Taming the Heart Quotes

“Once, I had a guy send me a dozen roses unprompted, and when I tell you, I blocked him so fast I nearly broke my thumbs.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“You should come with a fucking warning.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“You”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Chalk that up to abandonment issues and being the oldest child. A perfect storm of never feeling good enough, while also refusing to be seen as weak for needing anyone’s help.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Do not wear your mood on your face.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“So many people go through life never getting to live their passion.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Why does this feel like the worst kind of breakup, when we weren't even together in the first place?”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“You were?" I tilt my head to one side. "Oh, shoot... I left my phone with my fucks to give. They're somewhere back at my cabin.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“I'm no woman who will fall in line at his heels like an obedient little puppy.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Baking is a dark art, the kind of sorceress-given gift I do not possess a single ounce of.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Cock Ring? Is that you?”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Life is too fleeting, too precious, not to enjoy every moment with both hands in the air and head tossed back, screaming your favorite lyrics at the top of your lungs.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“When we spoke on the phone for my interview, she said the owner is retired, hates social media, and enjoys working his ranch, alone. I'm fairly certain I'm never going to see the guy. Pretty much guaranteed he isn't going to be over the moon at the prospect of dealing with a twenty-something-year-old hired to run the ranch PR, either. He's probably going to be allergic to cell phones and shooting me glares from his rocking chair on the porch at every opportunity.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“My parents are sickeningly in love, and deserve every single moment of their happily ever after.
It's probably no surprise my standards are so skyscraper high, soaring amongst the clouds – set to have my heart turning to ice from living at such an altitude. In my experience, nothing and no one has ever came close to the kind of relationship they have, and I simply refuse to settle for anything less than the person who lets me shine the brightest while being myself.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Ha had a better manicure and more regularly moisturized hands than I do, is who he was. No, thank you.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“I might have complicated shit to figure out, but I've got no intention of letting her go. She's to goddam precious to me. Not because this girl is fragile, but because she is the rarest kind of diamond there could be. Forged out of fire and unrelenting pressure and able to withstand anything that might come her way.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“On feeling his warmth and masculine scent weave their way into my bloodstream, I let out a contented sigh. This man always smells so damn good; I just want to lick him.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“We’re nothing to each other.” She juts her jaw out. Pure daring is written all over her expression as she stands her ground and looks up at me. “In case you need it spelled out, you’re everything to me. Taking your phone in order to help out? Yeah, I’d do it all over again without question. I want to take care of you. And not only that, but I want to do little things for you, because that is my privilege to handle the simplest of actions if it will make your life easier. I want to help you, simple as that. While you’re immensely capable and don’t need anyone, you deserve to not always have to carry it around all the same.” She scoffs. “You don’t mean any of that. Some pretty words you’ve rehearsed there, cowboy, but that’s all. They’re just words.” It’s like she’s just tossed a match onto gasoline. “Meaningless. Fucking. Words.” Sage glares up at me, and with each syllable she emphasizes, I feel my veins heat, blood pumping harder for the way she’s pushing at me verbally. My girl knows exactly what she wants, and she’s not going to give me the easy option. “Think I don’t know how to show you otherwise?” As I let the quiet warning hang between us, I step closer, and Sage backs up. Another stride forward only does the same thing as she inches away, keeping the space maintained between us. She wants me to chase her around this entire fucking ranch tonight? I’ll hunt her until daybreak if I have to.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Sage is like the horses who fight and run because they ain’t got a single bit of evidence to prove they should give their trust to you.” He muses, eyes drifting to where his girl tosses her head back with laughter. “Be honest. Tell her how you feel as soon as fucking possible. Chop your heart out and hand it over on a goddamn plate if you need to. Because if she’s worth it like you say, then you don’t even need the damn thing anymore. What good is it doing sitting like a lump of stone behind your ribs? If it belongs to her, it belongs to her, and she needs to know that without a single doubt.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Perhaps if I say it enough times, I’ll believe it myself. I want fun, not feelings.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“You’re my sunset sky, baby. Bright and mysterious and beautiful all at the same time.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“the longer he kisses me, the more I feel my bones melt into a rich, honeyed liquid state.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Goddamn him and his slutty mustache for making me come harder than I’ve ever been able to, with or without the assistance of a battery-operated teammate.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“Knowing that I’m going to have to let her leave once this summer is over, that has my hands moving. Fuck it.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart

“If there’s one thing I excel in, it’s picking up on the tiniest details of a person. My gut never steers me wrong.”
― Elliott Rose, Taming the Heart