Mignon Willis > Mignon's Quotes

“...we are only responsible for the things we do—or fail to do—ourselves.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“Hope was a dangerous thief, stealing her today's for a tomorrow that would never come”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“I am, too, but the greatest deeds in life require us to rise above our fear.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“Loss would forever be etched on the child like a tattoo; it might fade over time, but it would never be erased.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“I would rather die knowing I tried to do the right thing than live knowing I had turned my back.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“pain loses its power when we share it.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“Awhorehouse? Really?” Eva asked thirty minutes later as they stood on a seedy side street in Pigalle, looking up at a stone building with opening hours listed on the left windowpane in both German and French. “You want me to stay here?” “First of all, it’s called a brothel, not a whorehouse.” Rémy grinned at her, obviously enjoying her discomfort. “A brothel, a bordello, a cathouse, does it matter?” “Well, considering the fine folks here will be putting us up for the night, I would suggest being polite.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“My Eva. After all these years, I am still his, and he is still mine. "Épouse-moi. Je t'aime. That's what I wrote. I---I love you. Rémy. I always have." "I love you, too, Eva. And if the offer is still open, my answer is yes." And then he closes the final inches between us, and his lips are on mine, and I'm twenty-five again, my whole life ahead of me rather than behind, all the chapters still unwritten.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“Where? Where did he go?” “East.” Eva took a deep breath. “To a work camp called Auschwitz. In Poland.” “But that’s impossible. He was taken less than a week ago. And we live in France, Eva. This doesn’t happen in France.” “I’m afraid it does.” Eva could see the crush of people penned up at Drancy each time she closed her eyes. “But we left Poland. We—we are French.” “We are Jews.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“You are betraying nothing if you follow your heart,”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“life is darkest when we choose to walk it alone.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Book of Lost Names

“Amber needed order—disciplined, structured order. And now, finally, she was the master of her world. And of her fate.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“Crazy people have no credibility, and I was now considered crazy.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“All she'd wanted was the life she deserved. It didn't occur to her that she had gotten it.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“I don't read much. I feel like, why read about someone else's life when you should be out living your own?”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“This was the kind of home that was safely hidden from the eyes of those who could not afford to live this way. That's what wealth does for you, she thought. It gives you the means and the power to remain concealed from the world if you choose - or if you need to.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“But of course, Amber thought. It seemed the more money you had, the less you had to actually come into contact with the filthy stuff.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“We’re not going to worry about fat or thin anymore—only healthy. God made our bodies very smart, and if we put good things in them and do fun things for exercise, it will all be okay.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish

“I’ve been tracking your cycles. You should be ovulating.”
― Liv Constantine, The Last Mrs. Parrish