Reckless Refuge Quotes

“I couldn’t imagine a greater gift. To have someone see all the things that you were terrified to show the world and still love you. And not just in spite of them, but because they were a part of you.”
― Catherine Cowles, Reckless Refuge

“For once in my life, I was taking the risk anyway. I had no choice. The pull was too strong, and I wanted to reach for my happiness.”
― Catherine Cowles, Reckless Refuge

“What were the chances that you would decide to move here of all the places in the world? That you would buy the island that I was working on? That I would find you. And that you would be just what I need?”
― Catherine Cowles, Reckless Refuge

“This is what I’ve done for so long. I don’t know how else to keep myself safe. I’m scared to reach for something, only to have it stolen away.”
― Catherine Cowles, Reckless Refuge

“Anything new is a little scary, and this just feels like one giant leap.”
Brody tilted my chin. “Then let’s leap together. I want you, Shay. In any way you’ll let me have you. As a friend. A companion. A lover. But we go at your pace.”
― Catherine Cowles, Reckless Refuge

“There’s something between us. It pulled at me from the second I got off that boat. A strand of something weaving us together. And I’m not cutting that cord. And you could try, but I don’t think it would work.”
― Catherine Cowles, Reckless Refuge

“Not one thing about you is ugly. The only thing those scars prove is that you can walk through fire and survive. I can’t think of anything more beautiful than that.”
― Catherine Cowles, Reckless Refuge

“Something told me that if I let myself fall, Brody James could make me feel more alive than I ever had before.”
― Catherine Cowles, Reckless Refuge

“The more time I spent around her, the more I saw the wisdom carved into her. Something I was sure came from pain and hardship. Some people simply wore it like a badge of honor. And Shay was one of them. But that pain had also birthed beauty. Something so deep it was infused into her very being. That went beyond skin and flesh and burrowed soul-deep.
I couldn’t help but want every glimpse of it I could muster.”
― Catherine Cowles, Reckless Refuge