--- title: "14 Man Said Quotes By Ree Drummond" description: "14 Man Said quotes by Ree Drummond. Plus more from Ree Drummond and more Man Said sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/ree-drummond-818_caressing_you-re-mine-marlboro-man-said-his-strong_1479554.png" --- > [“You’re mine,” Marlboro Man said, his strong hand caressing my knee in such a way that I considered asking the cab to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/you-re-mine-marlboro-man-said-his-strong-hand-caressing-my-knee-in/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/ree-drummond-818_caressing_you-re-mine-marlboro-man-said-his-strong_1479554.png) > [“Have you talked about how many children you’d like to have?” “Yes, sir,” Marlboro Man said. “And?” Father Johnson prodded. “I’d like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/have-you-talked-about-how-many-children-you-d-like-to-have-yes-sir/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/ree-drummond-818_children_have-you-talked-about-how-many-children_1364434.png) > [“ Hey --if you guys are goin’ to the movie, c-c-c-can you drive me to the mall?” he yelled. “Sure, Mike,” Marlboro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/hey-if-you-guys-are-goin-to-the-movie-c-c-c-can-you-drive-me-to-the/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/ree-drummond-818_english-language_hey-if-you-guys-are-goin-to-the-movie-c_1147680.png) > [“Well, uh,” I said playfully. “Thanks for taking my brother to the mall.” Mike fired up the diesel engine. “No problem,” Marlboro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/well-uh-i-said-playfully-thanks-for-taking-my-brother-to-the-mall/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eac/ree-drummond-818_gratitude_well-uh-i-said-playfully-thanks-for-taki_3126798.png) > [“I have to give you your wedding present,” Marlboro Man said before I could ask where we were going. “I can’t wait…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/i-have-to-give-you-your-wedding-present-marlboro-man-said-before-i/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e4/ree-drummond-818_marriage_i-have-to-give-you-your-wedding-present_1632754.png) > [“C’mon!” Marlboro Man shouted, jumping onto the back of a nearby spray truck driven by an elderly man. “Hop in there with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/c-mon-marlboro-man-shouted-jumping-onto-the-back-of-a-nearby-spray/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d1/ree-drummond-818_old-man_c-mon-marlboro-man-shouted-jumping-onto_1671418.jpg) > [“You’re awfully quiet,” Marlboro Man said, his hand resting on the back of my head. “Am I?” I asked, playing dumb. “I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/you-re-awfully-quiet-marlboro-man-said-his-hand-resting-on-the-back/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/ree-drummond-818_golf-course_you-re-awfully-quiet-marlboro-man-said-h_2135214.jpg) > [“As I pictured it all, Marlboro Man led me back down the hallway, past the landing again, and toward the other bedrooms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/as-i-pictured-it-all-marlboro-man-led-me-back-down-the-hallway-past/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/ree-drummond-818_empty-space_as-i-pictured-it-all-marlboro-man-led-me_1030386.png) > [“Tim and Marlboro Man looked toward the fire. “C’mon, Charlie,” Tim said. “Why don’t you drive us around to the north side…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/tim-and-marlboro-man-looked-toward-the-fire-c-mon-charlie-tim-said/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/ree-drummond-818_shaking-my-head_tim-and-marlboro-man-looked-toward-the-f_794125.png) > [“What would you do if Ree became gravely ill?” Father Johnson asked Marlboro Man. “Well, sir,” Marlboro Man replied, “I’d take care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/what-would-you-do-if-ree-became-gravely-ill-father-johnson-asked/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/ree-drummond-818_parenting_what-would-you-do-if-ree-became-gravely_3076221.png) > [“Hey,” Marlboro Man said. “Where are you?” Like I knew. I was somewhere between my house and his. “Oh…somewhere between my house…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/hey-marlboro-man-said-where-are-you-like-i-knew-i-was-somewhere/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/ree-drummond-818_halfway_hey-marlboro-man-said-where-are-you-like_3190120.jpg) > [“I walked slowly back home, breathing deeply and taking in all the sights and sounds of a private country club golf course:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/i-walked-slowly-back-home-breathing-deeply-and-taking-in-all-the/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/ree-drummond-818_every-day_i-walked-slowly-back-home-breathing-deep_471058.png) > [“Hey,” he said, his hand gently rubbing my back. I heard the diesel rattle of vehicles driving away from the scene. “Hey,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/hey-he-said-his-hand-gently-rubbing-my-back-i-heard-the-diesel-rattle/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ree-drummond-818_left-eye_hey-he-said-his-hand-gently-rubbing-my-b_1291481.jpg) > [“Have you talked about how many children you’d like to have?” “Yes, sir,” Marlboro Man said. “And?” Father Johnson prodded. “I’d like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/have-you-talked-about-how-many-children-you-d-like-to-have-yes-sir-2/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/ree-drummond-818_children_have-you-talked-about-how-many-children_2936534.jpg) ## Other authors on Man Said ## More by Ree Drummond > [“What else haven’t you told me?” I thought for a minute. “Actually, yes…there is,” I replied, pausing to consider my words carefully, “I eat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/what-else-haven-t-you-told-me-i-thought-for-a-minute-actually-yes/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [Butter, cream, and bacon. That's such a great foundation right there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/butter-cream-and-bacon-that-s-such-a-great-foundation-right-there/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“More and more, I began helping around the homestead. I learned to operate my John Deere mower so I could keep the yard around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/more-and-more-i-began-helping-around-the-homestead-i-learned-to/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“I walked proudly out of the church, the new wife of Marlboro Man. When we exited the same doors through which my dad and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/i-walked-proudly-out-of-the-church-the-new-wife-of-marlboro-man-when/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“When we arrived at the wedding at Marlboro Man’s grandparents’ house, I gasped. People were absolutely everywhere: scurrying and mingling and sipping champagne and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/when-we-arrived-at-the-wedding-at-marlboro-man-s-grandparents-house-i/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“What is it?” I asked, pasting a magazine photo of a football--found in an old Seventeen magazine spread--on my beloved’s collage. “Well, a bunch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/what-is-it-i-asked-pasting-a-magazine-photo-of-a-football-found-in-an/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“When I arrived, I immediately saw the mother of an ex-boyfriend, the kind of ex-boyfriend that would make you want to look as good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/when-i-arrived-i-immediately-saw-the-mother-of-an-ex-boyfriend-the/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“At times the differences concerned me. Could I ever be with a man who’d never, in his entire life, eaten sushi? Could I, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/at-times-the-differences-concerned-me-could-i-ever-be-with-a-man-who/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“You did not do my homework assignment for me,” he said, grabbing the collage again and looking it over. “I had insomnia,” I said.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/you-did-not-do-my-homework-assignment-for-me-he-said-grabbing-the/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“I couldn’t bear the thought of a ham sandwich. Imagining milk trickling down my esophagus almost sent me over the edge. Even the saltines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/i-couldn-t-bear-the-thought-of-a-ham-sandwich-imagining-milk/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“Marlboro Man picked me up the next evening, exactly one month before our wedding day. Our evening apart had made the heart grow fonder,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/marlboro-man-picked-me-up-the-next-evening-exactly-one-month-before/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“I’ll send the nurse in here in a minute, okay?” Waste of time , I thought. “Okay, but…do you think there’s anything we can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/i-ll-send-the-nurse-in-here-in-a-minute-okay-waste-of-time-i-thought/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“How come I wasn’t riding around in his middle seat? Was I supposed to initiate this? Was this expected of me? Because I probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/how-come-i-wasn-t-riding-around-in-his-middle-seat-was-i-supposed-to/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“I’ll see you in the morning. Oh, and hey…if I don’t answer the door right away it probably means I’m doing some weight training…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/i-ll-see-you-in-the-morning-oh-and-hey-if-i-don-t-answer-the-door/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) > [“Minutes later, we were back at the sliding glass door that led inside the house--me, leaning against the glass, Marlboro Man anchoring me there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/minutes-later-we-were-back-at-the-sliding-glass-door-that-led-inside/) [Ree Drummond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ree-drummond/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/man-said/ree-drummond/#itemlist", "name": "14 Man Said Quotes By Ree Drummond", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You’re mine,” Marlboro Man said, his strong hand caressing my knee in such a way that I considered asking the cab to return to the hotel.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/you-re-mine-marlboro-man-said-his-strong-hand-caressing-my-knee-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/ree-drummond-818_caressing_you-re-mine-marlboro-man-said-his-strong_1479554.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/ree-drummond-818_caressing_you-re-mine-marlboro-man-said-his-strong_1479554.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7b/ree-drummond-818_caressing_you-re-mine-marlboro-man-said-his-strong_1479554.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You’re mine,” Marlboro Man said, his strong hand caressing my knee in such a way that I considered asking…” — Ree Drummond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Have you talked about how many children you’d like to have?” “Yes, sir,” Marlboro Man said. “And?” Father Johnson prodded. “I’d like to have six or so,” Marlboro Man answered, a virile smile spreading across his face. “And what about Ree?” Father Johnson asked. “Well, she says she’d like to have one,” Marlboro Man said, looking at me and touching my knee. “But I’m workin’ on her.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/have-you-talked-about-how-many-children-you-d-like-to-have-yes-sir/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/ree-drummond-818_children_have-you-talked-about-how-many-children_1364434.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/ree-drummond-818_children_have-you-talked-about-how-many-children_1364434.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/ree-drummond-818_children_have-you-talked-about-how-many-children_1364434.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Have you talked about how many children you’d like to have?” “Yes, sir,” Marlboro Man said. “And?” Father…” — Ree Drummond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ Hey --if you guys are goin’ to the movie, c-c-c-can you drive me to the mall?” he yelled. “Sure, Mike,” Marlboro Man said. “We’ll drive you to the mall. It’ll cost you ten bucks, though.” And as the three of us made our way outside to Marlboro Man’s diesel pickup, I had to bite my lip to keep myself from articulating the only seven words in the English language that were in my vocabulary at that moment: God help me--I love that man. ”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/hey-if-you-guys-are-goin-to-the-movie-c-c-c-can-you-drive-me-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/ree-drummond-818_english-language_hey-if-you-guys-are-goin-to-the-movie-c_1147680.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/ree-drummond-818_english-language_hey-if-you-guys-are-goin-to-the-movie-c_1147680.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/ree-drummond-818_english-language_hey-if-you-guys-are-goin-to-the-movie-c_1147680.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hey --if you guys are goin’ to the movie, c-c-c-can you drive me to the mall?” he yelled. “Sure, Mike,”…” — Ree Drummond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Well, uh,” I said playfully. “Thanks for taking my brother to the mall.” Mike fired up the diesel engine. “No problem,” Marlboro Man said, leaning in for a kiss. “I’ll see you tonight.” We had a standing date. “See you then.” Mike laid on the horn. Marlboro Man headed toward his pickup, then stopped midway and turned toward me once again. “Oh, hey--by the way,” he said, walking back toward the front step. “You wanna get married?” His hand reached into the pocket of his Wranglers. 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Not having many other appealing options, I ran to the truck and hopped inside. “Well…hi, darlin’!” the old man said, putting his truck into gear. “You ready?” “Um, sure,” I replied. Who was Charlie? Had we met before? Why was I in his spray truck, and where was he taking me? I would have asked Marlboro Man these questions, but he’d jumped onto the back of the truck too quickly. As far as I could tell, I was riding in the pickup with an elderly gentleman who was about to drive the both of us straight into hell. 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A million tingles traveled down my spine. “Oh, I’m fine,” I said, trying to appear strong and together. “I think that twenty-mile run got the best of me today.” Marlboro Man chuckled. I’d hoped that would happen. “Twenty miles? That’s a mighty big golf course,” he remarked. We both laughed, well aware that I was way too much of a pansy-ass to run such a distance.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/you-re-awfully-quiet-marlboro-man-said-his-hand-resting-on-the-back/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/ree-drummond-818_golf-course_you-re-awfully-quiet-marlboro-man-said-h_2135214.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/ree-drummond-818_golf-course_you-re-awfully-quiet-marlboro-man-said-h_2135214.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/ree-drummond-818_golf-course_you-re-awfully-quiet-marlboro-man-said-h_2135214.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You’re awfully quiet,” Marlboro Man said, his hand resting on the back of my head. “Am I?” I asked, playing…” — Ree Drummond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 8, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As I pictured it all, Marlboro Man led me back down the hallway, past the landing again, and toward the other bedrooms in the house. “There are two other bedrooms,” Marlboro Man said, stepping over a pile of debris. “They’re in pretty good shape, too.” I couldn’t help but grin. As I walked into one of the two bedrooms and looked around, I snickered and teased, “So much for that whole ‘seven kids’ thing, huh?” I giggled smugly and kept looking around at the empty spaces of the room. Undeterred, Marlboro Man looked at me slyly. “Ever heard of bunk beds?” I gulped and braced myself, even as my ovaries cheered triumphantly.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/as-i-pictured-it-all-marlboro-man-led-me-back-down-the-hallway-past/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/ree-drummond-818_empty-space_as-i-pictured-it-all-marlboro-man-led-me_1030386.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/ree-drummond-818_empty-space_as-i-pictured-it-all-marlboro-man-led-me_1030386.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/ree-drummond-818_empty-space_as-i-pictured-it-all-marlboro-man-led-me_1030386.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As I pictured it all, Marlboro Man led me back down the hallway, past the landing again, and toward the…” — Ree Drummond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Tim and Marlboro Man looked toward the fire. “C’mon, Charlie,” Tim said. “Why don’t you drive us around to the north side and we’ll take to it that way.” Charlie, who’d likely been through dozens of fires in his lifetime, jumped in Tim’s driver’s seat, undeterred. Did he realize how close he’d just come to being terribly injured? But Charlie, a tough, leathery cowboy, was completely unfazed. I, on the other hand, was fazed. I was extremely fazed. Adrenaline poured from my eyeballs. “C’mon,” Marlboro Man said, grabbing my hand. But my feet were firmly planted. I wasn’t moving another inch toward that fire. “Go ahead,” I said, shaking my head. “I’ll just go wait in your pickup.” “Okay,” he said, giving me a quick glance. “You’ll be fine.” Then he broke into a run and jumped onto the back of the truck with Tim…and I watched as the three brave, psychotic men drove straight back into Hades.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/tim-and-marlboro-man-looked-toward-the-fire-c-mon-charlie-tim-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/ree-drummond-818_shaking-my-head_tim-and-marlboro-man-looked-toward-the-f_794125.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/ree-drummond-818_shaking-my-head_tim-and-marlboro-man-looked-toward-the-f_794125.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/725/ree-drummond-818_shaking-my-head_tim-and-marlboro-man-looked-toward-the-f_794125.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Tim and Marlboro Man looked toward the fire. “C’mon, Charlie,” Tim said. “Why don’t you drive us around to…” — Ree Drummond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What would you do if Ree became gravely ill?” Father Johnson asked Marlboro Man. “Well, sir,” Marlboro Man replied, “I’d take care of her.” “Who’s going to do the cooking in your household?” Marlboro Man smiled. “Ree’s a great cook,” he answered. I sat up proudly in my chair, trying not to remember the Linguine with Clam Sauce and the Marinated Flank Steak and whatever other well-intentioned meals I’d massacred early in our relationship. “What about the dishes?” Father Johnson continued, channeling Gloria Steinem. “See yourself helping out there?” Marlboro Man scratched his chin and paused. “Sure,” he said. “Honestly, these aren’t really things we’ve sat down and talked about.” His voice was kind. Polite. I wanted to crawl in a hole. I wanted to have my gums scraped. I wanted to go fight that huge prairie fire from a while back. Anything would be better than this. “Have you talked about how many children you’d like to have?” “Yes, sir,” Marlboro Man said. “And?” Father Johnson prodded. “I’d like to have six or so,” Marlboro Man answered, a virile smile spreading across his face. “And what about Ree?” Father Johnson asked. “Well, she says she’d like to have one,” Marlboro Man said, looking at me and touching my knee. “But I’m workin’ on her.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/what-would-you-do-if-ree-became-gravely-ill-father-johnson-asked/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/ree-drummond-818_parenting_what-would-you-do-if-ree-became-gravely_3076221.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/ree-drummond-818_parenting_what-would-you-do-if-ree-became-gravely_3076221.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/444/ree-drummond-818_parenting_what-would-you-do-if-ree-became-gravely_3076221.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What would you do if Ree became gravely ill?” Father Johnson asked Marlboro Man. “Well, sir,” Marlboro Man…” — Ree Drummond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 11, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hey,” Marlboro Man said. “Where are you?” Like I knew. I was somewhere between my house and his. “Oh…somewhere between my house and yours,” I said, copping to my directional cluelessness. He chuckled. “Okay, let me put it this way: are you more than halfway to my house? Or have you not gone that far?” He was already learning to speak my language. “Umm…,” I said, looking around and trying to remember what time I’d left my house. “I would say…I would say…I’m exactly halfway there.” “Okay,” he said, his smile evident through the phone. “When you get somewhere in the vicinity of the ranch, I want you to meet me at my brother’s house.” Gulp. Your brother’s house? You mean, we actually have to introduce other people into our relationship? You mean, there are other people in the world besides us? I’m sorry. I forgot. “Oh, okay!” I said, enthusiastically, checking my makeup in the rearview mirror. “Um…how do I get there?” I felt butterflies in my gut. “Okay, about a mile and a half before my turnoff, you’ll see a white gate on the north side of the highway,” he instructed. “You’ll need to turn and head down that road a half mile or so, and his house is right there.” “Okay…,” I said tentatively. “Make sense?” he asked. “Sure,” I replied, pausing. “But…um…which way is north?” I was only halfway kidding.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/hey-marlboro-man-said-where-are-you-like-i-knew-i-was-somewhere/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/ree-drummond-818_halfway_hey-marlboro-man-said-where-are-you-like_3190120.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/ree-drummond-818_halfway_hey-marlboro-man-said-where-are-you-like_3190120.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/ree-drummond-818_halfway_hey-marlboro-man-said-where-are-you-like_3190120.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hey,” Marlboro Man said. “Where are you?” Like I knew. 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I ran up the stairs, skipping three steps at a time, and answered the phone, breathless. “Hello?” I gasped. “Hey there,” Marlboro Man said. “What are you doing?” “Oh, I just went for a run on the golf course,” I answered. As if I did it every day. “Well, I just want you to know I’m coming to get you at five,” he said. “I’m having Ree withdrawals.” “You mean since midnight , when we last saw each other?” I joked. Actually, I knew exactly what he meant. “Yeah,” he said. “That’s way, way too long, and I’m not gonna put up with it anymore.” I loved it when he took charge. “Okay, then--fine,” I said, surrendering. “I don’t want to argue. I’ll see you at five.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/i-walked-slowly-back-home-breathing-deeply-and-taking-in-all-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/ree-drummond-818_every-day_i-walked-slowly-back-home-breathing-deep_471058.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/ree-drummond-818_every-day_i-walked-slowly-back-home-breathing-deep_471058.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/551/ree-drummond-818_every-day_i-walked-slowly-back-home-breathing-deep_471058.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I walked slowly back home, breathing deeply and taking in all the sights and sounds of a private country…” — Ree Drummond", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 13, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Hey,” he said, his hand gently rubbing my back. I heard the diesel rattle of vehicles driving away from the scene. “Hey,” I replied, sitting up and looking at my watch. It was 5:00 A.M. “Are you okay?” “Yep,” he said. “We finally got it out.” Marlboro Man’s clothes were black. Heavy soot covered his drawn, exhausted face. “Can I go home now?” I said. I was only halfway kidding. And actually, I wasn’t kidding at all. “Sorry about that,” Marlboro Man said, still rubbing my back. “That was crazy.” He gave a half-chuckle and kissed my forehead. I didn’t know what to say. Driving back to his house, the pickup was quiet. My mind began to race, which is never good at five in the morning. And then, inexplicably, just as we reached the road to his house, I lost it. “So, why did you even take me there, anyway?” I said. “I mean, if I’m just going to ride in someone’s pickup, why even bring me along? It’s not like I was any help to anyone…” Marlboro Man glanced over at me. His eyes were tired. “So…did you want to operate one of the sprayers?” he asked, an unfamiliar edge to his voice. “No, I just…I mean…” I searched for the words. “I mean, that was just ridiculous! That was dangerous !” “Well, prairie fires are dangerous,” Marlboro Man answered. “But that’s life. Stuff like this happens.” I was cranky. The nap had done little to calm me down. “ What happens? You just drive right into fires and throw caution to the wind? I mean, people could die out there. I could have died. You could have died! I mean, do you realize how crazy that was?” Marlboro Man looked straight ahead, rubbing his left eye and blinking. He looked exhausted. He looked spent. We arrived in his driveway just in time to see the eastern sun peeking over the horse barn. Marlboro Man stopped his pickup, put it into park, and said, still looking straight ahead, “I took you with me…because I thought you’d like to see a fire.” He turned off the pickup and opened his door. “And because I didn’t want to leave you here by yourself.” I didn’t say anything. We both exited the pickup, and Marlboro Man began walking toward his house. And then, still walking, he said it--words that chilled me to the bone. “I’ll see you later.” He didn’t even turn around. I stood there, not knowing what to say, though deep down I knew I wouldn’t have to. I knew that just as he’d always done anytime I’d ever been rendered speechless in his presence, he’d speak up, turn around, come to my rescue, hold me in his arms…and infuse love into my soul, as only he could do. He always swooped in to save me, and this time would be no different. But he didn’t turn around. He didn’t speak up. He simply walked toward the house, toward the door on his back porch--the same porch door where, hours earlier, he and I had stood in a complete fit of romance and lust, where the heat between us was but a foreshadowing of the fire waiting for us in that distant prairie.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ree Drummond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ree-drummond/hey-he-said-his-hand-gently-rubbing-my-back-i-heard-the-diesel-rattle/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ree-drummond-818_left-eye_hey-he-said-his-hand-gently-rubbing-my-b_1291481.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ree-drummond-818_left-eye_hey-he-said-his-hand-gently-rubbing-my-b_1291481.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/448/ree-drummond-818_left-eye_hey-he-said-his-hand-gently-rubbing-my-b_1291481.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hey,” he said, his hand gently rubbing my back. 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Marlboro Man tapped his boot on the sterile floor of Father Johnson’s study and looked His Excellence straight in the eye. “Well, she fell off her horse once when we went riding together,” he began. “And that upset her a little bit. And a while back, I dragged her to a fire with me and it got a little dicey…” Marlboro Man and I looked at each other. It was the largest “conflict” we’d had, and it had lasted fewer than twelve hours. Father Johnson looked at me. “How did you deal with that, Ree?” I froze. “Uh…uh…” I tapped my Donald Pliner mule on the floor. “I told him how I felt. And after that it was fine.” I hated every minute of this. I didn’t want to be examined. I didn’t want my relationship with Marlboro Man to be dissected with generic, one-size-fits-all questions. I just wanted to drive around in his pickup and look at pastures and curl up on the couch with him and watch movies. That had been going just fine for us--that was the nature of our relationship. But Father Johnson’s questioning was making me feel defensive, as if we were somehow neglecting our responsibility to each other if we weren’t spending every day in deep, contemplative thought about the minutiae of a future together. Didn’t a lot of that stuff just come naturally over time? Did it really serve a purpose to figure it out now? But Father Johnson’s interrogation continued: “What do you want for your children?” “Have you talked about budgetary matters?” “What role do your parents play in your life?” “Have you discussed your political preferences? Your stances on important issues? Your faith? Your religion?” And my personal favorite: “What are you both going to do, long term, to nurture each other’s creativity?” I didn’t have an answer for him there. 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