Quotes from Barbara Freethy

meant to be." Nancy took one

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

I love him, and I hate him. I can't help it. I'm sure he feels much the same way. We've shared some of the best days of our lives and some of the worst. We understand each other, and yet we don't. We make each other laugh, and we make each other cry.

It was always easier to believe the bad stuff people thought about you than the good.

We'd make fewer mistakes if we didn't have to wait for time and distance to give us clarity.

of him going back into that fire.

It's not your imagination. I hear it, too." Another shriek made Matt pause. "I'll talk to you later." He put the phone down and walked to the door. The only other tenant on this side of the L-shaped building was a single woman he had yet to meet. He opened the door, but there was no one there. Actually, there

Okay, just be quiet for a second, would you?" He squatted down next to the baby and patted the baby's head, which only seemed to make him -- or was that her -- more angry.

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.

glass that the sea tossed up after years of being tumbled and turned by the waves and the salt water, finally landing on the sand as beautiful,

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

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

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

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

everyone hated her, and some people actually knew she was a good mother. It helped to rekindle her faith in herself. "I

It's not your name that's important. It's who you are. It's living a life of truth, a life without fear

concerning." He paused, tilting

A few," she admitted. "But not too many. This house doesn't really hold my memories. Our family home—the one we lived in when my mom was alive—was much harder to give up. But I've learned that love isn't in what we have; it's who we're with. I'm just glad I'm with you.

The life we plan isn't always the life we get, but it's usually the life we were meant to lead.

I've thought about it, but I'd have to find a man as crazy as I am to take me on,

Barbara Freethy is a #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of 52 novels ranging from contemporary romance to romantic suspense and women's fiction. Traditionally published for many years, Barbara opened her own publishing company in 2011 and has since sold over 6.5 million books! Twenty-two of her titles have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Lists. She is a six-time finalist and two-time winner in the Romance Writers of America acclaimed RITA contest.

have a ball and chain strapped around his ankle.