The Lost Heiress Quotes

“I’ve always believed that romantic love has two parts,” Florence said. “There’s physical attraction. That can happen at first sight, obviously. But the second part, a real affection, can only be developed over time, after you’ve come to really know someone. I think that anyone who says they fell in love at first sight merely had their initial attraction substantiated later on by a deepening regard for the person as they got to know them.”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Grief is like being stranded on a mountain,” the therapist had said. “We all have to find our own way down.”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“She’d learned the hard way: Never turn your back on something bigger than you.”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Sometimes it seems like love is like God—you get a different answer depending on who you ask”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Ana found anger to be a very useful emotion. It filled you with fire; it spurred you to action. Rage instilled in a person a sense of power. It was so much better than grief or fear”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Mrs. Abbott shook her head. “No good deed goes unpunished.”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Home isn’t a physical place. It’s a point in time when you felt loved and protected and safe. It’s a person who made you feel that way. And when that’s gone”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Why the tears?” Florence shifted in her seat and took a deep breath. “I suppose it’s because . . . well”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Here”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Sometimes, the only way out is through,”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Home isn’t a physical place. It’s a point in time when you felt loved and protected and safe. It’s a person who made you feel that way. And when that’s gone, it changes everything, you know?”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Silence is the true friend that never betrays,”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“Social awkwardness—it was a much more effective interrogation technique than torture, and it didn’t break any federal laws.”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel

“think that anyone who says they fell in love at first sight merely had their initial attraction substantiated later on by a deepening regard for the person as they got to know them.”
― Elizabeth Klehfoth, The Lost Heiress: A Novel