The Bookshop Ladies Quotes

“Like most of their friends the idea of leaving Paris even for a short stay was always considered far more trouble than it was worth.”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“Yes. We’ve had a silly row and I just needed to come and breathe for a bit…’ Fern said”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“there couldn’t be a happy ending if you didn’t have some pain along the way.”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“he had a heart of gold”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“Yves was not the first of their circle to have ended up in cardiac care as a result of a stressful career and a fondness for red wine”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“the magic of a big old golden moon in the sky.”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“Of course not, which of us would ever want to be replaced? But it doesn’t mean you can’t make room in your life for new people, new experiences and new relationships,’ Robyn”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“To be able to do something, where you could immerse yourself so fully that you felt a greater force was actually taking care of the work – well, in her opinion, it was the most beautiful thing in the world.”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“After all, books should be about escaping the mundane and stepping into worlds you didn’t want to leave.”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“We either confront it or we forgive, but we learn to live with things, not run away from them or hide behind something that’s shiny enough to cover over the pain momentarily.”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“Maybe, she finally realised that what was worth saving was herself, rather than a marriage that had turned from love to disappointment.”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“That was the thing with guilt. You had to pay it back with interest at some point.”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“But life is crap sometimes. You just have to learn to take the bad with the good. A bit like one of those books you’re reading, there couldn’t be a happy ending if you didn’t have some pain along the way.”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“Somehow”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies

“life”
― Faith Hogan, The Bookshop Ladies