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121 " Prayers are just words.” “But they’re words that remind us that there’s something out there greater than ourselves. And they’re words that lead us to be the best versions of ourselves. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Room on Rue Amelie
122 " I don’t know much about these things. But I think that broken hearts heal. I think that perhaps the only way through that kind of pain is to move forward. I think that losing people you love changes you forever, but I think that God finds a way to let the light in. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Forest of Vanishing Stars
123 " But maybe it shouldn’t be. Perhaps they need only know whether you are kind, decent, capable, well-intentioned. It is within your own heart that you find God. And we all walk our own path toward him. Don’t we? "
124 " We all suffer losses. But it is how we choose to move ahead that matters, isn’t it? We must honor the past without turning our backs on the future. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife
125 " Most of our portfolio is brut or extra brut, which means that it contains less than twelve grams per liter of residual sugar, or less than a half teaspoon per five-ounce glass. "
126 " She hadn’t realized that once one opened the door to one’s heart, it was impossible to fully close it again. "
127 " You do not have to love everything about a place to carry it in your heart. "
― Kristin Harmel , When We Meet Again
128 " Love was a funny thing, Peter thought. You grow up thinking you will have some control over it—when you will fall in love, who you will fall in love with. But then life surprises you out of nowhere, and you fall in love when the world is falling apart. "
129 " La vita diventa complicata, le circostanze ci separano, le decisioni determinano il nostro destino. Ma il tuo cuore ti mostrerà sempre la direzione. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Sweetness of Forgetting
130 " the past has a way of showing you things clearly, whether you like it or not. "
131 " Only you know what your relationship is with God, and you should never let anyone take that from you. "
― Kristin Harmel , The Book of Lost Names
132 " Find your own happiness. You must, my dear. You must, or you will wind up old and alone and full of regrets. "
133 " Yona shook her head. “He sees me as more than I am, I think.” “No. He sees you for exactly who you are. And that is very difficult for him. "
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135 " He cares for you, Yona,” Chaim added after a few minutes. “I didn’t realize it at first, maybe because he was so careful to respect the fact that you were already with Aleksander. But when you left last month, I saw some of the light go out of him. If we’re fortunate enough to make it through this alive, you must promise to never leave again, not without warning. Please. We are your family now. All of us. But Zus… No matter what you feel for him, you must know that in a corner of his heart, something blooms for you. "
136 " A nation is beaten only when it has accepted that it is beaten. "
137 " No one was who they appeared to be in those days, mademoiselle. The Thierrys seemed to be collaborators, for example, so who would have thought that they were actually working with de Vogüé to undermine the Germans? At Piper-Heidsieck, the owners were hiding guns. At Krug, they were hiding pilots.” He tapped the base of Liv’s glass and added, “This champagne represents history, my dear. Heroism. Bravery. The people behind these wines helped save France. "
138 " There’s never enough time, not when a person has become a part of you. "
139 " I am a big believer that in life, things happen the way they are supposed to. "
140 " We all make mistakes. But life goes on, and we can always become better. It’s not the decisions in your past that matter, but the choices you make about your future. "