The Velvet Hours Quotes

“Perspective is a tool used far too infrequently. If people had the courage to alternate their lens every now and then, the world would be a far more beautiful place.”
― Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours

“one needn’t be born into a beautiful life in order to have one.”
― Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours

“You are too young to understand, solange, but there are many different types of love in this world. There are lovers of the flesh, lovers of the mind, and lovers sustained by family.:”
― Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours

“Si solo me quedan unos días más contigo, quiero verte en tantos paisajes como paisajes diferentes como pueda.”
― Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours

“para ella no se trataba de los minutos que pasaban, sino de los momentos que se intercambiaban.”
― Alyson Richman, Las horas de terciopelo

“no es necesario nacer en la buena vida para llegar a tener una.”
― Alyson Richman, Las horas de terciopelo

“Y las palabras que ella me dijo hicieron eco en mis oídos: "Cada libro tiene un viaje propio".”
― Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours

“anxiously for the two days in between. But the”
― Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours

“Inside, I had a pit in my stomach. What had the world become that children were now discussing their own death, as though it were a menu option? As I looked around and saw the blank faces clustered amongst us, I realized that our emotions might be the first thing we are forced to abandon in war. That the numbness that engulfed our senses was the only way we could sustain ourselves against all the chaos.”
― Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours

“It’s easy to recognize the surface of beauty. To see it with your two eyes. But the challenge to the artist is conveying the many layers underneath.”
― Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours

“Everything of value contains a story, Solange.”
― Alyson Richman, The Velvet Hours