Beautifully Broken Life Quotes

“Liam’s thumb swept across my cheek. “I think I’d do just about anything for you.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“Sometimes, it takes life breaking apart for it to get you where you’re truly meant to be.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“Tessa beamed up at me. God, I could get lost in that smile, the way her eyes danced, and her nose crinkled. Yep, I was so totally gone for this girl.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“eyes”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“You’ll find your voice again. And I can’t wait to hear what you have to say.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“I needed to build a retreat. A true home. Tessa’s face flashed in my mind. I wondered what she’d want in a house. An art studio for sure. Maybe space for her own horses? I shook my head. I was losing it. It might help to have the girl agree to a date before you start building a house with her in mind.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“To file a restraining order, you need to report where you live. That means he would know where I live. If he knows where to find me, I’m as good as dead.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“She might not recognize it, but there was a whole slew of people on her team now, and I planned on being the fucking team captain.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“But I was damaged goods. I’d probably never be free of the hold my paranoia had on me. Normal would never be within my reach.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“It was perfect—the peacefulness that comes with innocent voices, beautiful landscapes, and time communing with horses.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“A surprised laugh erupted from Tessa. The sound was everything music should be. I knew in that moment I’d work my ass off to capture it in a song and make my inspiration repeat the noise as much as possible”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“Liam’s eyes were closed as he sang, as though the lyrics were searing his soul. Then his lids lifted. His gaze landed right on me. I knew I should look away, but I couldn’t. His focus and the magic he wove with his music held me captive. He continued to sing—right to me.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“The first softly sung words of James Taylor’s Fire and Rain had shivers shooting down my spine. Liam’s voice. God, his voice. It was perfectly imperfect, with a rasp to it that felt like sandpaper lightly scraping against my skin. But the tone…that was rich and deep and full of emotion.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“I promise I will do my best to be the man you deserve, someone who empower you and stands by your side while you fight whatever battles you need to fight.”
The tears in Tessa’s eyes spilled over, and I wiped them away with my thumbs. “I know we have a long way to go, but I want to take that journey with you. Please, let me.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“I know we’re just getting started, but this thing between us is the most real I’ve ever felt … Don’t squash it because it’s your instinct to run.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“This life I was building with Tessa, even one hidden in the shadows, was sweeter than anything I ever imagined.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“I’m sorry I burdened you with all this.”
I tugged gently on Tessa’s braid, tipping her face up so she met my gaze. “Never apologize for sharing yourself with me. Hard things you’ve been through, amazing things you’ve experienced…I want to know everything. I want it all. Every last piece of you.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“We’ll find our way, Tessa. Just give us some time.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“What are we going to do about us? I don’t know what this is yet, but it’s something. I don’t want to lose it.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“Why do you put up with…” She trailed off without finishing, as though she couldn’t find the right words.
… “Because I think you’re worth knowing.”
Tessa’s hand spasmed in mine, and the beginnings of tears gathered in her eyes.
“I want to know you, too… I’m scared.”
The simple truth. It was a powerful blow. “We’ll just take it one step at a time. If anything’s too much, you just let me know.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life

“Liam Fairchild was a potent mixture of hard lines and smooth edges. And I knew I was sunk.”
― Catherine Cowles, Beautifully Broken Life