The Bookstore Wedding Quotes

“people lived their lives forward and only understood them when they looked backward. But by the time that happened, there was usually very little time left. Life would slip away before you knew it so you had to live every day as if it was your last, for it just might be. Today would soon be the distant past, and you would have to strain to remember what you did or who you spoke to.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“In the wake of Isabel’s divorce and her failures in New York”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“Someday,” Isabel said. “When the time is right.” “Wake up, girl,” Mr. Lenox warned her. “Someday is now.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“Love gives you faith in the future,”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“He often appeared distant, but it was only because he was so focused and he tended to disappear into his work.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“Matt Haig’s Midnight Library,”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“People made mistakes, and sometimes they weren’t aware of how bad their choices were until they lived through them and came out on the other side.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“This past winter, Isabel had decorated the ceiling with swirls of constellations, using a silvery paint that glowed in the dark. When she was done, she turned off the lights and remembered what she had loved about being an artist. The room was glittering. It was filled with magic.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“That I did always love, I bring thee proof: That till I loved I did not love enough.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“There is no such thing,” Isabel said, utterly convinced that there was never a bad time to fall in love.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“Isabel was waiting for Sophie in the lobby. “David Bloom,” she said with a smile. How lovely that something good had come of this difficult time, something unexpected and rare. “I was going to tell you,” Sophie vowed. “It’s just such lousy timing.” “There is no such thing,” Isabel said, utterly convinced that there was never a bad time to fall in love.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“Love makes you do unexpected things. It’s never what you think it will be. It can break your heart or it can save you when you least expect it to,”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding

“If you do, I’ll forgive you all over again,” Sophie assured her. “We can fight and still love each other. That’s what sisters do.”
― Alice Hoffman, The Bookstore Wedding