Tame the Heart Quotes

“We have to make our time. We have to make every second count. You can’t miss out on your life trying to get it together.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“learn not to fuck with a good woman’s heart.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“I love you, Ruby,” he says when he pulls back. Visibly overcome, he presses my hand over his heart, and his piercing blue eyes stare into mine. “From this heartbeat until the last, I am yours.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“For so long, I thought I was happy, when all I’ve been is happily unhappy.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“I promise Wyatt’s not really an idiot. He just acts like one.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“When I set her on her feet, my cock could’ve punched through drywall.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“The ranch without Ruby is like the sky without the sun. Unnatural.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“He’ll forget me. And he should.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Soon, Sunflower,” I warn, taking her face in my hands. “I’m gonna put a ring on your finger and pray like hell you take my last name. Because you own me. For the rest of your life, Ruby, I’m yours.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Time is the one thing we’re not guaranteed, kid.” Stede’s voice is steady. “We have to make our time. We have to make every second count. You can’t miss out on your life trying to get it together.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“She looks toward the balcony as if she’s searching for the answer in the sky.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Stay,” he growls against my lips. “Stay and I’ll give you everything.” Those calloused hands cup my cheek and our gazes lock. Hold. Burn. “The ranch. Every sunrise. My heart. But that’s a lie because you already have it. You own me, Sunflower.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“If you think I don’t love you, then you need to get those beautiful eyes checked. Because you’re all I see. You’re all I’ve seen since you walked into Nowhere and into my heart.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Nothing will happen to her. I’ll walk through the fires of hell before I let anyone hurt her.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Out here on this dance floor, we don’t feel so temporary. He holds me close, like I belong to him.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Her heartbeat mingles with mine where our bodies join, and for the first time in a long time, I feel sunshine in the darkest parts of me.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Whatever you want this summer, Ruby, I’ll give it to you.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Because you, darlin’, have got more life in you than a field of wildflowers.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Because that’s what Ruby is. A perfect fucking angel. How I’ll ever be able to stay the hell away from her, God only knows.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“That girl was like a ray of sunlight making me come alive. Her laugh, her sweet kiss, hell, even her adorable ramble of curious questions. If she’s not giving them to me, I don’t want anyone else to have them.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Beg for my cock, darlin’. Take it like a good girl.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Look what a good girl you are. Taking all of me.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“So goddamn good I’m gonna ruin you for every man who comes after me.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“I’ve traveled half across the world and found the best view in the world. And it’s a cowboy named Charlie Montgomery.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“This girl’s a drug and she doesn’t even know it.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“I want to keep this sweet, happy girl on my ranch. Close to me.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“I decide I like them too. Because at this moment, anything that’s Ruby’s favorite is automatically mine.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“Why sunflowers?” I could listen to the lively melody of Ruby’s voice for days. “They’re perennials.” At my grunt, she elaborates. “They’re sturdy and happy and you couldn’t kill them if you tried. Every spring, when the conditions are right, the soil soft, the sun bright, they grow back to live again. Come hell or high water, they survive. That’s what I like about them.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“My aunt had a massive heart attack. My mother died in her sleep. The doctors said her heart just gave out. I refuse to understand that. How do you stop something beautiful from beating? How does the very organ which gives you life decide your time is up?”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart

“She looks calm and composed—shoulders back, expression even—as if she’s walked through hell every day of her life and doesn’t give two shits.”
― Ava Hunter, Tame the Heart