Rescue My Heart Quotes

“You went from worrying about being weak to wanting a fence with me?"
"I don't give a flying fuck about being weak. You're the only thing I care about. You make me whole. You make me feel. You make me..." He searched for the word. "Everything." He pulled her tighter to him. "It's always been you, Holly. And it always will be. Say yes."
"Yes," she said instantly. "To everything.”
― Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart

“I'm not too chicken," she said. "I know exactly what I want. I honestly thought I could do this with you, the whole friends-with-benefits thing." She slowly shook her head, her eyes suspiciously shiny. "But as it turns out, I can't. Now with you, Adam. With you, I want it all."
(...)
"It's not that simple for me," he heard himself say.
"Of course it is. Life is as simple as you make it, Adam. You're born. You live. You die. I don't plan on dying without doing the living part, though.”
― Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart

“I’m tougher than this.”

He shook his head. “Somehow it doesn’t matter how tough you are. You can be tough as hell and still be leveled flat without warning.”
She looked at him. “What do you do when you’re leveled flat?”
“You make a plan, you move on that plan, and you keep breathing”
― Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart

“Are you sure? Because it looks bad. And you’re pale. You’re never pale.”

“I’ve seen him look much worse,” Dell said. “Like last year, when I signed him up for this online dating thing. He got all scared. He was pretty pale then.”

“Because I was stalked,” Adam said. “By a crazy person.”

“Aw, she wasn’t that bad. And she bought you that teddy bear, remember? Because you were her cuddle umpkins. How scary can a woman who says ‘cuddle umpkins’ be?”
― Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart

“That was one of the things she loved about him. He assumed she could walk and chew gum at the same time. He never second-guessed her, and he didn't try to change her. He accepted.”
― Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart

“Inside, the two men holed up in Donald's office for a few minutes, where apparently no vaginas were invited.”
― Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart

“That was one of the things she loved about him. He assumed she could walk and chew gum at the same time. He nevef second-guessed her, and he didn't try to change her. He accepted”
― Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart

“I'll have you know, I actually got a speeding ticket last year. 'For driving under the speed limit?”
― Jill Shalvis , Rescue My Heart

“mother of teenagers, blew out a frustrated breath. “I knew if I caved to the ‘Oh please, can we have a puppy, Mom!’ that I’d be the one to end up here,” she said. “I’m not good at this. I’ve told him to sit a million times.”
― Jill Shalvis, Rescue My Heart