At Her Fingertips Quotes

“Marriage will demand you deliberately choose the action of love, but the feelings of being in love can make us willing, eager, to commit to that sacrifice, even if one should be able to, with God’s help, make it without involving the original emotion. If you look at a man and you know that you would lay your life down for him, in whatever way it was required of you, that—that is the type of spark you need. It’s only a spark. That’s all being in love is—the beginning, the moment that ignites, the feeling. Everything else is hard work.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“Heaven help his bank account if he stumbled into a bookstore.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“You’re not humble at this point. You are a coward. So is any man who doesn’t come out and tell his intentions to a woman he’s interested in—and hang all this ‘I’m not ready.’ God doesn’t work with ready people, people who refuse to take a risk, people who wait for the perfect circumstances to align before every forward step—you’re the one who taught me that.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“She was doing it again—letting pride and stubbornness pull her away from those she loved. She’d rather appear strong and reject vulnerability than have a close relationship with her family. But she wasn’t strong; she was weak, and every time she failed to show her weakness, she became weaker.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“You can’t discount love, even as you can’t make it something mystical and worthy of worship. Love isn’t mystical—it’s real. It’s a practical action that you long to take rather than a fairy-tale feeling, and it’s a wondrous gift.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“Women hurt men’s pride more often than their hearts.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“Alice had no real illusions of grandeur, except to think that with enough persuasion she could convince anyone of anything.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“And, of course, there was Miss Knight. Bright as the stars and yet subtle, bold as brass and yet somehow … afraid.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“He would die for a stranger, and so he died a little more every day.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“Sudden stops always made him pay attention because they meant there was something that hurt, something that needed addressing.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“Though she herself possessed a great deal of reforming zeal, she usually found it unnecessary in others.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“I don’t want you to be the reason why he thinks the British are snobbish.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips

“I often feel people underestimate the simple joy the presence of someone you love can bring to any situation, regardless of how dour.”
― Kellyn Roth, At Her Fingertips