Lilac Girls Quotes

“Somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty,” I said. How”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“After that, we were like flies stuck in honey, alive but not really living.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“retrouvailles, another one of those words that do not translate into English, which means “the happiness of meeting someone you love again after a long time.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“He smiled. “I guess somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“douleur, one of the many French words that do not translate into English well, which means “the pain of wanting someone you cannot have.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“If I’d known I was about to meet the man who’d shatter me like bone china on terra-cotta, I would have slept in. Instead,”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“It only hurts you to hold on to the hate.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“How easy it is to get tangled up in your own fishing net.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Turning oneself to the misfortunes of others is the best way to dispense with personal troubles. Hadn’t Lord Byron himself said, “The busy have no time for tears”?”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Funny thing about grief: It gets easier with practice.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“It’s just a thing, Kasia. Don’t waste your energy on the hate. That will kill you sure as anything. Focus on keeping your strength. You’re resourceful. Find a way to outsmart them.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“You have a choice. To wallow in the unfairness of it all or rise above it. Fix it. Let other people in.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“But it’s fitting in a way—Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“guess somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty.” Paul”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Caroline wiped her cheek with the back of her gardening glove, leaving a dark smudge below one eye, then pulled off her gloves.

'But it's fitting in a way - Father loved the fact that a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.'

Caroline reached over and smoothed the hair back from my brow with a light touch. How many times had my mother done that? 'It's a miracle all of this beauty emerges after such hardship, don't you think?”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Oh, please—may we keep the coffee? It’s all we have.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty,” I said.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“As the cab drove off, I caught a glimpse of Paul in the crowd and felt a rush of retrouvailles, another one of those words that do not translate into English, which means “the happiness of meeting someone you love again after a long time.” I”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Somewhere in a corner of our hearts, we are always twenty,”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“A doctor without love is like a mechanic.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“It’s a miracle all this beauty emerges after such hardship, don’t you think?”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Something wet drifted down to my face. Was that rain? I hoped no one would mistake it for tears.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Can we dispense with the ‘Monsieur’? Makes me feel ancient.” “First names? We’ve only just met.” “It’s 1939.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“This country was founded on principles of equality and fairness, and you would do well to remember that. I don’t think it would help your business to have people think you harbor negative feelings toward any one group.” “I certainly will remember”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“Somehow the Germans lose every war but win every peace.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“I’d known I was about to meet the man who’d shatter me like bone china on terra-cotta, I would have slept in. Instead,”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“You should have seen the stars that night, thrown across the sky in great bunches. It was as if they were watching, looking down on all that, sad they could do nothing.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“a lilac only blossoms after a harsh winter.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls

“She wasn't always the prettiest girl in the room, but it was hard to take your eyes off her, like a train accident or a dancing bear.”
― Martha Hall Kelly, Lilac Girls