Claire Rawlings Quotes & Sayings

This is for the kids who know that the worst kind of fear isn't the thing that makes you scream, but the one that steals your voice and keeps you silent. — Abby Norman

She put her arms around his waist and looked up at his face. "I did? What did I take?"
He bent down to kiss her. She stood to meet
him halfway. His lips softly touched her lips and her neck as his hands became tangled in her hair.
"I believe it was my heart. — Aleatha Romig

I understood books. I did not understand boys - especially alien boys. — Jennifer L. Armentrout

In their figurative game of chess, Anthony Rawlings had Claire in check. Every move she made, he countered. — Aleatha Romig

The sickness you bear is called pervertedness!
It won't heal for a lifetime! - Hakari — Maki Minami

Does one fight when one knows she can't win? Does one protest when she knows it falls on deaf ears? Does one pray for escape, even if death is the most viable alternative? ~ Claire Nichols Rawlings — Aleatha Romig

First, you're sorry for invading my privacy for years, years before I even knew you existed. Second, you're sorry for kidnapping me, isolating, controlling me, and manipulating me. Third, you're sorry for lying to me, pretending you cared and oh yearh, marrying me. Fourth, listen carefully Tony, this is the big one ... you're sorry for framing me for attempted murder, resulting in incarceration in a federal penitentiary."
"I am deeply sorry for one and four. I did provide you with an alternative destination for number four. I am not proud of two, but three would never have happened without it. I am not, and never will be sorry for three. And, for the record, I never lied about or pretended to love you. I didn't realize it at first, but I have loved you since before you knew my name. And, you forgot our divorce. I am sincerely sorry for that also. — Aleatha Romig

On the whole I consider the constant need for delight and diversion in completely new things to be a sign of pettiness, lack of inner life, of estrangement from nature, and of a mediocre or defective gift of understanding. — Robert Walser

He recognized the difference in her touch.
Looking down into her green eyes, he said, "I need to keep working."
"No, Claire, I need to keep working to be a man you are proud to be married to. — Aleatha Romig

No matterwhat he did to make Claire's life better or show her he'd changed, these memories would always linger in the recesses of his mind. For the rest of his life, he'd know what he'd done. Tony hated himself for all of it - hell, he always had the end justifies the means argument, but even he didn't believe that anymore. Not now. Not now that he knew Claire and loved Claire. — Aleatha Romig

The ocean breeze returned, stinging his eyes, causing moisture to pool. He blinked it away before Claire could see, because ... Anthony Rawlings didn't apologize and he didn't cry ... that's the truth. — Aleatha Romig

A person's disposition should serve as a narrative of their lives not the pigmentation of their skin. — Henry Johnson Jr

This was wrong. Tony didn't want to have feelings. The sex was great. It was okay to want her, dominate her, and control her. It was not okay to want to be with her, please her, and love her. Yet every one of his senses desired Claire. — Aleatha Romig

God help me, I do care about you. Gently hugging her against his chest, he tenderly moved her hair away from her angelic face. Seeing her sleep, peaceful and trusting, his thoughts of waking
her for his desires were quickly replaced. — Aleatha Romig

A wish, a dream, a miracle - Whatever it is, it's real. — Aleatha Romig

And the best part about rock bottom is that you can only go up from there. — Quinn Loftis

I don't doubt you can handle it; you've
handled so much. You've always been so strong. It's what - "
"I know - it's what infuriated you about me."
He squeezed her hand. "Yes - and it's
what made me fall in love with you. — Aleatha Romig

O Life! thou art a galling load,
Along a rough, a weary road,
To wretches such as I! — Robert Burns

The more humble and obedient to God a man is, the more wise and at peace he will be in all that he does. — Thomas A Kempis

Lifting his head to gently kiss her lips, he whispered, "I trust you." Then he covered his own eyes with her satin mask. — Aleatha Romig

There's a lot of good musicians who are unheard of. Get it down before they pass away. — Brownie McGhee

Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don't assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken. — Rose George

Mr Anthony Rawlings had a lesson to learn and Claire claimed the role as teacher. — Aleatha Romig

Their journey wasn't complete. If their
relationship had been a poker tournament, unquestionably, they'd not been dealt the best cards. When faced with the same odds, as Tony and Claire, many players would have folded and walked away. They hadn't - they'd continued to play. In the process they'd grown and changed. At one time, they were opponents, strategizing against one another, now they were teammates, yet their tournament wasn't over. It was too early to declare the winner. They both knew there were more cards to be revealed. — Aleatha Romig

Claire, I don't want to lose that look. I promise, I'll never demand it again ... I don't want that. I want what I have today. I'm concerned that, when all my confessions are out - it'll be gone.
Anthony — Aleatha Romig