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The Paris Secret QUOTES

The Paris Secret QUOTES

1 " Mothers worry too much these days. You love your children, and they know you love them. Simply being present doesn’t make them feel more loved. "

― Natasha Lester , The Paris Secret

2 " There is nothing quite the same as the love of a grandchild for a grandparent. "

― Natasha Lester , The Paris Secret

3 " I would. Our childhoods, while parallel, were nothing alike.” “They were exactly the same,” Skye said, temper flaring. “I have to go. I have work to do.” That afternoon, as she flew through a sky the color of the Cornish sea—a deep, fathomless blue—one thought whirled through Skye’s head like a blizzard: she and Liberty told two such different versions of the same story. Whose was right? Perhaps Liberty was just trying to take away the one thing they shared beyond their surname—their history. But if they didn’t even have a past, then what would tether them together now and in the future? Don’t think about it, she told herself. Liberty’s childish kicking had simply been replaced by exasperating behavior designed to goad the other party into lashing out. And as usual, Skye had managed to do something she regretted: storm off. There was no point dwelling on it. The next time she saw her sister, Liberty was sure to have moved on to some other provocation. "

― Natasha Lester , The Paris Secret

4 " She wanted someone for whom she was the sea and the sky and the entire universe as well. "

― Natasha Lester , The Paris Secret

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― Natasha Lester , The Paris Secret

6 " It’s funny, isn’t it,” Joan added pensively, “you think if you’re being asked to do something by someone so senior, it must be all right. Even though you know it isn’t. But you convince yourself that you’re the one who’s wrong. "

― Natasha Lester , The Paris Secret

7 " I’m not sure we have anything to say to one another about the past, except things that hurt,” she said. “And as war brings with it enough hurt, it might be better to call a truce and stay in the present. "

― Natasha Lester , The Paris Secret