A Thing of Beauty Quotes

“How does dirt find its way into old houses like it does? Sometimes I think it's the house itself, old and disintegrating by degrees, breathing out sighs of itself, sighs longing for a little bit of notice.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty

“The problem with collecting other people's junk is you just don't know what to do with it when you don't want it anymore. You feel bad about throwing it to the curb. It's too much trouble to sell. So you keep it around, knowing if you can't redeem it, exactly, you've at least rescued it. Somewhat.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty

“They do that, you know. Miracles do. Even in the rainiest of seasons, they break through with their sparks of light and life. You just have to make up your mind not to concentrate on the rain.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty

“This is all true. So much so that the simplicity of the words feels about as right as a sunrise over mountains or the gasp of knowing that occurs when you realize for the first time that you understood something you’d been trying to grasp for years, and the difficulty wasn’t in its complexity but its simplicity. There was something you’d been missing, something you didn’t even know to look for.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty

“Maybe lime isn’t my favorite normally, but it is right now. This piece of candy tastes better because it’s his favorite, freely given, and that’s true sweetness.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty

“The everyday Joes, like you and me, a lot of them know nothing firsthand and think they know everything. And they talk-talk-talk-talk and post their opinions all over the Internet and it’s loud and ridiculous. It’s like we’re all in this ship of fools and nobody knows if the boat is even real.” Jack looks at me.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty

“Nowadays people formulate truth; they don’t find it.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty

“Maybe wisdom tends to latch onto itself when it finds itself in various places.”
― Lisa Samson, A Thing of Beauty