Where the Library Hides Quotes

“For the readers who stayed up all night agonizing over the epilogue in What the River Knows: This one is dedicated to you.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“I would burn the world twice over to save her life.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“My hands stopped shaking, my entire being focused on one thing: I would not let her die. I would burn the world twice over to save her life.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“I know we're already married," he said. "But I'm asking you again, Inez, this time for real. I want to do this properly. I want you to have flowers.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“For the millionth time, I held on to one reality: he did not love me. It was a curse written on my heart, and every time I thought of it, I felt as if I bled from an open wound.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“was having a hard time keeping my heart in line with my mind. Silly, foolish thing.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“Part of me wanted to jump to my feet, just so I could scream at him, for my anger to fill up the entire room so that he might feel it in his bones.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“I’d lost her less than a week ago, but it already felt like an eternity. I hated that there would be more days since the last time I was with her. Days that would turn into months. Months into years. Years into decades. And time would be cruel, because it would take my memories and blur them until I’d forget the details that made her her.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“His scent swirled between us, a cross of the great outdoors and fresh air and the tart bite of an orange slice.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“He placed his hands on my shoulders, bending his knees so that he could meet my eyes. His breath brushed against my mouth. “Sweetheart, I know.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“You and your flowers," I mused. "Do you ever miss your garden?"
"I've spent the last decade living half my life in Egypt," she said. "After so much desert, of course I miss the green. I miss a lot of things whenever I leave Argentina. Té de maté, empanadas. The way I could smell the ocean from the balcony of my bedroom.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“Inez,” he whispered. “You want to know why I saved your life? I can think of no better act to show how much I love you. This world would not be the same without you in it, and I don’t ever want to find out what that feels like. If I have to follow you across a desert, I will. If I have to jump into the Nile, again and again, I will. If I have to leap in front of a thousand bullets, I will.” He closed his eyes, breath shuddering. “I will always love you.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“Whit!” I screamed. “If you die, I will never forgive you.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“Inez, you are the love of my life,” Whit roared. “I will not lose you now.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“I had fallen in love with Whitford Hayes. I loved him with my whole heart, despite my head telling me to have better sense. But I loved him in a way that meant forever.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“Hiçbir insanın kalbinden geçen son sözcüğü bildiğini söyleme, demişti Henry James.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides

“Maintain eye contact,” he went on. “Let him know that you’re an important person without saying you are important. Keep your back straight, don’t fidget, and be confident. And one more thing.” “Yes?” He smiled. “I thought you didn’t want me to talk.” If I could, I would have hit him right there on the front steps of the bank.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Where the Library Hides