Soft Place to Fall Quotes

“We all know this sport is a young man’s game, and I ain’t getting any younger. I’ve been at loose ends for a couple of years, and Stetson, well, he’s given me a place to call home.” Curtis let him go, but only to reach into his pocket and pull out a little black box. “I’m hoping he’s gonna let me make it permanent.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“wanted to go with him! I wanted to go, but you needed me here! You needed me, and I stayed!”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“Everyone wanted to be so deep into a piece of land that you could see it writ in the lines on his face. Every single one of them wanted to be salt of the earth, wanted to be a working cowboy with scars from bleeding on land that was theirs. Every one of them wanted to know what was wrong with them that they didn’t have it.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“The sound of the door slamming behind Curtis was the loudest thing he’d ever heard, and the silence left behind hurt as bad as the void left when he’d told Momma goodbye.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“He’d always known he still loved Stetson. Now Curtis knew he was still in love with him.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall

“She loves you dearly. She always did. Didn’t talk to me for six months after we split up.”
― B.A. Tortuga, Soft Place to Fall