Love Is a Rogue Quotes

“we women are all so critical of ourselves. We're too plump, or too thin. Too tall, or too short. Our hair is too curly, or too straight. We live in a society that rewards conformity to a strict set of physical standards and an even more rigid set of rules for proper behavior. We have these unpleasant thoughts running round and round in our minds. Wouldn't it be revolutionary if we decided to love ourselves exactly the way we are?”
― Lenora Bell, Love Is a Rogue

“There's pain in this world, and there's joy. I'll taste both, but I won't hide from life anymore.”
― Lenora Bell, Love Is a Rogue

“It was like discovering a new word. Rolling the unfamiliar syllables around on your tongue, searching for meaning only to find that it resists all attempts at classification. Instead, this word changes you, makes you redefine yourself. Like a medieval alchemist, its goal is transmutation. Everything he touches turns golden, dreamlike.”
― Lenora Bell, Love Is a Rogue

“I've never heard of an Aunt Matilda."
"She was your father's eldest sister. No one spoke of her."
"Why, what did she do?"
"She married a bookseller”
― Lenora Bell, Love Is a Rogue

“One can never have too many books,”
― Lenora Bell, Love Is a Rogue

“An unread book is a terrible thing.”
― Lenora Bell, Love Is a Rogue