“I don't have a ring. I don't have a pretty speech prepared. All I know is that I love you more than life itself and I want every single person in this room to know that I want you forever, Shaw Landon. I love you. Marry me."
Typical Rule: he didn't ask, he just told her.
"Be an Archer. Be mine.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Love doesn’t always have to be spoken out loud.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Relationships are not tailor-made and people are flawed. You have to work around that and love the other person anyway. Our flaws are what make us unique,”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“What do you mean? We have it, we raise it, we send it to school, keep it from getting eaten by wolves or becoming a stripper, and we're good.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Rome Archer, if you don't wake up right this second so I can tell you that I love you, I swear I'm going to name this baby something ridiculous like Daffodil or Rover and I'm going to let your brother be in charge of haircuts until he or she is old enough to complain.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“What did you call me?"
"Captain No-Fun.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“I call my dad 'Admiral Ass Hat,' he doesn't really think it's funny.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“We love you, dude, but I swear to God, if you put me in a position where I have to pick between you and Shaw, she is going to win every single time, hands down. Know it.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“You will NEVER be just a guy, Rome. You're the best brother a guy could have. You're a fucking hero. No one, and I mean no one, has ever had my back the way you have. You are an incredible person, be it in the army fighting a war or sitting on the goddamn couch watching the game. Don't forget it.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Give me a chance, Half-Pint, I'm all in.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“No. She's perfect. She doesn't fuss, doesn't nag, she trusts me absolutely no matter how dumb I act, and she never, ever holds the past against me. Which, come on, it would be really easy for her to do. On top of it, she's mind-blowing in bed and I can't keep my hands off of her. She's too good to be true, so why would she want to spend the rest of her life with me?”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“The knuckles of his hand that had Shaw's name inked across them caught my eye. I pointed to them.
"You have her with you forever already, a ring isn't going to make that much of a difference, bro."
"I need to wait until she's done with school next semester. She needs to graduate and focus on starting med school. I don't want her worrying about me or a wedding while she does it. Honestly, talking to Lando made me start thinking about it. God, forbid something happened to me or to her. I want everyone on the planet to know how much she means to me. How she changed my life and made me want to be a better man for her and her alone.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“I could've punch him in the nose, but there wasn't a stepladder anywhere handy.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Love is a goddamn scary thing. Facing it takes brass balls, and we all know you have a pair.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Being Captain No-Fun really is no fun”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“The fact that so many of my friends were stumbling headfirst into their happily-ever-after gave my tired heart hope that I couldn't be far behind.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Rule, she's always been an Archer. Putting a rock on her finger is just a formality. No one doubts how much you care about her, or that you are committed to her and her alone. Screw her obnoxious family and whatever headache Mom and Dad might want to cause, your want her forever, ask her.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“It was hard to trust someone enough to let them all the way in when I didn't think they deserved to be there. -Cora”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“I'm always yours, Rule. I will so totally marry you and it would make me happier than anything in the entire world to be an Archer. I don't need a ring or a speech. All I ever need is you.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Seeing those scars, those marks that he most definitely had never asked for, I had to wonder how he felt about being permanently marked up against his will.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“There was nothing quite like being put in the friend zone by your pregnant girlfriend.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“I almost fell off my stool. Not because I didn't think he loved Shaw, or that he would make an awesome husband, but because he was my impulsive, wild, unhinged little brother. Rule was not a guy that I ever thought would settle into the role of responsible homeowner and faithful husband. I just stared at him until he got mad and snapped.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Grief is a hard mistress to have, Rome. She eventually wants all you have to give her.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“She was also damn cute. Not beautiful or stunningly pretty, but she was cuter than any girl with that much attitude had a right to be, and somehow the bouquet of flowers that colored her skin in every shape and variety seemed like it belonged there.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Honestly I think she’s terrified of letting anyone close enough to break her heart again.” I shrugged and started to slide out of the booth. “Nothing wrong with reaching for the stars.” “There is when what’s available is only here in the ground level. I love Rule with everything I have, but he is far from perfect. Relationships are not tailor-made and people are flawed. You have to work around that and love the other person anyway. Our flaws are what make us unique, and while Rule might not be perfect, he is absolutely perfect for me.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“That you do, Tink, but you also gotta keep your eyes open or the right one is going to pass you by because you were too busy looking for the white whale. -Phil”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“This, Cora … this is as perfect as two people can be”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Nash and Saint’s story to be continued .”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
“Love is never perfect, big brother. It's what you make of the imperfections in it that makes the ride worthwhile.”
― Jay Crownover, quote from Rome
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“At least nothing particularly dreadful was happening to him right now. Probably it was only a matter of time.”
― Terry Pratchett, quote from Eric
“True strength does not come out of bravado. Until we are broken, our life will be self-centered, self-reliant; our strength will be our own. So long as you think you are really something in and of yourself, what will you need God for? I don’t trust a man who hasn’t suffered; I don’t let a man get close to me who hasn’t faced his wound. Think of the posers you know—are they the kind of man you would call at 2:00 A.M., when life is collapsing around you? Not me. I don’t want clichés; I want deep, soulful truth, and that only comes when a man has walked the road I’ve been talking about.”
― John Eldredge, quote from Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul
“Tell me one thing,’ Isidore says. ‘What was this place before?’ The Eldest pauses. An expression of sadness flickers across her serene face.”
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