you, we tell you we’re out of food and wine. Then you leave.

You don’t have to approve of your daughter’s choices, but you might want to reevaluate how vehemently you hate them. That level of disapproval will keep us both from sharing our life with you to its fullest.

We’re all looking for something until we find it. The question is what.

I’ve never been angry that I’m a woman, just with what society thinks I should and shouldn’t do because of my gender.

The only woman with me is the one whose scent still lingers on my skin after spending the morning with her.” His voice was low. Salena closed her eyes and started to smile.

My father always buys big bouquets for my mother every year for Valentine’s Day . . . her birthday. Their anniversary. He sends them to her. Doesn’t hand them to her. A man who has the money to buy expensive bouquets who hands a woman a single flower . . . or even picks one for her as they’re walking in a field. That’s different.

Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

Are you kidding? You feed my ego, lady. There’s nothing better for me to do than to take away all the bad things that happen.

Tell me

She’d barely survived him the first time. Playing emotional roulette with him now was dangerous. Even if it felt damn good to be in his arms again.

Mary tossed her head back, a curly lock of blonde hair moved away from her eyes in the process.

I repeated your words, Dakota.

Meg thought of the potted marijuana plants and the drying racks her parents used even before it was legal. “She dried her own herbs.” Mrs.

There was a lot to be learned about a person by their reading material. “You’ve

The sheer anguish in her heart at being let down once again swam like a sea of sludge in her veins. She

Even when life tossed you curveballs, you had the choice to push away from the base to hit the ball or let it fly by without trying. “Do

Life’s choices are what make us better or let us sit in the past and never grow.” “I

You deserve the world, if only I could give it to you.” She

She tasted like flowers and chocolate and gentle waves upon the shore.

Lord knew jumping back into this fire was a lot like stepping off a cliff into a dark cavern filled with water. Ultimately, you knew you were safe, but the dark drop always made you believe things would turn for the worst. Luke

a pair of clean pajamas and tucked her into bed. “Do

and strong. Hunter left the bed for the two seconds it took to shed his pants. He tossed his wallet on the nightstand and returned in only his boxers. He ran his hands over her breasts, cupped them before moving to the back to unclasp her bra. “Christmas and birthdays,” he mumbled as he tossed her clothing away. Her breasts were heavy in need of his touch. She didn’t have to ask. Hunter replaced his hands with his mouth. Had she ever felt so completely ready to accept a man into her body? Was there a time she felt this cherished? Cherished was probably the wrong word, but it was the only one that continued

Sometimes the journey is the destination

living space to resemble a Civil War–era colonial home, complete with cubicle-style

is capable of just about anything.” Lori

though I need a bodyguard about as

hadn’t noticed the night he spent sleeping in her bed.

butter in ten years,” Gerald added. “I

She’s leading us here. The question

Well, hell, how did she know we’d be here?” If there was one woman Jack never wished to see again, it was probably Heather. As she swayed her hips while walking in his direction, Jack knew he wasn’t going to get his wish.

get your ass to work, or step away. You won’t do anyone any good crying. You can cry later.