K A Tucker Quotes

K A Tucker Quote of the day

We really don’t get all the government we pay for, and thank goodness. Lord protect us on the day that we do.

In total this journey will take five flights and fifty-five hours, but in reality it began four decades and two generations ago when my uncle died in Vietnam.

I’m clinging to one last thought: pain is the harbinger of hope. You have to be alive to feel pain. If you are alive, then you have purpose. If you have purpose, then you have hope.

I felt so much pride, so much love. You get a handful of days like this in a lifetime. Take in every minute. They’ll be over soon enough, and you never know what tomorrow will bring.

A son for a flag is a lot of sacrifice.

The meeting began well, meaning it had the potential for being short.

I felt like I should salute. If only I knew how.

Military life is hard, even cruel—especially for the kids.

We all lose people. We all have to live in the aftermath. It’s how we move forward that counts, but sometimes we are tethered to something in our past that won’t let us move forward.

This is who I was, before I was dead. When I cared, when I was relentless.

We could never go back to how things were on the day before 9/11, but maybe I could go back to who I was.

I stood with my mom in the cemetery. She felt terrible pain. My grandmother is with God. My mom has to continue living. It’s not so easy, moving forward.

There are more good people than bad people, and overall there’s more that’s good in the world than there is that’s bad. We just need to hear about it, we just need to see it.

The look of a smug teacher is priceless.

For your own security it’s imperative you blend in with the native population.

I need to breathe” I manage to get out, his hold on me loosens slightly.“I need you

I could lay here and stare at him forever. I don’t want to let go. Ever.

It's been nice knowing you, Clara.'Huh? My brain still a bit shell-shocked.'Say a prayer for me, will you? He gives me a shaky grin. Because I'm pretty sure my parents are going to kill me

No human can bury their past indefinitely. It’s only a matter of time before you crack.

Are you any good at it?""Pulling idiots out of the snow? I'm the best.

He said the truth is like that water: it doesn't matter how hard you try to bury it

They say in death our war is over. I don't believe that.

Tucker: "Today we ran into a mama grizzly with two cubs at the ridge off Colter Bay and Clara sang to it to make it go away."Mrs. Avery: You sang to it?Tucker: Her singing is that bad.

Hey, Carrots, " he says.

Society is better off with me in a gym.

In order to heal, you have to first be broken.

Must have been some kind a nightmare.”“Yeah, ” I answer, my usual calm, vacant voice returning. “Can’t wait to wake up.

What’s wrong is that every morning and every night, I lie in bed wondering why you’re not beside me.

On angel's wings, love flew in.

I never liked telling war stories. Some men love to tell them. Hell, some men need to. They need to convince themselves that the war is over. But I'm not one of them.

You could refer to me as god and the odd curtsey wouldn’t go a miss either

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.

There’s no getting better, Storm. This is it.” There’s no coming back from the dead.

I barrel into his arms, my mouth connecting with his. Seizing him. Feeling him. Loving him.

How you feel about marrying me?" he asked in my ear.