L. Samuels > L.'s Quotes

“To love and be loved was more than could ever be expected, more than enough for a thousand ordinary lifetimes.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

“Do something meaningful. Or maybe just mean everything you do,” he said.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

“At ten years old he realized that people were born whole, and that the bad things peeled layers from the person you once were, thinning compassion and empathy and the ability to construct a future. At thirteen he knew those layers could sometimes be rebuilt when people loved you. When you loved.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

“Sometimes who you were came down to the small things.”
― Brit Bennett, The Vanishing Half

“I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Out of the Easy

“Sometimes we set off down a road thinkin' we're goin' one place and we end up another. But that's okay. The important thing is to start.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Out of the Easy

“You like me, Josie Moraine. You just don't know it yet.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Out of the Easy

“Charlie Marlowe never wrote horror, but somehow horror was writing Charlie Marlowe.”
― Ruta Sepetys, Out of the Easy

“I wasn't aware that words could hold so much. I didn't know a sentence could be so full.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“His dad had told him many times that the definition of a real man is one who cries without shame, reads poetry with his heart, feels opera in his soul, and does what’s necessary to defend a woman.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.”
― Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing

“Books are the mile markers of my life. Some people have family photos or home movies to record their past. I’ve got books. Characters. For as long as I can remember, books have been my safe place.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“You know what they say about finding a man in Alaska—the odds are good, but the goods are odd.”
― Kristin Hannah, The Great Alone

“Nowhere on earth could possibly live up to those halcyon days. But that’s nostalgia for you, the tyranny of those memories of childhood that feel so golden, so perfect.”
― Lucy Foley, The Guest List

“The rage is growing inside me, overtaking the shock and grief. I can feel it blossoming up behind my ribs. It’s almost a relief, how it obliterates every other feeling in its path.”
― Lucy Foley, The Guest List

“But that’s nostalgia for you, the tyranny of those memories of childhood that feel so golden, so perfect.”
― Lucy Foley, The Guest List

“Sometimes trusting someone is about the scariest thing you can do. But you know what? It’s a lot less scary than being all alone.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

“And every book ever written is about love, really, whether it knows it or not. So, yeah, I know a thing or two about love.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

“But when someone's hurting, you gotta do something. Always kindness”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

“There’s nothing like a good book for bringing folks together.”
― Dan Gemeinhart, The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

“How do you explain it when you find in someone what you’ve been waiting for your whole life? Do you call it fate? It feels lazy to call it fate. It’s more like finding your way home—where home is a place you secretly hoped for, a place you imagined, but where you’d never before been. Home. When you weren’t sure you’d ever get to have one.”
― Laura Dave, The Last Thing He Told Me

“The thirteen-year-old pirate. And the beekeeper that saved his life.”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark

“God is a first call and a last resort, from christening to death bed. In between is where faith is tested. The mundanity. Anyone can drop to their knees when they’re facing crisis, but doing it when everything is steady…”
― Chris Whitaker, All the Colors of the Dark