Lorraine Heath Quotes

I would rather be a cripple and have your love for all of a single moment than to live as I am without ever having it.

~ Lorraine Heath

Holding his daughter close with one arm, he pointed toward the distant horizon. As far as you can see—it all belongs to you, Faith. Someday, I'll take you to the top of a windmill and teach you to dream. When you reach for some of those dreams, you might fall…but your mother and I will be there to catch you because that's what love means: always being there. I love you, little girl. He pressed a kiss to his daughter's cheek. So much…it hurts. But I reckon that's part of love, too.-Dallas

~ Lorraine Heath

He took the hand that wasn’t holding the bou­quet of wildflowers and stared at it, holding it so tightly that she thought he might crack her bones. Then his hold gentled. He slipped a gold ring onto her finger and lifted his gaze to hers.“I’m not a brave man; I’ll never be a hero, but I love you more than life itself, and I will until the day I die. With you by my side, I’m a better man than I’ve ever been alone. I’m scared to death that I’ll let you down, but I won’t run this time. I’ll stand firm and face the challenge and work hard to see that you never have any regrets. You told me once that you wanted to share a corner of my dream. Without you, Amelia, I have no dream. With you, I have everything I could ever dream of wanting.”Tears burned her eyes as he glanced back at the preacher. “I’m done.”-Houston to Amelia as his wedding vow.

~ Lorraine Heath

In all likelihood he would eventually destroy her, unless he found the strength to let her go.

~ Lorraine Heath

Wait here, Miz Meg, and we'll holler when we're undressed and under the covers. We know it don't bother you seein' our backsides since you're a widow and all, but it'd sure bother us… even though you've seen em before. We kinda like to keep 'em to ourselves

~ Lorraine Heath

A man always has a choice

~ Lorraine Heath

sometimes, silence can be very loud

~ Lorraine Heath

Why did you tell me all this?So if I die, you'd know not to come looking for me when you get to heaven.

~ Lorraine Heath

There’s no such thing as perfection, and even if there were, I think it’d be rather boring.

~ Lorraine Heath

He was suddenly aware of the pain rampaging through him. “Where’s Swindler?”“Here.” He crouched beside Sterling. “We got the b

~ Lorraine Heath

Have you ever wanted something so badly that you would do anything, believe anything in order to acquire it?

~ Lorraine Heath

When you’re young, you wish for things in the future, but when you grow old … you wish for things from the past

~ Lorraine Heath

Gossip about us will abound tomorrow,” he said quietly.“I suspect it will abound tonight.”“And you don’t care.”“Not one whit. I have wanted to dance with you since the first ball I ever saw you attend.”“You looked so young and innocent that night, dressed in white. Who would have thought you were such a hellion?”She wasn’t certain whether he was striving to compliment or insult her, but it didn’t matter. What mattered was that he appeared to recall as many details about that night as she did. “You remember what I was wearing?”“I remember everything about you that night. You wore pink ribbons in your hair and pearls against your throat.”“The pearls were my mother’s.”“You were standing amongst a gaggle of girls, and you stood out not because of your beauty—which far exceeded theirs—but because of your refusal to be cowed. No one has ever challenged me as you do, Catherine.”“No one has ever intrigued me as you do, my lord.

~ Lorraine Heath