The Sweetness of Forgetting Quotes

“Life doesn't work out the way we plan, but maybe it works out the way it's supposed to after all.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Some days I wake up and think, How did I get here? It's like one day, you just realize you're not young anymore, and you already made your choices, and now it's too late to change anything.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“As long as there are stars in the sky, I will love you.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Yes. There is one God, and he lives in the sky, and he hears all of us. It is just that here on earth, we are confused about how to believe in him. But what does it matter, as long as we trust he is there?”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Life changes you, even if you don’t realize it while it’s happening, and it turns out you can’t take back the years that have passed by.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“I look to the right as I cross the bridge and smile to see the tip of the Eiffel Tower soaring over rooftops in the distance on the other side of the river. I've seen it in photographs a thousand times, but seeing it in person for the first time that reminds me that I'm really, truly here, thousands of miles away, across an ocean from home.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Yes, I am Jewish," she says. "But I am also Catholic." She pauses and adds, "And Muslim too." ... "It is all the same, is it not? It is mankind that creates the differences. That does not mean it is not all the same God.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“We are not so different then."... "I never understood the war between our religions, or the war with Christianity. If there is one thing I learned from the time young Rose spent with us, it is that we are all speaking to the same God. It is not religion that divides man. It is good and evil here on earth that divides us.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Do you think God speaks Arabic or Hebrew? Can he hear your prayers or mine?"... "I do not know." "What do you think, Nabi?" The boy thought about this for a long time before replying. "I think God must speak all the languages." His tone was confident. "I think he can heal all of us.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Il cuore di una persona traspariva sempre dai dolci che cucinava, e se c'era oscurtità nella sua anima ci sarebbe stata anche nelle sue paste.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Not that I regretted having Annie; I'd never felt that way for a second. I just regretted that I'd never had a chance to live the life I'd thought I was supposed to.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“The more times we’ve been hurt, the harder it is to see love right in front of us, or to accept love into our hearts and truly believe in it. And if you cannot accept love, you can never really feel it.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Mamie used to tell me that each new morning was like unwrapping a gift from God.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

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― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Life is a series of opportunities, and you have to have the courage to seize them, before the years pass you by and leave you with nothing but regrets.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“For it is only by loving, and having the courage to be loved in return, that you can find God, who exists most of all in”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Life gets complicated. Circumstance tears us apart. Decisions guide our fate. But your heart will always show you true north.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“It was the war that kept us apart. The world went mad, and your grandfather was no more responsible for the outcome than I was, or than Rose was. We all made our choices. We all had to live with our regrets.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“You can only look forward in life. You can change the future, but not the past.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Life doesn’t work out the way we plan, but maybe it works out the way it’s supposed to after all. You know?”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“It’s never too late to find true love,” he says, locking eyes with me. “You just have to keep your heart open.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“I mean that love is all around us,” Alain says. “But the older we get, the more confusing it becomes. The more times we’ve been hurt, the harder it is to see love right in front of us, or to accept love into our hearts and truly believe in it. And if you cannot accept love, you can never really feel it.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“I never understood the discord between our religions. If there is one thing I learned from the time young Rose spent with us, it is that we are all speaking to the same God. It is not religion that divides man. It is good and evil here on earth that separates us.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“There is no need to thank me. It was our duty. In our religion, we are taught, ‘Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world.’ ”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“But you never know what will happen tomorrow, or the next day. One day, one week, one month can change everything.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Because, my dear, it is good to remember that you do not always have to see something to know that it is there.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Hope, you were born to do this,” he says with his mouth full, and although I know it’s a compliment, the words hit me hard, because I never intended to do this at all. It wasn’t the life I wanted for myself, and Matt knows it. But my grandmother got sick, my mother died, and I no longer had a choice.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“I smile tightly at him. I’m allowed to feel annoyed with my daughter, but he’s not. “She’s just going through a hard time,” I say.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“it’s terrible to see her slipping away. It’s like standing on the deck of a boat, watching the waves suck someone under, and knowing that there’s no life preserver to throw in.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting

“Maybe the lie wasn’t as wrong if it wasn’t uttered aloud.”
― Kristin Harmel, The Sweetness of Forgetting