The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes Quotes

“The reader was promised the possibility of sinking into another world, of escaping their problems, the weight of life subsiding for minutes, hours, days at a time. They were promised a story, a fiction, a sleight of hand, a shifting of letters that altered reality. And yet, in that make-believe world, the reader looked for truth - for the words on the page to resonate, for the characters in the scene to make them feel seen, for a thread that they could hold on to, for the book to sink its hooks into them and carry them on an unforgettable adventure.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“There was an intimacy one could have with books that was difficult to find anywhere else— a quiet understanding, a haven, a place to escape the troubles of the world.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“There was something about books that brought people together.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“She knew no greater joy, no deeper peace, then laying beside her husband in bed, silence between them, reading one of her favorite stories.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“Your losses stay with you; your pain becomes part of the fabric of who you are. Some days they’re as fresh as the day they happened; other times they’re a dull ache inside you.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“Finally, when midnight had passed and she still hadn’t worked things out in her mind, when she was unsuccessful in silencing all the fears pummeling her, she did the only thing she knew to do in times like these. She wrote.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“Eva wrote to process all that had happened, to speak because it was the only place where she could. The blank page listened when surely no one else would. She wrote not knowing if anyone would ever read her writing, if her words even mattered.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“A book was so much more than ink and paper; it contained a part of the author’s and reader’s souls.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“The more that Fidel’s government cracked down on their lives—rationing food, nationalizing properties and businesses, confiscating personal property belonging to those who left Cuba or defied the government in any manner—the harder they all had to work to find other means of surviving outside of the official system. Even if that meant risking your freedom and being sent to prison over something as simple as extra food to feed your family.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“she loved these quiet spaces, these little retreats where you could dip in and instantly be transported, where the minutiae of daily life simply disappeared.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes

“There was something about books that brought people together, a passion, a devotion that created an intimate bond and understanding. After all, books spoke to the deepest parts of the soul and so they linked readers in unforgettable ways. Sharing a favorite book was like creating a shared history between people who had navigated the life and world that existed within the novel’s pages.”
― Chanel Cleeton, The Lost Story of Eva Fuentes