Broken Dove Quotes

“A dove has great beauty, but is easily broken.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“It’s my experience that a weakness understood is no weakness. If you know you have it, even if you can’t control it, you can make allowances for it. It is those who ignore or don’t understand their weaknesses who are wasted by them.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“Remember this kiss,” he ordered on a whisper, his eyes staring into mine.
There weren’t many kisses Apollo had given me that I didn’t remember.
I didn’t share that.
I asked, “Why?”
“Because it is special,” he answered.
“They’re all special, Lo,” I pointed out and watched his eyes smile even as I felt his lips do the same.
“They are, dove,” he agreed. “But this one, the first I will give you knowing you return yours with love, will be the one I most treasure for the rest of my life.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“I tell you now, my poppy, for years, I never thought I would again be happy. Never again.” He tucked me closer and finished on a rough whisper. “So I never imagined I could be happier.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“She needs time. I’m giving it to her.”
“This is uncharacteristic of you, cousin,” Achilles remarked.
Apollo held his gaze when he replied firmly, “I’m a man falling in love. We do many things that are uncharacteristic.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“He wanted more.
With Maddie, he always wanted more.
But he had to win that before she gifted it to him.
And he would.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“Some time ago, a man filled with sorrow handed me a bag filled with hope. Those stones were in that bag,”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“Well done, cousin. You beat pennyrium.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“You could cease this delay with bringing about my second grandchild,” she said, turning her reproaches to Frey. “The longer you wait, the more spoiled Viktor will become.”
Frey draped his arm around Finnie where they were on their couch, which was down from Aurora on the same couch, and drawled, “Fret not, my queen. I’ve seen to that and enjoyed the endeavor. Finnie’s with child.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“It is my responsibility as the man who loves you and wants you to be his wife to mend what’s broken in you … I’ll not forget again that I must treat you with care.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“I need to gag you and tie you to the bed,” he declared.
Oh God.
Awesome.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“Tonight we learned we must hold tight to happiness, my dove. Every day…every moment…is a gift. We must hold tight to that, Madeleine, and never let go.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“Your husband would anchor himself to a block of granite should you ask.”
“No, I wouldn’t,” Frey entered the conversation. “So, wife, do not ask.”
Finnie threw a smile over her shoulder”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“This is going very fast,” I reiterated. “Yes,” he agreed, not letting go of my hand or my gaze. “It’s scary.” “Yes,” he agreed again and I watched in fascination as his beautiful jade eyes turned hard and determined. “And this, my poppy, will be the last thing on this world or any other that you fear.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“I wasn’t, baby,” I said gently. He pierced me with a glower then went back to searching the man’s pockets, muttering grouchily to himself, “She seduces me with this word. She also thinks she can use it to get away with madness.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“I’m a man falling in love. We do many things that are uncharacteristic.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“Just so you know, honey, if your intention is to give me better …you’re succeeding.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“I’ll just say that it’s only been a day where things have been cool between us and you’re already doing a bang up job getting in there,” I told him.
His eyes changed to something else altogether and he replied, “I don’t understand your language, dove, since, last night, I already got in there.”
My nipples got hard.
Oh crap.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“You listen to me now and stop cutting me off. It’s rude.” She stopped moving and dropped her hand. “You can’t tell me what I can and can’t do; where I can go and who I can see.”
She stopped talking so he requested, “May I speak?”
“Only if you don’t piss me off when you do it,”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“It’s my experience that a weakness understood is no weakness,” Draven put in at this point and I looked to him. “If you know you have it, even if you can’t control it, you can make allowances for it. It is those who ignore or don’t understand their weaknesses who are wasted by them.” I”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“This made me Captain Kirk, for I was leading them on a misguided venture and I hoped, like Kirk seemed able to do, I could get us through it unscathed.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“They’re kids Apollo. Young kids. And they don’t need to know their father has a bed partner.”
“I won’t exactly be sharing our play second for second at the breakfast table, Madeleine,” he stated, his voice turning cold . “But to share your bed with a woman you care about is not something to be ashamed of.”
“No, of course not, but—”
“And I’ll not communicate that by hiding who you are to me.”
That was nice, so nice.
But that didn’t mean he wasn’t moving too fast.
“That’s sweet, honey, but—”
“And I’ll not have it communicated to my children… in any way… that the act of love between two agreeable adults is something to hide because it’s shameful.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“You’re going to take me now, Maddie, and warning, my dove, I’ll not be gentle.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“What I’d like to become accustomed to is you giving me whatever you wish…just as long as you keep finding things to give for I never will lose interest in what you have to offer.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“Love is priceless, love is worth every battle fought, every wound endured. Love is everything.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“All my A dove has great beauty, but is easily broken”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“All my life, I’ve never been happy. So I never imagined even being that way. Until now.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“But it takes more than fairytale worlds to fix what’s broken in me. And this is because I live every day knowing it was me who broke it.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“The maids know little and should have said nothing at all. And this, Chris, is the lesson you should take from what’s happened. When you speak, you must be aware of what you say, how it can be taken and who may hear it. But mostly, if you speak at all, you should know what you’re talking about.” He”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove

“Remember this kiss,” he ordered on a whisper, his eyes staring into mine. There weren’t many kisses Apollo had given me that I didn’t remember. I didn’t share that. I asked, “Why?” “Because it is special,” he answered. “They’re all special, Lo,” I pointed out and watched his eyes smile even as I felt his lips do the same. “They are, dove,” he agreed. “But this one, the first I will give you knowing you return yours with love, will be the one I most treasure for the rest of my life.” Okay.”
― Kristen Ashley, Broken Dove