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The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1) QUOTES

The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1) QUOTES

1 " When it's a memory, you already know the outcome so it's easy to think it was an easier time. Looking forward is much more uncertain, and is more complicated. But I don't think it is. Not really. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

2 " When it's a memory, you already know the outcome, so we believe it was an easier time. Looking forward is much more uncertain, and so feels more complicated. But I don't think it is. Not really. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

3 " Love can't cure a broken heart, but it can hold the two sides together while they heal. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

4 " Don’t you think that’s the beauty of a book? It can take you places you can’t visit on your own, lets you meet people and see things you can’t in real life. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

5 " Don’t hide, child. People who really live have a little wear and tear. But that’s good. It’s what makes us interesting. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

6 " It's sad, but life is not fair. I sometimes think it was never supposed to be. Life is made up of moments, good and bad. But while you don't get to pick all the moments, you do get to pick which ones you cling to. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

7 " When it’s a memory, you already know the outcome, so we believe it was an easier time. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

8 " Although only seven, she’d been reading since she was three, a fact her mother told anyone who would listen. Sarah was a voracious reader, and she’d found friends hiding between the pages of books. For her, the trips to the library meant more than the refreshing burst of air-conditioning. They were life. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

9 " Dementia was an unforgiving illness, one that stole hope and crumbled pride. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

10 " Life is full of surprises and not all of them are good. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

11 " The school won’t let them hang pictures of bare-chested men in their lockers, so she and her friends cut out little outfits for them. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

12 " That's what mother's do. They bother you until you listen. And they do it because they car. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

13 " big-box stores and outlet malls, and then you add e-sales on top of that—” Kat grimaced. “Small businesses get outpriced fast. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

14 " Numbers people don’t like being rushed, so back off. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

15 " Life is made up of moments, good and bad. But while you don’t get to pick all the moments, you do get to pick which ones you cling to. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

16 " You don't really believe in nothing, do you?"
"I believe in possibilities... "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

17 " The Days can spin yarns that seem so real that if one of them told you a tale about a blizzard, you’d get frostbite even if you were standing in your kitchen on the hottest day of the year. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

18 " It’s odd—when you look back, things seem simpler, but they weren’t.” “Really?” “When it’s a memory, you already know the outcome, so we believe it was an easier time. Looking forward is much more uncertain, and so feels more complicated. But I don’t think it is. Not really. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

19 " Right now, Mama G’s memory is like the ocean. It comes and goes, high tide and low tide. But each time, the beach erodes a little bit more. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)

20 " Love can’t cure a broken heart, but it can hold the two sides together while they heal. "

― Karen Hawkins , The Book Charmer (Dove Pond, #1)