The London House Quotes

“Life simply carries misunderstandings along with consequences.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“But if these truths exist outside us and we do not determine them—nothing is dependent on our whims or happenstance. The truths are fixed, immutable, and eternal. We are the ones who will come and go, not truth.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“When something bad happens,” she continued, “it’s easy to blame someone else, and in some cases maybe it is their fault, but that doesn’t matter. Not in the end. What does matter is how long we hold on to that hurt or that anger. We can magnify the pain, making it worse and worse until it devours us, or we can forgive it and get on with life.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“Buildings bore personalities. They held our secrets and carried the weight of our lives”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“how we absorbed and translated history mattered and that it was never objective.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“It’s when we stop trying to find and chase true right that we stumble and degrade ourselves.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“There are very few of us who have heart enough to be really in love without encouragement.’” “That sounds like Dad.” I raised a brow. “His quotes were sometimes spot on. Credit that one to Pride and Prejudice’s Charlotte Lucas.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“some truths are so inviolable that they are worth striving for, fighting for, and even dying for.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“But if these truths exist outside us and we do not determine them—nothing is dependent on our whims or happenstance. The truths are fixed, immutable, and eternal. We are the ones who will come and go, not truth. Isn’t that reassuring? I find such comfort, as the world falls apart, that some things will last—even if they are only ideals. Only? What a silly thing to write. Sometimes ideals are the most solid, truest, and best things we can strive for. And we should strive for them. It’s when we stop trying to find and chase true right that we stumble and degrade ourselves.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“sometimes writing helps one heal, and other times it opens the wound.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“She sees a way the world should work and is ready to make it so. She reminds me of that Archimedes quote, “Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“Sometimes, even back then, I wondered how to react to [my Dad]. He never gave me anything to push against, to challenge, to confront, to love.”
― Katherine Reay, The London House

“Who goes to London and doesn’t see the Tower, the London Eye, Buckingham Palace, the Princess Diana Playground, Piccadilly Circus, or take in a West End show and eat dim sum for lunch in Chinatown?”
― Katherine Reay, The London House