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Lilac Girls QUOTES

Lilac Girls QUOTES

1 " I walked home with a lighter step, for that night had knocked something loose in me, something long overdue to be knocked. At long last, I saw that group for what they were, with a few exceptions - a queer assortment of layabouts and late risers, most overdrawn at the bank or at least cutting into principal, only interested in who's going in the drawer at the Maidstone Club or their wedge on the fifteenth hole at Pebble Beach or dressing down the staff about a bit of shell in the lobster while shoveling canapés in. Jinx had done me a favor, freed me of any lingering allegiances to New York Society, snipped my fear of being on their bad side. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

2 " After that, we were like flies stuck in honey, alive but not really living. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

3 " Somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty,” I said. How "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

4 " He smiled. “I guess somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

5 " retrouvailles, another one of those words that do not translate into English, which means “the happiness of meeting someone you love again after a long time. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

6 " Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

7 " If I’d known I was about to meet the man who’d shatter me like bone china on terra-cotta, I would have slept in. Instead, "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

8 " douleur, one of the many French words that do not translate into English well, which means “the pain of wanting someone you cannot have. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

9 " How easy it is to get tangled up in your own fishing net. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

10 " It only hurts you to hold on to the hate. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

11 " Funny thing about grief: It gets easier with practice. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

12 " Turning oneself to the misfortunes of others is the best way to dispense with personal troubles. Hadn’t Lord Byron himself said, “The busy have no time for tears”? "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

13 " It’s just a thing, Kasia. Don’t waste your energy on the hate. That will kill you sure as anything. Focus on keeping your strength. You’re resourceful. Find a way to outsmart them. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

14 " But it’s fitting in a way—Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

15 " You have a choice. To wallow in the unfairness of it all or rise above it. Fix it. Let other people in. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

16 " guess somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty.” Paul "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

17 " Caroline wiped her cheek with the back of her gardening glove, leaving a dark smudge below one eye, then pulled off her gloves.

'But it's fitting in a way - Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.'

Caroline reached over and smoothed the hair back from my brow with a light touch. How many times had my mother done that? 'It's a miracle all of this beauty emerges after such hardship, don't you think? "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

18 " Oh, please—may we keep the coffee? It’s all we have. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

19 " Somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty,” I said. "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls

20 " As the cab drove off, I caught a glimpse of Paul in the crowd and felt a rush of retrouvailles, another one of those words that do not translate into English, which means “the happiness of meeting someone you love again after a long time.” I "

― Martha Hall Kelly , Lilac Girls