K.S. Ruff > K.S.'s Quotes

“Well, that’s kinda romantic actually… in a slightly crazed Neanderthal kind of way.”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“Kadyn was tearing down walls faster than I could build them. I knew what to expect from men who hit… men who threatened, manipulated, demanded, and controlled. Sadly, I had no clue what to do with a man like Kadyn.”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“Kimme and Dan joined us as they returned from their stroll along the beach. “Look what I found,” Kimme announced as she dumped a pile of seashells out on the sand.
I smiled at Kimme as she sifted through her treasure. Then I thought about the treasures I had found. My eyes filled with tears as I examined each of my friends in turn.”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“Michael was a complete contradiction. One minute he was tying one of my friend’s up with duct tape and threatening to kill people. The next minute he was kissing me and presenting me with a house… only it wasn’t a house, it was a mansion with servants.”
― K.S. Ruff, Beautifully Broken

“Kadyn groaned. “I cannot believe this. I’m on lockdown over here, Patrick. I can’t leave.”

“I know,” Patrick responded. “I’ve seen the news.” Patrick lowered his voice to a whisper. “You don’t think there’s a connection, do you?”

Kadyn’s eyes locked on Phil’s as he collapsed into the chair across from Phil’s desk. “Kri has a stalker with terrorist connections, the Pentagon has been peppered with bombs, and Kri’s gone missing. Of course there’s a connection.”
― K.S. Ruff, Beautifully Broken

“The room fractured into shards of colored light. Red… gold… green… and blue shimmered, then blurred into unrecognizable colors as they wound tightly around our bodies. Then everything exploded… the lights… the room… our bodies... into a million beautifully broken pieces.”
― K.S. Ruff, Beautifully Broken

“I buried my face in my hands. This wasn’t a train wreck. It was a nuclear disaster.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Wings

“Tears pricked at my eyes. “You were still a child when your parents died. Besides, I think that’s what gives you those dark edges. Your wings have beat against the darkest side of life.”

He shook his head. “I don’t have wings.”

I rubbed between his shoulder blades. “I think maybe you do. Maybe they were broken somewhere along the way or maybe you just forgot how to use them…”

A smile teased at the corner of his lips. “I’m no angel.”

“You’re my angel,” I insisted.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Wings

“He shook his head. “Did you tell him he should expand the Odessa-Brody oil pipeline up to Poland?”

I smiled. “Yes. Yes, I did. You should definitely expand the pipeline. Think of all the money you could make if you sold your oil to the EU. You could build a whole new children’s hospital and a research center. You’d have enough money to buy real toilets for the university so women don’t have to crouch over those holes in the floor.” I shook my head. “I’d like to see you try that in five inch heels!”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Wings

“How do you leave someone who has been such an important part of your life for twenty-eight years, someone you love more than life itself?”
― K.S. Ruff, The Broken Road

“Hope emanates from you, like a warm fire brightening an otherwise depressing room.”
― K.S. Ruff, In a Broken Dream

“It is through that brokenness that we find courage and strength. It is what empowers us to do great things.”
― K.S. Ruff, In a Broken Dream

“Bear spray. B-E-A-R spray.” I stopped abruptly. “You seriously thought I was buying hairspray?” I started laughing. “We’re hiking. Why would I need hairspray?”
― K.S. Ruff, In a Broken Dream

“Like a pendulum my life swung between fairytales and nightmares.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Together

“How did we get to this… this place… where our actions have such grave consequences… where we dine and dance with presidents?”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Together

“I couldn’t stop thinking of all the tragedies, the heartache, and pain that life has thrown our way. We ended up together, despite all the obstacles and frankly dismal odds. But what if God intended it that way? Man has been broken since the Garden of Eden, but we were never meant to be broken apart. We were meant to be broken together until He comes for us.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Together

“I’d been praying every day… praying that life wouldn’t break her the way it had broken me… but I knew, as surely as God was resting his hand on my shoulder and peering down at her too, that she’d never be broken and alone. She’d be broken together until the day he called her home.”
― K.S. Ruff, Broken Together