Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy Quotes

“I learned the hard way that keeping shit inside is a bad idea. I know better now.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“I scoff. “You’re delusional.” “Yep.” He rocks back on his heels. “But you gotta be if you wanna win back the girl you shoulda never let go.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“I shake my head in an effort to keep my face from crumpling. “I really wish you’d chosen me.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“Now I see how wrong I was. A real man doesn’t avoid his feelings or shut them down. He owns them. Feels them. And he follows his heart, no matter what anyone thinks.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“I’d like to think I’m up to the task of winning my girl over. I’m not afraid to show the world who I really am anymore. I’m not some insecure twentysomething obsessed with what his friends think. I’m a man now, one who’s been through hell in the hopes of finding heaven.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“So this is how it ends. Me having a legit heart attack while locking eyes with the girl I never should’ve let go.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“So this is how it ends. Me having a legit heart attack while locking eyes with the girl I never should’ve let”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“But you gotta be if you wanna win back the girl you shoulda never let go.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“Tell me to go and I will.” He draws to a stop two feet from me. “But I wanted to make sure you were okay. I’m sorry I upset you.” I shake my head in an effort to keep my face from crumpling. “I really wish you’d chosen me.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“Now I see how wrong I was. A real man doesn’t avoid his feelings or shut them down. He owns them. Feels them. And he follows his heart”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“Truth is, I was too much of a coward to show everyone I loved Josie so much that I’d put her dreams before mine. It felt embarrassing—a betrayal of everything I’d ever learned about being a man. Now I see how wrong I was. A real man doesn’t avoid his feelings or shut them down. He owns them. Feels them. And he follows his heart, no matter what anyone thinks.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“I’m just saying that you took the girl out of Texas. But did you take the Texas out of the girl too?”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“Since you said you liked slutty gold necklaces in that interview you gave after you won all those CMA awards. Four of ’em, right?”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“Yes, really, Josephine.” I’m smiling. “It’s fun watching you live the life you always dreamed of.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“Six years of stewing over my mistakes have taught me many things. But the most important one is that I need to win my Josie girl back.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy

“Wes, the first guy I ever fell head over heels in love with. The guy who dumped me out of the blue and broke my heart.”
― Jessica Peterson, Save a Horse, Keep the Cowboy