Lily of the Valley Quotes

“Only the unimaginative ever die of boredom.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“There is never time for things we don’t make time for.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“it is good and necessary to let our hearts be sad sometimes. Having been sad, we can appreciate even more those times when we are happy. Feeling one thing rather than another does not make us good people or bad people. It simply means we are real people.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Sometimes I sit on my own because I’m sad. But sometimes I just like that it’s quiet and I can take some time to think.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Society could be vicious in the way it treated people who didn’t fit the preferred mold.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“He took her hand properly in his and moved enough to look directly at her. “I will make you an offer here and now. With me, you need never choose silence when you are struggling to feel sunny. Please, share your frustrations or your disappointments. You need not carry those burdens alone.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“It was a fine thing, bringing joy to someone simply by arriving.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“He guarded his more personal thoughts and concerns, but she had given him reason to believe he didn’t have to with her.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Finding purpose in the midst of grief can be healing.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Being sunny was often tiring. Being silent was sometimes worse.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Was it possible for a person to be equally in need of company and isolation?”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“She was meant to be the sunshine in every cloud, the unceasing ray of hope and cheer, but sometimes, she needed someone else to bear a burden, to reach out to her with an offering of encouragement.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“He was uncomfortable in company, preferred quiet and solitude. He was also generous and compassionate.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“His smile came quickly in that moment. He was not an unhappy person, but shows of pleasure that arose without warning, without effort, without any embarrassment were a bit of a rare thing for him.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“They were themselves a ray of hopeful sunshine.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Georgie wandered from bookcase to bookcase, her eyes wide with excitement. She didn’t even bother taking any volumes down or examining them more closely. She took delight in the simple pleasure of being surrounded by books.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Everything about him was quiet but not in a shy way. He seemed to be a person who thought a great deal, pondered, wondered, listened.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Life may not always go the way we expect it to, but there is always reason to be happy. We can and should always try to have hope.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“But I don’t wish to travel,” Kester said.
“More than anything, I want to be left in a quiet corner alone with my books.” He emphasized the word alone.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“If one never speaks of one’s troubles, then one is left to bear them alone. That is an awful burden to require of anyone.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“She watched him with a hint of sadness. What was it about people who were perpetually happy that tugged at the heart when they grew sorrowful?”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“When a person never expressed worries or struggles, one never received reassurances. Sometimes being sunny was quite a lonely role to fill.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Kes sat in his library, filling his lungs with air that smelled of old books and his ears with the blessed sound of silence. There was, at last, space enough to think and breathe.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“I have every intention of raising his spirits long before he depresses mine.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“I will confess, he might give the impression of being annoyed, but he won’t actually be. He keeps very much to himself and sometimes struggles with the social niceties when he reaches the end of his endurance for interactions.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Our ray of sunshine, as always.”

“Would you rather I be a thundercloud?” she asked the question teasingly, but part of her did long to be thunderous at times or openly sad or disappointed or sometimes even a little pessimistic. Keeping so many thoughts and worries and feelings to oneself was tiring. And lonely.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“A bit of sunshine.
Violet’s family had long called Violet that. She had a knack for cheerfulness and encouragement even when those things didn’t come easily.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley

“Violet hoped their neighbor proved generous and personable and friendly. And she wouldn’t complain if he also proved handsome. She had no designs on the gentleman—she’d never met him—but a handsome face was not a terrible thing in a neighbor.”
― Sarah M. Eden, Lily of the Valley