The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany Quotes

“To me, love is more like a lending library. To keep it, we must continually renew it. Otherwise we pay a hefty fine.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Being lost is where the beauty lies. Lost in a book. Lost in someone’s eyes. Lost in a symphony so sweet it brings you to tears.” She smiles. “Lost in a beautiful floating city on a starry night. This is magical, yes? It’s being found that’s the disappointment.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Those who cannot win hearts with love often control people with fear.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Each time you love—be it a man or a child, a cat or a horse—you add color to this world. When you fail to love, you erase color.” She smiles. “Love, in any of its forms, is what takes this journey from a bleak black-and-white pencil sketch to a magnificent oil painting.”
She touches my cheek. “It’s the sweet fruit that paints the field and wakes our senses. I’m not saying you must be on a constant quest for it, but please, if love comes to you, if you find it within your grasp, promise me you’ll pluck it from the vine and give it a good looking-over, won’t you?”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“I’ve found life much sweeter when I choose to believe the best of others, rather than the worst.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“You will find, Emilia, life is not always a circle. More often, it’s a tangled knot of detours and dead ends, false starts and broken hearts. An exasperating, dizzying maze, impossible to navigate and useless to map.” She squeezes my hand. “But not a single corner nor curve should ever, ever be missed.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Make it riveting! Make every scene sizzle! When it comes time to watch the movie of your life, may tears run down your face, may you scream with laughter and cringe with embarrassment. But for Goddess’s sake, do not let your life story be one that’s so dull you fall asleep during the viewing.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Hiraeth!” Poppy cries, and claps her hands. “Do you know this Welsh word? It’s a feeling not easily translated into words. A deep longing for home, a nostalgia—a yearning—for the place that calls to your soul.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Life is better measured in friendships than years, don’t you think?”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“You... You're dying?"
"Aren't we all? [...] I much prefer to say I'm living, don't you?”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“I was a plain child. But you see, planted in the right spot, we blossom. You’ll find it happens to you, too, once you find your home.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“More wine is poured. Voices overlap. Stars collect in the sky. The breeze carries the scent of grapes and lavender and smoke from the fire. I soak in the sweet scene, knowing this day . . . this moment . . . is one I shall re-create many times, both in memory and on paper.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Love, in any of its forms, takes the world from a bleak pencil sketch to a magnificent oil painting.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“One who demands respect will never command it.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“To me, spirituality is less about Sunday mass than it is about love. It’s that simple. When you treat others with love, consistently and fully, you honor your god or goddess. Some of the holiest people I know have never stepped foot in a church. And I’ve met many churchgoing, self-righteous born-again Christians that God himself probably wishes had never been born the first time.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“I tear the edge from the crust and nod toward the church’s tower. “Check out that old clock,” I say. “Don’t set your watch to it,” Poppy says, dabbing her lips with her napkin. She turns to Lucy. “Like many things in life, it’s attractive and flashy, but notoriously unreliable.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Love. Forgive. Love again. Forgive again. That, my dear girl, is the circle of love.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“It's fascinating isn't it, when someone tells us something about ourselves, good or bad, we try so desperately to prove them right”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Until then, wishing you bouquets of four-leaf clovers and double rainbows.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“When it comes time to watch the movie of your life, may tears run down your face, may you scream with laughter and cringe with embarrassment. But for Goddess’s sake, do not let your life story be one that’s so dull you fall asleep during the viewing.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“May God bless and protect you. May he smooth the path that lies before you, and give you the grace and humility to accept both fortune and sorrow. May you be strong as the redwood when troubles arise, and bend like the willow when forgiveness beckons. Above all, may you love joyfully, gratefully, faithfully, in Christ’s name. Amen.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“In the end, life is a simple equation. Each time you love- be it a man or a child, a cat or a horse- you add color to this world. When you fail to love, you erase color. Love, in any of its forms, is what takes this journey from a bleak black-and-white pencil sketch to a magnificent oil painting.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“we prefer to see life as it should be, not as it is”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“It’s fascinating, isn’t it, how, when someone tells us something about ourselves—good or bad—we try so desperately to prove them right.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Für mich ist die Liebe so wie Bücher in einer Bibliothek. Sie gehören uns nicht, und wir müssen sorgsam mit ihnen umgehen. Wenn wir das nicht tun, zahlen wir eine hohe Gebühr.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, Heute schon für morgen träumen

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― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“That feeling is primal, as if instinctually, we are born knowing of this mother's love. And when it is absent, it leaves us with a thirst that can never be quenched.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“Hiraeth! Poppy cries, and claps her hands. "Do you know this Welsh word? It's a feeling not easily translated into words. A deep longing for home, a nostalgia - a yearning - for the place that calls to your soul”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“I realize that love plays many roles. Paramour. Comforter. Protector. Mate. Though Rico is my heart’s only true passion, there’s much to be said for a love that provides deep friendship, or simply companionship, in a world that can sometimes feel like a fisted glove.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany

“She is a woman who chooses seclusion over inclusion and then complains about not fitting in.”
― Lori Nelson Spielman, The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany