Callaway Quotes

Sometimes the smallest step in the right direction ends up being the biggest step of your life. Tiptoe if you must, but take a step.

In the darkest of times, laughter helps revolutionize our perspective.

The black devil and the blue devil: that was how he’d come to think of the two opposing sides of his nature. Since his early adolescence, the bloodthirsty pair had staked his mind as their battleground, and even now he could feel their presence, lurking, waiting to make their next move.

I'd bring you flowers

That was the way of relationships. If no one fought for them, they ended.

Love and hate are complicated emotions," Aiden said. "Sometimes they're the same.

It took me 17 years to get 3000 hits in baseball. I did it in one afternoon on the golf course.” —HANK AARON

Scottish writer George MacDonald once said, “No man ever sank under the burden of the day. It is when tomorrow’s burden is added to the burden of today that the weight is more than a man can bear. Never load yourself so.

There's an old Jewish saying: "Two things in the world you absolutely should not worry about: what can be fixed and what cannot be fixed. What can be fixed should be fixed at once, without worry. What cannot be fixed, can't be fixed - so why worry about it?

I am a Christian because of God's grace. I find it in no other faith system. The Christian gospel is rather simple. I love the way Tim Keller puts it: "I am so flawed that Jesus had to die for me, yet I am so loved and valued that Jesus was glad to die for me." The result is that I neither swagger nor snivel; I live with thanksgiving, overwhelmed and overjoyed by grace. This path seems to lead us to a place of needing to be noticed less often, and being less concerned with how we're thought of.

Introverts need a lot of space and time to think things over. You need solitude to think about matters. This solitude is essential because it allows you to recharge your energy.

If you do not mind my saying, my lord, your wife is a fascinating woman." "Yes, she is," Nicholas muttered.

Tis true, then. I am a whore.

A man is what he makes of himself, boy. I don't know you from Adam, but I sure as hell know you can do better than this.

......there's hope in love. And a world without hope is a sad one.

of him going back into that fire.

ten years since he'd seen Sara, and

Robert's extreme gift of intelligence," she said. "I wanted to give

time warp. But I was wrong. Something has changed." He

What's happened? What's wrong?" he asked. "I

Fortibus Fortuna Favet

We're stealing time from those who love us and giving it to those who don't. Our

large estates sat on the rugged hillsides with spectacular

His dark brown hair was on the short side, and he had an air of

I love San Francisco," she said. "I lived there when I was a child.

spine. She told herself not to get carried away. He was

You've never done well with authority, buttercup." With obvious satisfaction, Gavin added, "Except mine, of course." Percy decided to let him labor under the husbandly delusion.

I know one very important truth. Life is not just in the end result but also in the journey. Don't forget to take a breath and look around every once in a while.

Her favorite Irish saying was 'may your right hand always be stretched out in friendship and never in want,

When it comes right down to it, the only way to face a crises that makes any sense at all - is together. And the only direction to face- is up.

Hope can bloom in the most desolate places.

I’ll keep you safe. - Dean -

The first three years of our marriage were miserable. Until I got a divorce. A divorce from loving myself and seeking my own way. I was reading the book of Galatians one night when I stumbled on the verse, "I no longer live, but Christ lives in me" (2:20), and the most profound thought hit me: If I am dead, and Christ lives in me, can my wife see Him there? Finding the right person, I have since discovered, is less important than being the right person. The happiest married people I know discovered early on that the "better" comes after the "worse".

Wisely, Charity did not reply. If she opened her mouth, there was no telling what might come out. One possibility being, "Do you actually think I'll say yes to that daft proposal, you giant lummox?

Being newly married myself, I can’t profess to have the knowledge that you all do. But my mama always said there’s one important adage to live by in marriage: to err is human—and to forgive, divine.

It falls simply to this: the right gentleman is the one who values you for who you are. Who sees your flaws and cares not a jot. When you are together, you love not only him," Marianne said, "but yourself.

FALSE EQUIVALENCY If you compare the Koch brothers to George Soros and you compare MSNBC to FOX News then why not compare the NAACP to the Ku Klux Klan, George Washington to King George, Abraham Lincoln to Jefferson Davis, Barack Obama to Vladimir Putin; If you compare the Democratic party to the Republican party then why not compare Citizens United with Brown versus Board of Education, Churchill to Mussolini, Martin Luther King to George Wallace; If you compare Liberals to Conservatives then why not compare Boxing to Cage Fighting, Mozart to Salieri, Edward Kennedy Ellington to Lawrence Welk, Three Card Monty to Inside Trading, John Birks Gillespie to Cab Callaway; If you are mentally slothful enough to engage in false equivalency, why not go all the way? Pretend that ignorance equates with knowledge, Science with Mythology and empathy with apathy?

We are gathered here today to bind these two in marriage. This filthy degenerate with this exquisite young beauty. Now, Miss, I have to tell you that you do not have to go through with this. There are always other fish in the sea, and if you like an older man in leather, there are plenty of options.” I growled at the cheeky bastard and he winked at me. Molly giggled. “Get on with it, Preacher.” He looked at Molly. “Are you sure, sweetheart?” “I’m sure.” He sighed dramatically. “You always were a lucky bastard, Callaway.

Like a caged bird, the truth fluttered within her breast. As far as she was concerned, it would remain there, forever and anon, for there was no point in releasing that foolish creature from captivity. Why set something free, only to have its wings clipped at first flight?

Ironically, I’ve spent years writing sensitive articles for women. Still, one lady wrote: “I have always viewed you with suspicion, knowing that if you were pushed to the limit, if you were forced to make a decision, you weren’t really one of us after all. Deep down inside, you are a guy.

I managed a polite smile, donned my oven mittens, and withdrew the tarts. “Let me tell you something, Dad. Guys today have biblical reasons for the way we are.” “You do?” “Sure,” I mused, “Uh...let me see...You remember Moses, right?” “Sure do. He led the Israelites in their Exodus from Egyptian slavery and oppression.” “That’s right. But did you ever wonder why he wandered in the wilderness for 40 years?” “That’s easy. It was because of his unbelief.” “No. Try again.” “Because he wanted the Children of Israel to really appreciate the Promised Land once they got there?” “No. The truth is, it took them so long because Moses refused to ask his wife for directions.

The thing about burying a Christian mother is that, amid all the tears, you find yourself mimicking the grin that characterized her life. She buried a husband, a son, and plenty of dreams, but never the hope that propelled her forward. Hope gives birth to thanksgiving and thanksgiving to joy. It doesn't spread as fast as a cold, but pretty close.

known as the middle." He tipped his head. "Yes. What about you? Big family?" "No. I'm an only child." It was part of the backstory she'd made up before coming to the island; it was also partly true. "I used to wish I had a big family." "It's not all it's cracked up to be," he said dryly. "A lot of noise and chaos." "And love," she suggested, feeling an ache that went deep into her

I was so fortunate. I was able to bury my gloom in beauty anytime I wanted. So could my peers. They could simple say a word, draft a check, and their land would overflow with the hope of nature. But it wasn’t so for people like this man. He would have to wait at the gates for the buds to blossom, never allowed to walk among them or smell the ricinus scent of boxwoods mingled with the honey clove of the roses. Something about the reality of that deprivation felt terribly wrong. Some folk who needed the healing of the wild beauty were the most barred from it.

Breathe in, breathe out. You can’t die from ’umiliation.

The irony wasn’t lost upon Severin that for years he’d fought for wealth believing that it would win him the woman of his dreams. It hadn’t been enough with Imogen. Now that he had riches and was a damned duke, it still wasn’t enough, this time for the daughter of a peddler. When will I bloody be enough? a voice inside him raged.

It struck him now that Fancy was the only woman who’d ever made him feel that he was…enough, just as he was.

Time and again, he’d drilled it into her that those who travelled and those who didn’t belonged to different worlds.

It was clear that Miss Sheridan not only lacked social polish, she didn’t even know what it was. Yet something about the way she looked at him, with wonder and vulnerability, tugged at his gut.

He mulled over the strange lightness he felt in her presence. Her endearing candor and odd mix of shrewdness and innocence

He was the most confounding man. How could a tenacious industrialist and reputed rake be…caring?

He’d come a long way since his younger days, but even now he felt wary of being trusted with another’s happiness.

Although Fancy had the soul of a dreamer, she also had both feet planted on the ground. She had seen enough of the world to know the way it worked.

They hate places where they need to shout just to get their ideas heard in public.

Thinking introverts have highly developed imagination and a sense of creativity. They are generally the first person to think outside the box. They can see the big picture and can bring out new ideas and innovations.

introverted leaders are actually better equipped for making the appropriate decisions even in a time of crisis.

Lady Helena Harteford shivered as a draft stirred the satin water-lilies pinned to her white tunic and brushed her bare shoulders in a ghostly caress. Given the capricious clime of London in the spring, her water nymph costume had perhaps not proven the wisest choice, but the impetuous nature of her plan had allowed little in the way of preparation.

I always knew you were an angel. I just had no idea you were my own Guardian Angel.

I’ll always be here, Penny. That’s what marriage is. Being together through every season, no matter what it brings.

Fear is a cage,” Agatha persisted. “Truth is the key to setting you free.

I almost lost you. I don’t want to risk that again—” “Darling, you couldn’t lose me in Covent Garden on market day.

We’ve unfinished business, you and me,” he said calmly. “We’ll sort it out. Be prepared to leave at nine in the morning sharp.” Hiding a smile at her dazed expression, he strode out.

Seeing that she was unharmed, relief unbound Hawker’s chest. He breathed fully for the first time since he’d discovered her missing. She shot him an annoyed look. “What took you so long?” Christ, I love this little termagant.

He made love to you just an hour ago, you greedy wanton.

I don’t want your mother’s help, I want you, you bacon-brained lummox!” she exploded.

than I

Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.

Problems are merely solutions waiting to happen.

He might not remember his past, but he felt one driving principle within himself, its rhythm as ingrained as that of his heart. Survive, survive, survive.

Perhaps not all the doors had been open between them, but the walls of privacy had made her feel safe. She’d always had a place to retreat, to hide. Their arrangement had worked…hadn’t it?

May the stillness of a golf course remind us that often it takes less courage to stand up and speak than to sit down and listen.

Ben should have anticipated their kiss and prevented it. He definitely should not have responded to it.

Sally Sackville—nay, the world—had better watch out.

As Mama was fond of saying, however, there was more than one way to cook an egg.

If this gets me killed, Callaway thought, I’m definitely coming back to haunt her.

Let's you and me have a drink together and talk about your troubles, shall we?

Money and power did not buy happiness. More often than not, they bought the opposite and gave no refunds. You were stuck with misery, greed, and an endless craving for power.

And ’ere I thought you carried needles and yarn in that bag,” he said. “A bag, like a person, ought to be capable of more than one function.

Her gaze blazed as brightly as a star leading the way to salvation. A feeling swept over him, as if he were coming home at last. Captivated by her and the season’s promise, he claimed her mouth and let passion take over.

As I have errands to run, you may have your discussion here.” Lady Fayne rose, giving Pearl a wry look as she headed to the door. “Do have a care with the new carpet, will you? You know bloodstains are a chore to remove.

Are you all right?” Her voice trembled. “Never thought I’d say this,” he said thickly. “But maybe you should drive.” Then he lost consciousness.

Because I’m not like the other girls,” she admitted.

But you do have to decide: what matters more, being popular or being true to yourself?” “Being true to myself. Without question.

I do not play with little girls,” he said softly. “Nor do I tolerate manipulation. Try it again, Livy, and our friendship will come to an end.

I suppose that means my better half is right again,” Strathaven said with a mock sigh. “I hope it doesn’t go to her head.” “I heard that,” Her Grace said clearly from the other end of the long table. Strathaven raised his glass. “To my lady, whose hearing is as impeccable as her judgement.

I like undressing you,” he murmured. She twisted her head, raising her brows at him. “You are remarkably practiced at it.

By Jove, you are a goddess, and I mean to worship at your temple.

You are going to learn to suck my cock,” he said. “And there are some things to keep in mind.” She eyed his member, swaying like a giant branch. Hmm, like…not choking? Aloud, she asked, “Such as?

Before Livy, he’d enjoyed dominance. With Livy, he craved it. Her surrender wasn’t just a game for an evening or a whim to indulge: it was an act of love and trust.

It is true that I have more experience in bedroom matters than you. But when it comes to love, real love, the kind that owns and completes you, that perseveres and never fails…” He tucked a tress behind her ear, his knuckles brushing tenderly against her cheek. “It turns out that I am a novice too.

I have been a fool,” he said, stunned. “Love makes fools of us all.

While Lady Olivia’s youth and inexperience may have led her to make some wrong choices, your experience and history also blinded you to certain truths.

In trying to protect you, I ended up pushing you away. I lost the one person who I love more than anything.

I’m yours,” she said instantly. “Oh, Ben, I’ve missed you so much!” His eyes flared with passion…and a hint of laughter. “Although I can’t deny that I missed you like the devil, sweeting, the truth is we were only apart for a few hours.

He stared at her. “You were dangling four stories above the ground, and you’re asking me if I am all right?

You are a good man, little brother. Now go win the hand of the woman you love.

You were right, Emma.” He sounded slightly stunned. “Really, darling, one would think you would be used to it by now,” Mama said.

Because of you.” Papa tucked her hand in the crook of his arm, saying in an undertone, “Thank God you prepared me. I might have had a fit of apoplexy otherwise.

Ben went down on one knee. His eyes the warm blue of a summer night, he took out a box and opened the lid. Livy’s vision blurred at the sight of the ring: it was shaped like a delicate golden spider, its body a huge, faceted diamond.

Christ, Livy.” He cradled her face in his palms. He was shaking, and the sheen in his eyes brought joyful heat to her own. “You’ve given me everything I’ve ever wanted and still you find a way to give me more.