The Book of Lost and Found Quotes

“In many ways my life has been rather like a record of the lost and found. Perhaps all lives are like that.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“It was then I thought of Corsica, the place we had discovered together. I craved the wind, the sun and salt, the simplicity of the island.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“War happens to people, one by one.’ That’s exactly it, you see. Until it happens to you, you have no way of understanding it, let alone imagining it. Until then, it is simply a monster under the bed.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“the most precious memories can be damaged with too much handling, as with all delicate objects.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“But when you appeared at the top of those steps, I thought I was seeing a ghost. It nearly brought me to my knees. You see, she was the love of my life.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“The most important thing is to continue to do the thing you want to, to keep battling on. That, in my opinion, is the main part of the struggle. Most give up when it seems too difficult.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“I think it often happens like this. You wait, and hope, until eventually the hoping seems in vain and the thing you wish for begins to seem impossible. You try to forget, to move on. And sometimes, once you have gone through this painful process,”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Sophie shakes her head. “I disagree. I think we carry all of our past selves with us, in tight layers. Somewhere within you is that girl, however many other, new selves you may have grown in the years since. She’s what holds you together, at the very center.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Martha Gellhorn said: ‘War happens to people, one by one.’ That’s exactly it, you see. Until it happens to you, you have no way of understanding it, let alone imagining it. Until then, it is simply a monster under the bed.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“I think we carry all of our past selves with us, in tight layers. Somewhere within you is that girl, however many other, new selves you may have grown in the years since. She’s what holds you together, at the very center.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“For me, those works were the artistic equivalent of a teenage diary: full of overblown sentiment and melodrama.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“You must not be afraid of ridicule; indeed, you may want to court it.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“path.”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Avrebbe portato nel corpo e nell'anima i segni del tempo, forse non sarei nemmeno riuscito a vedere in lei la donna che avevo amato. E quel pensiero mi travolse”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Ognuno di noi porta sempre con sè ciò che è stato, le persone che eravamo sono come strati cresciuti uno sopra l'altro”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Sono ricordi da trattare con delicatezza per non sporcarli o gualcirli, come oggetti fragili che rischiano di rompersi se li maneggi troppo a lungo”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Trova il tuo stile con coraggio, perché bisogna essere coraggiosi quando si corre da soli”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Ed è così emozionante vedere il sogno di qualcuno che si trasforma in realtà”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Il bello della vita è proprio che spetta a ciascuno di noi decidere cosa farne”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“I ricordi più preziosi, al pari degli oggetti delicati, rischiano di sciuparsi se li si maneggia troppo”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Perché finché la guerra è altrove, non riesci a prenderla sul serio. Come ha detto Martha Gellhorn "La guerra è un fatto personale". È proprio così: finché non capita a te, non riesci a capirla, tanto meno a immaginarla. Finché non entra nella tua vita è irreale”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Per ironia della sorte, era stato il pensiero di lei a tenermi in vita fino a quel momento. Grazie a quel pensiero non avevo perso la ragione. Credevo in lei, nel futuro che avremmo vissuto insieme, così come altri credono in Dio”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“Era stata la prima a vedere il mio lavoro, sa? E la prima a credere in me, a considerarmi un artista, non un ragazzo con un sogno”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found

“La mia esistenza è stata un catalogo di cose perdute e ritrovate. Ma forse è così per tutti”
― Lucy Foley, The Book of Lost and Found