Quotes from Barbara Freethy

Sometimes it's easier to leave things in a dream state. You never fail if you're just dreaming.

What I can promise is this -- I'll never lie to you, betray you, or walk away from you.

Maybe we both need to realize that we're giving our families and our pasts too much power over us.

she felt incredibly fragile, which was not how she liked to feel.

current began its pull toward the ocean,

come by," he said, waving Alex into the house. "Did you meet with Brady?

I don't want you anymore. I don't want to be second choice, second best, second whatever. I don't want to be the one who trails after you like some stupid lost puppy dog. I don't want to be the one you got stuck with after the one you loved got away.

She swallowed back

Your family loves you. I love you. With love comes concern. Don't try to fight it, because you won't win. We all worry about the people we love the most, you included.

The motto of the Coast Guard is Semper Paratus, which means Always Ready. And The Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmer motto is So Others May Live

she was crazy, and her mother Joanna just wanted her to stop challenging Mother Nature by running headlong into dangerous storms. But like her dad, Alicia didn't run away from storms; she ran toward them. While

Real strength comes in the face of adversity.

strung out like a long, taut

I should stop feeling sorry for myself and obsessing with what I'd lost and think about what I could do for someone else.

I told her that's exactly how I felt, but I didn't know

She suffered a tragedy, but she went on. It was the end of something but the beginning of something else." "Maybe." Her grandmother always talked about the importance of looking forward and not back.

check the balcony to see if anyone is up

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.

in the afternoon sunshine. "You could both pass for at least

head. She would not be stopped, not