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At Last Comes Love (Huxtable Quintet, #3) QUOTES

At Last Comes Love (Huxtable Quintet, #3) QUOTES

1 " Falling in love was as much about receiving as it was giving, was it? It seemed selfish. It was not, though. It was the opposite. Keeping oneself from being loved was to refuse the ultimate gift.
He had thought himself done with romantic love. He had thought himself an incurable cynic.
He was not, though.
He was only someone whose heart and mind, and very soul, had been battered and bruised. It was still - and always - safe to give since there was a certain deal of control to be exerted over giving. Taking, or allowing oneself to receive, was an altogether more risky business.
For receiving meant opening up the heart again.
Perhaps to rejection.
Or disillusionment.
Or pain.
Or even heart break.
It was all terribly risky.
And all terribly necessary.
And of course, there was the whole issue of trust... "

― , At Last Comes Love (Huxtable Quintet, #3)

2 " There were certain moments upon which the whole of the future course of one's life might turn. And almost inevitably they popped out at one without any warning at all, leaving one with no time to consider or engage in a reasoned debate with oneself. One had to make a split second decision, and much depended upon it. Perhaps everything. "

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3 " But there were certain moments in life that forever defined one as a person - in one's own estimation, anyway. And one's own self esteem, when all was said and done, was of far more importance than the fickle esteem of one's peers. "

― , At Last Comes Love (Huxtable Quintet, #3)

4 " Could a love of that magnitude die? If it was true love, could it ever die? Was there such a thing as true love? "

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5 " After you married, Crispin, she said, my heart was broken. I will not deny it. But I did not slip into a sort of suspended life that would be forever gray and meaningless if you did not somehow come back to me. I put back the pieces of my heart and kept on living. I am not the woman I was when I was in love with you and expecting to marry you. I am not the woman I was when I heard that you were married. I am the woman I have become in the five years since then, and she is a totally different person. I like her. I wish to continue living her life. "

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6 " Life was very sad if there were not - and unbearably so if one's experience with romantic love turned one into an incurable cynic. "

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7 " We must, as we grow older and wiser, be able to allow all the pain to seep out of our bones and our souls so that we can start again. "

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8 " siempre se disfruta de libertad a menos que estemos encarcelados "

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9 " Las cosas pasan, Maggie. Lo único que podemos hacer es adaptarnos a las vicisitudes de la vida. "

― , At Last Comes Love (Huxtable Quintet, #3)

10 " Mentimos para convencer al mundo, y para convencernos a nosotros mismos, de que somos algo que no somos... "

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11 " el matrimonio es un viaje, como la vida misma. No puedo esperar que sea perfecto desde el principio. "

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12 " Algunas cosas pertenecían al corazón de cada cual. "

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13 " —Ese es el inconveniente de los sueños, [...]No siempre se hacen realidad. Pero siempre aparecen nuevos sueños con los que reemplazar los antiguos. En el fondo somos una especie llena de esperanza. "

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14 " Pero había ciertos momentos a lo largo de la vida que definían a una persona para siempre... al menos ante sus propios ojos. "

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15 " La vida podía ser muy deprimente en ocasiones, pero siempre continuaba. No tenía sentido dejarse llevar por la depresión. "

― , At Last Comes Love (Huxtable Quintet, #3)

16 " En ocasiones necesitamos tiempo para adquirir sabiduría y reparar los errores del pasado "

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17 " Las mentiras solo acarreaban sufrimiento. "

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18 " Pero el pasado no se puede cambiar. Solo podemos controlar un
poco el futuro. "

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19 " La vida no era perfecta.
Salvo en ocasiones. "

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20 " Algunos días eran tan tranquilos que al cabo de una semana era imposible recordar lo que había sucedido en su transcurso. Otros estaban tan llenos de acontecimientos que era imposible
creer que veinticuatro horas dieran para tanto. "

― , At Last Comes Love (Huxtable Quintet, #3)