Truth or Beard (Winston Brothers, #1)

by Penny Reid

I was always running after her, but this time I wasn't going to let her get away.

“this is temporary. Even mountains fall. Nothing lasts forever. You got a chance at happiness, even for a week, a month, a year? You grab it and you hold on to it for as long as it lasts.”

You are a pretty girl. And pretty girls who don’t know how pretty they are sometimes feel overwhelmed by attention from the opposite sex.”

I know you want adventure, I know you want to see the world. But love is the greatest adventure, where you risk the most for the greatest reward. What good will all this exceptional living do if you’re doing it only for yourself?”

I was always going to be a circle peg in a world of squares.

“My momma once told me, you don’t need to be pushed in order to fall.

Plus, I was holding a pie. This was a strategic decision. My momma once told me no one turns away a lady bearing pie. If you want to get your foot in the door, bring

pie and hold it in front of you. She called this the pie effect.

“The sirens are beautiful, yes. But their song and their beauty call to the soul, not to the body. The sirens don’t inspire lust. They inspire longing. A deep, wrenching longing. Bone deep, so the sailors would rather die than live without the siren.”

“Duct tape is man’s answer to electrons and protons. It’s how we keep matter together.”

You can’t make an omelet without heat.”

You don’t wait for that kind of love to cool off. You strike while the iron is hot

“I don’t want to let you down. I don’t want to let anyone down. I don’t want to take without asking permission or deserving what I get. I need to take responsibility—for me, for my family—and I don’t want any handouts or free rides.”

He reminded me of the Viking god Thor, if Thor had been a reclusive federal game warden from Texas with excellent manners.