Lilia Santichen

“A boy without a mother is a very curious creature. If Travis is anything like his father, and I know that he is, he’s a deep ocean of fragility, protected by a thick wall of swear words and feigned indifference. A Maddox boy will take you all the way to the edge, but if you go with him, he’ll follow you anywhere.”
― Jamie McGuire, A Beautiful Wedding

“It was hard not to laugh. Sure, Buck seemed a comfortable level of middle-class, but dating him in exchange for gifts wouldn’t qualify as gold-digging; it would be more like panning for nuggets.”
― Alissa Nutting, Tampa

“deciding between the two of them was like being asked to pick a dance partner and given the option of a trained choreographer or an epileptic with a wooden leg.”
― Alissa Nutting, Tampa

“What might’ve been his last moments on this earth, he was only thinking of me, and even then, if he hadn’t stayed behind, if he hadn’t risked a horrible death to find me and break the window so we could get out, I wouldn’t be here. He saved my life! So, I’m sure what you’re asking is if the fire made me realize I will never love anyone else the way I love him, that he loves me more than his own life, and I don’t want to spend another second without him. Because the answer is yes!”
― Jamie McGuire, Almost Beautiful