Taken, Not Spurred Quotes

“There are things we can fix and things we can’t. I guess life is about figuring out which is which, and dealing with both the best you can.”
― Ruth Cardello, Gentling the Cowboy

“Life is scary, but I think it's supposed to be. If you're living it right, that is.”
― Ruth Cardello, Gentling the Cowboy

“there are no winners in a tragedy, only people struggling to survive the aftermath.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“I learned that in a tragedy there are no winners, only people struggling to survive the aftermath.”
― Ruth Cardello, Gentling the Cowboy

“There is a reason God didn’t give men the ability to read a woman’s mind. Too much knowledge is a dangerous thing.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“I feel”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“There are things we can fix and things we can’t. I guess life is about figuring out which is which, and dealing with both the best you can. And if you’re lucky, you find someone who loves you, scars and all. Tony”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Someone recently told me that there are no winners in a tragedy, only people struggling to survive the aftermath.” “Can’t”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“No one will want to hear about how fast the heroine’s leg stubble can grow or that unsuccessful attempts to pretend she can cook may lead to a condition called “the nervous fart that must be held in at all costs.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“We all did. But running away from it never made me feel better. Pretending it hadn’t happened was slowly killing me.” Sarah hugged the album to her chest, her eyes filling with tears again. “Thank you for this. Ignore the tears. You’ve made me”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Her brother never apologized—ever. She was pretty sure he’d been genetically shortchanged on the ability to. Her voice thick with emotion, she said, “Thank you. I needed to hear that.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“David and Melanie had quickly taken over the job of cooking after Sarah had asked if the grill required an extension cord.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Yeah, about that. I’m going to need considerable training before I jump when you use that tone with me.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Sarah pinched him lightly. “He’s easier to get along with, though, so sometimes he ranks higher.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“I suppose it’s a compliment that I’m on level with your horse.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“I’ll make your damn breakfast, but I’ll also remember this. You’ll be at my mercy one day, and I’ll enjoy every moment of making you pay.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Some say that nothing is random. People come into our lives for a reason. Maybe Tony and I need to learn the same lesson. He shut himself away from the world so he wouldn’t feel the pain. My family stayed in the world, but locked the pain away.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“There are things we can fix and things we can’t. I guess life is about figuring out which is which, and dealing with both the best you can. And if you’re lucky, you find someone who loves you, scars and all.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Whatever path you take today is one of your choosing, not anyone else’s.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“I did it. I let my life become so much less than it was meant to be. I won’t make that mistake twice.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Pushing her away was about as easy as trying to stop high tide with a spoon.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Denial, even when unanimously adopted, never cured the heartache—it only hid it.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“When he looked at her she felt alive, vibrant, and unable to deny him anything.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Here was a woman who seemed unaware that a man could have the air sucked right out of his lungs and be rendered speechless by just one look at her.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“He’d never said a single thing anyone objected to. Tapioca in a suit.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Accepting yourself is the first step toward improvement.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“Who are you when the person you are in your heart doesn’t match the life you’re living?”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“No real adventure ever started by waiting patiently on a doorstep.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“My mother always said that God made kids cute when they were little so parents could cling to those memories when they turned into teenagers.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred

“This is what life is about: seeing new places, meeting new people, grabbing life by the balls and squeezing until it coughs up a story worth telling.”
― Ruth Cardello, Taken, Not Spurred