Home > Work > The Winemaker's Wife

The Winemaker's Wife QUOTES

The Winemaker's Wife QUOTES

1 " You can’t rewrite the past, but you can choose to live with your whole heart in the here and now. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

2 " Was it possible that one sin could stain your soul forever? Or could one do enough good that a mistake of such magnitude could eventually be erased? "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

3 " When you’re young, you see only the future. When you grow older, you see the past. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

4 " I learned far too late that life is simply about being good and decent to others. It's as plain as that. But first, you must be good and decent to yourself. Find your own road. Find your own happiness. You must, my dear. You must, or you will wind up old and alone and full of regrets. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

5 " Somehow along the way, I let myself be erased, "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

6 " It’s not the decisions in your past that matter, but the choices you make about your future. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

7 " We must honor the past without turning our backs on the future. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

8 " In life, my dear, you must actually go after what you want. You can’t rewrite the past, but you can choose to live with your whole heart in the here and now. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

9 " learned far too late that life is simply about being good and decent to others. It’s as plain as that. But first, you must be good and decent to yourself. Find your own road. Find your own happiness. You must, my dear. You must, or you will wind up old and alone and full of regrets. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

10 " nation is beaten only when it has accepted that it is beaten. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

11 " We all suffer losses. But it is how we choose to move ahead that matters, isn’t it? We must honor the past without turning our backs on the future. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

12 " Most of our portfolio is brut or extra brut, which means that it contains less than twelve grams per liter of residual sugar, or less than a half teaspoon per five-ounce glass. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

13 " the past has a way of showing you things clearly, whether you like it or not. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

14 " Find your own happiness. You must, my dear. You must, or you will wind up old and alone and full of regrets. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

15 " A nation is beaten only when it has accepted that it is beaten. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

16 " No one was who they appeared to be in those days, mademoiselle. The Thierrys seemed to be collaborators, for example, so who would have thought that they were actually working with de Vogüé to undermine the Germans? At Piper-Heidsieck, the owners were hiding guns. At Krug, they were hiding pilots.” He tapped the base of Liv’s glass and added, “This champagne represents history, my dear. Heroism. Bravery. The people behind these wines helped save France. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

17 " We all make mistakes. But life goes on, and we can always become better. It’s not the decisions in your past that matter, but the choices you make about your future. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

18 " But considering the way so many records were lost or destroyed in the war, it shouldn’t be difficult to plant a few pieux mensonges, white lies. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

19 " Whatever happens, the flame of French resistance must not and shall not die.’ This is our country, my dear, and I will fight for its honor to the end. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife

20 " must honor the past without turning our backs on the future. "

― Kristin Harmel , The Winemaker's Wife