When You're Ready Quotes

“Clare, this…what we’re doing? It has to be all or nothing. And I want all of you. When you cry, I want to be the one holding you. No matter the reason. So please, let me hold you.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“I want a clean slate with you, Clare. You’re special to me. I don’t know what we’re doing or where it’s going but I’ve never felt anything like this, and I can’t mess that up by doing the same shit I’ve always done.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“Clare, you have noticed I’m a guy, right? Because if not, I can pull this car over right now and make that abundantly clear.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“Being a gentleman is highly overrated.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“I was so afraid that I’d never be able to love anyone, and here I was, holding a child I desperately wanted to call my own and upstairs was a woman I would give my life for.
Turns out I was always capable of love, I just hadn’t found it yet.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“I’ll wait. For however long it takes, Clare. I’m yours.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“If love finds you again, don’t fight it. Don’t let grief hold you back. Love is a risk. There are no guarantees. But, in the end, it is always, always worth it.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“She came to me, and I wanted to be her healer and protector … I needed a night taking care of the little girl who had stolen a piece of my heart.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“I wanted you to know, because you are the only woman I’ve ever wanted to share my bed with, or bring home. Clare, you are my home.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“Your rack looks fabulous in this dress. You should wear this one. He’ll lose his shit when he sees you in it.”
“You always know the right things to say,” I joked.
“I know. I’m like a super-hot version of Yoda.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“I might not survive Clare. She was truly my ultimate temptation. I never wanted anything more and yet fought so hard against it. But I knew I needed this. I knew she needed this. I had to start this off right. She deserved it, she deserved everything.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“I just want you to remember it. All of it. In vivid, technicolor clarity. And that can only be achieved if you’re sober. When you and I come together for the first time, I want you to remember every touch,” I ran my hand up her arm and down her back, causing her to shiver. “Every moan.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“Thank you so much for giving me your heart and your soul. It was the greatest gift a man could receive. But now, I have to give it back. My life is ending, but yours carries on. You can’t go through life without love, and you have too much of it to give. If love finds you again, don’t fight it. Don’t let grief hold you back. Love is a risk, there are no guarantees. But, in the end, it is always, always worth it.”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“You can’t go through life without love, and you have too much of it to give. If love finds you again, don’t fight it. Don’t let grief hold you back. Love is a risk, there are no guarantees. But, in the end, it is always, always worth it.

~Ethan”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“The thought of her with someone else tore me up inside, but the thought of her alone forever was worse.

~Ethan”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“All right,” Clare said, “Lead the way, foreman!” ~Logan~”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“walked into this exam room, I was expecting another mundane case, considering the evening I’d had thus far. The smell of vomit had been the first thing that hit me when I entered, and I instantly groaned. God, I hated vomit. Give me blood and guts any day. I would rather stitch”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“what I wanted, and what I’d asked for. So, when I walked into this exam room, I was expecting another mundane case, considering the evening I’d had thus far. The smell of vomit had been the first thing that hit me when I entered, and I instantly groaned. God, I hated vomit. Give me blood and guts any day. I would rather stitch up anything then walk into a room that smelled like this. I was focused on the file, trying to re-learn how to breathe through my mouth when I looked up and saw my new patient lying in a hospital bed. She looked like an angel with a head full of long strawberry blonde curls and”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

“Eventually, she would find someone who would make her want to love again, and I would be there for her, telling her it’s okay.

~ Ethan”
― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready

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― J.L. Berg, When You're Ready