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161 " The words were terrible, but they didn’t have any power. "
― Luanne Rice , Light of the Moon
162 " I hope you know that about yourself, that you are perfect on your own. You have to make yourself whole—no one else can. "
― Luanne Rice , Last Day
163 " Louvre, the Musée d’Orsay, Centre Pompidou, Cluny, Musée Jacquemart-André, "
164 " She loves you, Mom,” Caroline said, telling the truth. “I know, dear. But I wish I’d done more earlier. That I hadn’t missed my chance.” The words hung in the air, reminding Caroline of the failures of love. People tried so hard, but they often missed the most important connections. "
― Luanne Rice , Firefly Beach
165 " exquisitely intimate Marmottan. "
166 " exquisitely intimate Marmottan. Mathilda rented a car, and they drove out of town to visit Claude Monet’s home and gardens at Giverny and the port town of Honfleur, the site of so many Impressionist paintings. The vacation was centered on art. They visited the Normandy landing beaches and stood on the cliff looking across the English Channel, imagining the boatloads of Allied forces ready to storm the beaches. "
167 " biography of Django Reinhardt. There’s a lot of material about Stes.-Maries, and the caravans. "
168 " Wildflowers So rare, To show you I care. You are gold, I'm brass, You should kick My ass But you know I'm your friend. I'll love you Till the end. "
― Luanne Rice , The Perfect Summer
169 " Souls don’t have ages, "
― Luanne Rice , Safe Harbor
170 " Fear is the gift. It’s how I will stay alert and alive. "
― Luanne Rice , The Shadow Box
171 " Life is long, and a person's character generally catches up to him. "
― Luanne Rice , Summer of Roses
172 " times? "
173 " Who cared about those things? Didn't Peter know that it was impossible to make up for lost time? Three years was half of six years; every day, every minute in life was all its own, and could never be replaced with another."When you love someone," she said, with her eyes shut tight, barely recognizing her own voice, "you want to be together whenever you can. If you want it badly enough, you just make the practical things work out. "
― Luanne Rice , Sandcastles
174 " No matter what mysteries we’re facing, we still have to live our lives. "
175 " gardening was the same as prayer: being quiet, present, and appreciative of nature. "
― Luanne Rice , Summer's Child
176 " She was a true paradox—so solitary, but with intense need for connection with the people she loved most. "
― Luanne Rice , Beach Girls
177 " Never diminish your own worth, not even in jest, or someone will start to believe it. "
― Luanne Rice , Summer Light
178 " She picked out the most delicious food she could find, brought it home. She’d gotten things that were meaningful, that would connect with this magical time she’d had in the Camargue. Coquilles St. Jacques, glistening pink with the red roe still attached; small local crabs, just like the favouilles they’d seen last night; pencil-thin stalks of asparagus, as green as the fields all around the Manade; delicate squash blossoms, to be stuffed with a duxelles of mushrooms and herbs, the color bright saffron, reminiscent of the garland of flowers painted in the Dempseys’ kitchen. "
179 " what would it be like—to see the world like that? To love nature and people in such a pure way that it would never occur to her to ask what they could do for her? Emma knew that Stevie was terribly vulnerable—things made her cry so easily. "
180 " I stared into the lion’s eyes and knew that he could take me down so easily. He’d swipe me with his curved claws, clamp his fangs around my throat or my skull, kill me in an instant. "