Angeliki M > Angeliki's Quotes

“The could-have been boys still love you.”
― Laura Dave, The Last Thing He Told Me

“Love, Laurel, that's the only reason to get married. For love.”
― Kate Morton, The Secret Keeper

“What better place to kill time than a library?”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

“...when people are expecting to see nothing that is usually what they see.”
― Diane Setterfield, The Thirteenth Tale

“I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it's just too much. The current's too strong. They've got to let go, drift apart. That's how it is with us. It's a shame, Kath, because we've loved each other all our lives. But in the end, we can't stay together forever.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

“Sometimes I get so immersed in my own company, if I unexpectedly run into someone I know, it's a bit of a shock and takes me a while to adjust.”
― Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go

“Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.”
― Daphne Du Maurier, Rebecca

“That's where all the trouble in life comes from. Thinking.”
― Agatha Christie, By the Pricking of My Thumbs

“The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.”
― Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

“I have no pity for myself either. So let it be Veronal. But I wish Hercule Poirot had never retired from work and come here to grow vegetable marrows.”
― Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

“It is completely unimportant,” said Poirot. “That is why it is so interesting,” he added softly.”
― Agatha Christie, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

“I want a life I never want to take a vacation from.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“You look at each other like…” “Like?” He swallows, an unusually troubled pinch to his brow. “Like the two of you have your own language.”
― Penelope Douglas, Birthday Girl

“I can tell you there are as many kinds of love in the world as there are stars in the sky.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“Yeah. I can see that. I feel like sidekicks aren’t as well developed as the main character in a story, but they’re essential in defining that main character. And the protagonist needs the sidekick more than the sidekick needs the protagonist.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“No. I have plenty of reason. But without honor and goodness, reason isn’t worth much.”
― Penny Reid, Capture

“But what feels good isn't always what's good for me, and I'm not willing to settle for being with someone who sometimes treats me well. I'd rather be alone.”
― Penny Reid, Heat

“Yes. This is a party. I am in the laundry room reading.”
― Penny Reid, Heat

“Is a chameleon a coward because it can change its color? No. It’s evolved and awesome. I like to think of myself in a similar fashion.”
― Penny Reid, Attraction

“Memory is a cruel mistress with whom we all must learn to dance.”
― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

“...She's understood the power of stories. Their magical ability to refill the wounded part of people.”
― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

“She did as she felt, and she felt a great deal.”
― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

“Thinking of nothing. Trying to think of nothing. Thinking of everything.”
― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

“Fairy tales have a habit of ending too soon. They never show what happens afterwards when the prince and princess ride off the page.”
― Kate Morton, The Forgotten Garden

“Deep down we've never been who we think we once were, and we only remember what never happened.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven

“You should get more sun and fresh air. The other day I read in the paper that vitamin D increases our faith in fellow humans.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Prisoner of Heaven

“You make me want to be less of an asshole.”
― Penny Reid, Neanderthal Seeks Human

“All the things that make you different make you perfect.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Books were, and always would be, something a little magic and something to respect.”
― Sally Thorne, The Hating Game

“You'd rather make up a fantasy version of somebody in your head than be with a real person.”
― Jenny Han, To All the Boys I've Loved Before