Graceless Heart Quotes

“Now you’re beginning to understand,” he said approvingly. Then he paused”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“stayed with you because I couldn’t bear to leave you alone in the dark. It destroyed me to leave you at all, knowing you would die, again and again, and it would be terrible and painful. I hated that you suffered. I would have stayed below with you all night just so you didn’t have to endure the horror of it by yourself.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“Pluto," Ravenna said. "Do you know who he is?"
Tereza nodded once, her delicate features scrunching. "Not the hero."
"Depends on who you ask," Ravenna said with a wink. "I've always thought villains are misunderstood.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“You're worth everything. All that I am and more than I deserve.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“But there's a part of me that believes that other people feel the same. That they'd raise their children to have hope for a better world, teach them empathy and grace, to care for trees and cats, to embrace love and life.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“Over the years, I’ve met scores of people who have come and gone from the locanda, living quiet lives, trying to make ends meet, traveling with their families, or seeking adventures on their own. I think all of these people are their own heroes, doing their best and what they can to survive in a world that isn’t fair. When the world is sometimes frightening, surviving is its own kind of art form.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“Being human is exhausting, but if you refuse to feeling anything at all, you won’t ever experience the best parts of being alive. Not love, or joy, or wonder, or the solace of knowing you are not alone. Feeling deeply is not a weakness. It’s what gives meaning to everything else. That’s what it’s like to be human. To embrace the best and worst parts of life, to endure and to keep going the only way that we can.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“Memories have the power to heal, they have the power to remind us of who we once were, and how far we've come, and to let us relive the time spent with loved ones. I want a memory I can carry with me for the rest of my life.”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart

“I can almost see it, that dream I'm dreaming, But there's a voice inside my head saying, you'll never reach it".”
― Isabel Ibañez, Graceless Heart