The Bourbon Kings Quotes

“You’re the love of my life, whether you’re with me or not.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“I’m prepared to be a very patient man when it comes to you. I will seduce you for however long it takes – give you space if you need it or follow you tight as sunshine on your shoulder if you’ll let me.” His eyes locked on hers. “I lost my chance with you once, Lizzie King – that is not going to happen again.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“There is no fight – I’m yours. If you want, here and now. Or later. A week, a month, years from now.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“There were times in life when, as much as you wanted to fight for something, you just had to let it go.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“I can’t go back, Lane. I’m sorry. I just can’t.”
He fell silent. And then after a long while, he nodded. “All right, but can I ask you for one thing?”
No. “Yes.”
“Just don’t hate me anymore. I’m doing plenty of that on my own time.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“I’ve never stopped wanting you, Lizzie. Thinking about you. Wishing you were with me. Hell, I feel like I’ve been in a relationship with a ghost … I see you in my dreams every night – you’re so real that I can touch you, feel you, be with you.”
“You’ve got to stop.”
“I can’t. Lizzie…I can’t.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“But the ignition did, in fact, occur. And it changed everything.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“I can’t change what happened and I know there’s no going back…all I ask is that you don’t fall for appearances, okay? You’ve had ten years around this family, but I’ve been with them and the people who surround them all my life. That’s why you’re the one I want. You’re real. You’re not capable of being what they are and that’s a very, very good thing.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“The windshield wipers were on, and periodically, they made a swipe that gave her a momentarily clear view of the opposite shore. And it was funny, life was a bit like that, wasn't it. You went along, doing your thing, not really seeing the full landscape of where you were for all the daily minutiae you had to take care of—when suddenly, things crystallized and you got a brief picture that left you going, Ah so I am here.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“Not his circus, not his monkeys,”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“Samuel, you're the only man I've ever loved. And I'm the same for you. That's just the way it is. If we need to stop anything, it's the fighting and the hurting We're both too proud and stubborn for our own good.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“She was so much more. So much better than a stolen orgasm or two with a man that she should be handling with BBQ tongs and a fire extinguisher.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“He wished he'd greeted her with something other than a reminder that they'd had sex the night before for the first time, though only because he assumed she was a prostitute that he'd bought and paid for, for the sole reason that he'd needed a woman that looked like her or he couldn't get it up.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“There were times in life when, as much as you wanted to fight for something, you just had to let it go.

You didn't have to like the failure.

You didn't have to feel really fucking great about the way things turned out.

And you certainly didn't walk away from the shit scot-free, without being seriously damaged by the loss, crippled even.

But you needed to let that stuff go, because expending the energy wasn't going to get you anywhere, and you might as well get on with getting used to the loss.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“God does not give us more than we can handle.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“They had no more depth than their Facebook posts. Than their relentless egoism. Than their soulless frivolities.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings

“The new kids that were coming in—even the ones who wanted to get where he was—professed love for the rituals and the fundamentals and claimed to be committed to the process, but were really just corporate minions in khakis rather than suits. They were from a generation of special snowflakes who expected trophies for showing up, and everything to be easy, and for everybody to care about them and safeguard them as their parents would. They had no more depth than their Facebook posts. Than their relentless egoism. Than their soulless frivolities.”
― J.R. Ward, The Bourbon Kings