True Blue Quotes

“You fall in love with the girl next door
but married her sister.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“gone out somewhere—had he”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“Work?” Sixtus asked.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“Recognize that every child needs a sanctuary.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“complicated women— fearful at heart but evil in deed.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“In all these years, how often had she wished she could call Rumer? With the happy news that followed good notices, the time she had worried about a mammogram, all the little things Michael had said and done.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“Broken hearts never grow back together,” Quinn whispered. “They never really get fixed—don't let anyone tell you they do. But I believe that if you're lucky, you find the right things in life to let you live with one.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“She had learned—by degrees—the ability to accept what life was handing her instead of what she wished for.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“People—even impetuous children—don't set out to ruin their lives, but sometimes parents can see their children making enormous mistakes from a long way away, just like dark clouds bringing a storm across the sea.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“Why do you always talk about death?” “Because it's part of us,” Quinn said softly “Part of our lives.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“he caught sight of the osprey, wheeling overhead, flying in wide circles. He hovered in the air, borne by the breeze. He made it look so easy—-just floating in the air, lazily flying over the beach and sea. But Zeb knew the bird was hunting, fighting to stay alive, riding through all the dangers hidden by the beautiful day.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“Sometimes a person has to visit where he came from to find out where he's going,” he said. “Life never stays the same—as much as we love today, tomorrow's coming fast.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“He had felt earthbound by guilt, fear, and grief, but right now he felt the stirrings of something unexpected and long forgotten. Something like hope.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“love as if you're riding through the storm of the century. You surf the waves, ride the crests, sail through moonlit waters with ice in your rigging… but you love each other as you go. You love each other as if every day is the only day….”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“A Gift from the Sea: “When you love someone, you don't love them the same way all the time…”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“she lost her parents in a boating accident, right out there—” he pointed across the beach to the Sound. “A few years ago now. She's getting better a little at a time. You never get over something like that, but she has a lot of people loving her, pulling her through.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“Men are like tigers,” Rumer said. “They don't change their stripes.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“education snuffs the spirit right out of some people. She'll wind up being an artist or a poet or an actor or a sailor—something that would scare the life out of most folks”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“Kids like that, who've had too much adversity young, have a real uphill battle. Quinn tries so hard, but she's something of a lost soul… she needs us to understand her.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“Kids like that, who've had too much adversity young, have a real uphill battle. Quinn tries so hard, but she's something of a lost soul… she needs us to understand her.” Rumer nodded.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue

“Never judge your friends by what makes them different,” she had said. “Gender, color, none of that matters. It's who they—and you—are inside that counts.”
― Luanne Rice, True Blue