Love Painted in Lies Quotes

“The champagne cork popped. I was blank. Back to where I had been before Devon. A blank canvas, which was now slightly soiled, like one that once held a vibrant picture but had been wiped clean with white spirit, leaving only a faint outline of what could have been”
― Holly Denham, Love Painted in Lies: A Maida Vale Tale

“Dad had a speeding fine for doing 34mph in a 30mph area and I had a fine from our local authority for being late to school three times. One fine for being too fast and one for being too slow. Our family needed to find a middle ground somewhere”
― Holly Denham, Love Painted in Lies: A Maida Vale Tale

“Living with my parents was meant to make their lives easier and less stressful, and to make Dad proud of me. If I wasn't mistaken though, I seemed to be achieving quite the opposite effect”
― Holly Denham, Love Painted in Lies: A Maida Vale Tale

“You tidy a table. And a minute later your child leaves something there. Then the next child sees it and thinks it's allowed. The mess begins multiplying. And soon the table's purpose is transformed into a dumping ground. And everyone likes a dumping ground, even me. It stops you having to think”
― Holly Denham, Love Painted in Lies: A Maida Vale Tale

“I was getting deeper with each artist, like I was stepping into their shoes, leaving mine far behind. And sometimes it felt as if their hands were gently guiding me. Not like ghosts, but I just began to understand them. I got them, and they got me”
― Holly Denham, Love Painted in Lies: A Maida Vale Tale

“Who decides how valuable something is? One person's cucumber is another's cauliflower cheese. We should change our thinking, and accept all art and fashion had the same value. Why should one brand be more expensive than the other? When this was believed, maybe the world would be a better place, people would be free, waste would be halved, our planet would love us again...”
― Holly Denham, Love Painted in Lies: A Maida Vale Tale

“Dying peacefully whilst reading through your best reviews. Knowing you've made people laugh. That connection. How incredible. What a feeling. comforting. Thank you all.
PS I'm not dying
Just saying.
I have that forever.
X”
― Holly Denham, Love Painted in Lies: A Maida Vale Tale: Hilarious British Romantic Comedy