The Shadow Sister Quotes

“A human being without love is akin to a rosebud without water. It will survive for a time, but never open into full bloom.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“I felt the protective dam I'd built around my heart began to crumble. I turned my eyes back to him and felt the love finally start to trickle out through the fissures. And hoped that one day it would become a torrent.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“I will always remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard that my father had died...”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“As you well know, people choose to became a victim or a hero.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“that every living thing needed to be nurtured carefully from the start of its life. And if it was, it would eventually grow strong and last for years to come.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“every day that passes is another day lost to your future.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“Falls er ein Gehirn besaß, hatte sie damit bisher noch keine Bekanntschaft gemacht.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“I’d smiled as I washed my hands. And wondered if human beings ever really grew up, or whether life was simply a playground forever.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“À son entrée, Flora fut accueillie par un homme d’une grande élégance. — Miss MacNichol ? — Oui. — Sir Arthur Davidson, écuyer du roi. Je”
― Lucinda Riley, La sœur de l'ombre: Les sept sœurs - 3

“J’aurais eu honte d’admettre que le plus gros des oiseaux m’aida à calmer ma fureur et à me défouler. Je le plumai méchamment, le vidai de ses entrailles et lui coupai la tête, les pattes et les ailes avec force.”
― Lucinda Riley, La sœur de l'ombre: Les sept sœurs - 3

“D’ailleurs, il est doué pour tout. Cela dit, j’ai parfois de la peine pour lui. Je suis d’avis qu’avoir trop de dons peut être aussi terrible que de n’en posséder aucun, ne penses-tu pas ? Chaque chose avec modération, c’est ma devise. Sans quoi la vie trouve un moyen de prendre sa revanche.”
― Lucinda Riley, La sœur de l'ombre: Les sept sœurs - 3

“You’ll find out soon enough,”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“when she turned to Orlando to speak to him, I saw she had what Pa Salt would have termed a Roman nose, which sat prominently in her striking face. She was certainly not classically beautiful and, from the look of her jeans and old sweater, did not care to make herself more so. Yet, there was something very attractive about her and I realized I wanted her to like me—an unusual feeling. “Are you coping back there?” she asked me. “Not far now.” “Yes, thank you.” I leaned my head against the windowpane as the thick hedges, their height exaggerated by the low car, flew by me, the country lanes becoming narrower. It felt so good to be out of London, with only the odd red-brick chimney stack peeping out from behind the wall of green. We turned right, through a pair of old gates that led to a drive so potholed that Marguerite’s and Orlando’s heads bumped against the roof. “I really must ask Mouse to bring the tractor and fill in these holes with gravel before the winter comes,” she commented to Orlando. “Here we are, Star,” she added as she pulled the car to a halt in front of a large, graceful house, its walls formed from mellow red brick, with ivy and wisteria fringing the uneven windows in greenery. Tall, thin chimney stacks, which emphasized the Tudor architecture, reached up into the crisp September sky. As I squeezed myself out of the back of the Fiat, I imagined the house’s interior to be rambling as opposed to impressive—it was certainly no stately home; rather, it looked as if it had gently aged and sunk slowly into the countryside surrounding it. It spoke of a bygone era, one that I loved reading about in books, and I experienced a twinge of longing. I followed Marguerite and Orlando toward the magnificent oak front door, and saw a young boy wobbling toward us on a shiny red bike. He let out a strange muffled shout, tried to wave, and promptly fell off the bike. “Rory!” Marguerite ran to him, but he had already picked himself up. He spoke again, and I wondered if he was foreign, as I couldn’t make out what he was saying. She dusted him down, then the boy picked up the bike and the two of them walked back to us. “Look who’s here,” Marguerite said, turning directly to the boy to speak to him. “It’s Orlando and his friend Star. Try saying ‘Star.’ ” She particularly enunciated the “st” in my name. “Ss-t-aahh,” the boy said as he approached me, a smile on his face, before holding up his hand and opening his fingers out like a shining star. I saw that Rory was the owner of a pair of inquisitive green eyes, framed by dark lashes. His wavy copper-colored hair glowed in the sun, and his rosy cheeks dimpled with happiness. I recognized that he was the kind of child that one would never want to say no to. “He prefers to go by the name ‘Superman,’ don’t you, Rory?” Orlando chuckled, holding up his hand in a fist like Superman taking off into the air. Rory nodded, then shook my hand with all the dignity of a superhero, and turned to Orlando for a hug. After giving him a tight squeeze and a tickle, Orlando set him down, then squatted in front of him and used his hands to sign, also speaking the words clearly. “Happy birthday! I have your present in Marguerite’s car. Would you like to come and get it with me?” “Yes please,” Rory spoke and signed, and I knew then that he was deaf. I rifled through my rusty mental catalog of what I had learned”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“you’re the only one in charge of your destiny. But you have to help it to happen.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“Remember that every day that passes is another day lost to your future.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“knowledge is power and that however tempting it is to give away that power to another in return for comfort, it is unwise to do so.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“A room without books is like a body without a soul,” I quoted to myself.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“It was then I understood for the first time why these ancient rituals were so vital: they provided structure at a time of emotional chaos.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“The oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other’s shadow.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“sometimes in life one has to make difficult and often heartbreaking decisions that, at the time, you may feel will hurt people you love. And they might, at least for a while. Often, however, the changes that occur from your decision will eventually be the best thing for others too. And help them move on.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“every living thing needed to be nurtured carefully from the start of its life. And if it was, it would eventually grow strong and last for years to come. “Of course, we humans are just like seeds,” Pa had said with a smile as I used my child-sized watering can and he brushed the sweet-smelling peat from his hands. “With the sun and the rain . . . and love, we have everything we need.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“But let there be spaces in your togetherness. And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. —Khalil Gibran”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“I have learned over my years on this earth that nothing can stay the same forever—and expecting it to is, of course, the biggest single mistake we human beings make. Change comes whether we wish for it or not, in a host of different ways. And acceptance of this is fundamental to achieving the joy of living on this magnificent planet of ours.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“attentive”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“Meadows’ Bookshop was a shining beacon of peace and tranquillity lighting up my childhood memories. And now it has gone.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“Bookshop was a shining beacon of peace and tranquillity lighting up my childhood memories. And now it has gone.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“You are adept at turning even the most positive comment into a negative.”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“But let there be spaces in your togetherness. And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Khalil Gibran”
― Lucinda Riley, The Shadow Sister

“«Una habitación sin libros es como un cuerpo sin alma»,”
― Lucinda Riley, La hermana sombra