“Just breathe. Ten tiny breaths … Seize them. Feel them. Love them.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I don't hate you. I could never hate you. Give me your heart, Kacey. I'll take everything that comes with it.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I want to make you smile. For real. Always. We're going to go for dinners, and see movies, and walk on the beach. We'll go hang-gliding, or bungee jumping, or whatever you want to do. Whatever makes you smile and laugh more. Let me make you smile.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“What’s wrong is that every morning and every night, I lie in bed wondering why you’re not beside me.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I'll make you whole again, Kacey. I promise you, I will.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“You don't want me, Ben. I'm seven layers of fucked up with a side of bullshit.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“Out past isn't who we are. I'm me and you're you and that's who we need to be.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“Trent has kept his promise. He makes me smile every day.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“Hope. Hope that something beautiful may come from this tragic story.
Fear. Fear that it won’t.
Forgiveness … forgiveness.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“Forever’s a long time.” Trent’s arms squeeze around me. “Forever’s not long enough when it’s with you.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“Do You think it matters if they're tiny or deep? he asked. Well, if they're not tiny breaths and they're not deep breaths, then they're just ... breaths. Then you're just breathing for the sake of ... breathing.
... Seize them. Feel them. Love them ...”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I barrel into his arms, my mouth connecting with his. Seizing him. Feeling him. Loving him.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I should stalk over there and pee around his table to stake my claim. Wait...what? Jeez, Kacey.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“No human can bury their past indefinitely. It’s only a matter of time before you crack.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“What if he's a psychopath who tries to stuff kittens in ATMs?”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I could lay here and stare at him forever. I don’t want to let go. Ever.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“And you must be Princess Mia? I've heard about you."
Her lips pucker and she leans out just a bit further from Storm's cover. "You have?!
He nods. "Well, I heard about a Princess Mia who likes ice cream. That must be you, right?"
She nods slowly and whispers, "Did you hear that, Mommy? People know I'm a princess!”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I can feel his very existence as if it's wrapping its hand around my soul, cradling it, trying to protect it from harm and I'm terrified. Terrified because I don't ever want the feeling to end.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“What the hell do I have to do to get your attention? Do I need to get up there?” I throw an arm toward the stage. His eyes swell for just a second, in shock. He reaches forward to hold my hands, but he catches himself in time and instead folds them across his chest. “Believe me, you have my full attention.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I think I’m going to fall in love with this man.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“And if that’s all he’s looking for then we’ll set fire to his balls.”
“What?” Storm’s face twists in a mixture of shock and amusement.
I shrug. “What can I say, Storm? I’m into some weird shit.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“There’s something different about him, and I don’t have to think hard to see it. Something about the way he takes over a room, the way he looks at me, like he has already identified and can disarm every one of my defense mechanisms with no effort, like he sees through them to the disaster lying beneath. And he wants it.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“Did I think he was “the one?” Iʼll never know. At sixteen, everyone is “the one.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“Trent’s chest rises with a quick inhale as his hands lift to grab mine and pull them out, placing them with a pat on the outside of his shirt. “Okay, you win. But don’t do that while I’m driving or we’ll end up in a ditch.” He looks over his shoulder again, adding in a soft, solemn tone, “I’m serious, Kacey. I can’t handle it.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I crave his presence, his body, his voice, his laugh, his everything.
I need him.
I need Trent.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“For two years, I haven’t given anyone the time of day. Now, here I am, day one into our new life, and I’m ready to straddle this guy on the washer.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“He leans in closer and closer until his breath caresses my mouth. I’m paralyzed. I swear he’s going to kiss me. I swear I’m going to let him.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“And there's nowhere I'd rather be than with you.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
“I feel happiness.
Happiness that Trent is here.
Longing. Longing to feel him against my skin again, his arms protecting me, his mouth on mine.
Love. Whatever happened between us, it was real. I know it was real. And I love him for letting me experience that.
Hope. Hope that something beautiful may come from this tragic story.
Fear. Fear that it won’t.
Forgiveness . . . forgiveness.”
― K.A. Tucker, quote from Ten Tiny Breaths
K.A. Tucker
Born place: in Canada
See more on GoodReads
“The stars in their infinite peace seemed to pour their healing light into me. I thought of captives in prison, the sick and the suffering from the beginning of time who had looked to these stars for strength. What was my little sorrow to the centuries of pain which those stars had watched? So near they seemed, so compassionate. My bitter hurt seemed to grow small and drop away. If I must go on alone, I should still have silence and the high stars to walk with me.”
― Anzia Yezierska, quote from Bread Givers
“Jesus’ teaching is not the product of human learning, of whatever kind. It originates from immediate contact with the Father, from “face-to-face” dialogue—from the vision of the one who rests close to the Father’s heart. It is the Son’s word. Without this inner grounding, his teaching would be pure presumption.”
― Pope Benedict XVI, quote from Jesus of Nazareth: From the Baptism in the Jordan to the Transfiguration
“People often die from love, and this is a secret we all keep, even from ourselves.”
― Robert Crais, quote from L.A. Requiem
“When men live huddled together without true communication, there seems to be a greater sharing, and a more genuine communion. But this is not communion, only immersion in the general meaninglessness of countless slogans and clichés repeated over and over again so that in the end one listens without hearing and responds without thinking. The constant din of empty words and machine noises, the endless booming of loudspeakers end by making true communication and true communion almost impossible...”
― Thomas Merton, quote from New Seeds of Contemplation
“فمن المفارقات إذن أن يكون استمرار الحروب و التنافس العسكري بين الأمم من العوامل الكبرى لتوحيد الأمم، فمع أن الحروب تؤدي إلى الدمار، فهي تجبر الدول على قبول الحضارة التكنولوجية الحديثة و الهياكل الإجتماعية التي تدعمهاـ و العلوم ا...لطبيعية الحديثة تفرض نفسها على الإنسان ، سواء كان مبالياً بها أم لا ، و ما من خيار أمام معظم الأمم غير قبول العقلانية التكنولوجية للحداثة، إن هي شاءت الحفاظ على سياستها القومية، و هو مصداق لمقولة كانط بأن التغيرات التاريخية إنما تحدث نتيجة نزعة الإنسان للإجتماع المتسمة بطابع غير إجتماعي، فالصراع لا التعاون هو أول ما يغري الإنسان بالعيش في مجتمعات، ثم محاولة تطويرها..بصورة أرقى.”
― Francis Fukuyama, quote from The End of History and the Last Man
Restoration
Getting the Girl
Who Owns the Future?
From the Wreckage
Irish trilogy collec...
After the Prophet: T...BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.
We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.
Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.
