Truth or Beard (Winston Brothers, #1)

by Penny Reid

You can’t wear the sexy Gandalf costume to work.

That’s right, bite that lip.

I was abruptly starring in the music video for Beyonce’s Naughty Girl and desperately trying to figure out how to get Beau’s clothes off.

Peripherally, I heard my wizard’s staff clatter to the ground.

crazy didn’t want brakes. Crazy wanted acceleration. Crazy wanted velocity. Crazy wanted reckless, heedless, crazy, passionate sex with Beau Winston. And crazy wanted it right now, against this wall, at the Green Valley Community Center, while children trick-or-treated and Mrs. Sylvester traded recipes for blueberry muffins, ignorant to the fervent and erotic moment on the other side.

“The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.” MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY, THE FALL OF ATLANTIS

“Let love find you. Don’t go looking for it.

I had an odd thought just then, that I should only ever whisper her name, and that she should always be close enough to hear it.

“Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you've never been, perhaps more homesick than for familiar ground.” JUDITH THURMAN

I was going to kiss her. But first I was going to strangle her.

“In a day, when you don't come across any problems - you can be sure that you are travelling in a wrong path” SWAMI VIVEKANANDA

“All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path.”

“We all know that light travels faster than sound. That's why certain people appear bright until you hear them speak.” ALBERT EINSTEIN

“No matter how far you travel, you can never get away from yourself.” HARUKI MURAKAMI, AFTER THE QUAKE

“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” MARCEL PROUST

“As you walk and eat and travel, be where you are. Otherwise you will miss most of your life.” GAUTAMA BUDDHA

“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees only what he has come to see.” G.K. CHESTERTON

“The world is a book, and those who don't travel only read one page.” AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO

“The three saddest things are the ill wanting to be well, the poor wanting to be rich, and the constant traveler saying 'anywhere but here'.” E.E. CUMMINGS

“Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.” LEIGH HUNT

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” MARK TWAIN

“Travel far enough, you meet yourself.” DAVID MITCHELL, CLOUD ATLAS