The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris Quotes

“What havoc could be inflicted on the world by one man with a lust for power!”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Bookstores and libraries were her spiritual home, so quiet and calm and full of knowledge”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“A life without freedom is no life at all.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Looks like it,’ she replied. ‘Are you just trying to show me you can manage on your own? This crazy idea is bound to fail.’ Now he was blustering. ‘You’re no businesswoman, Juliette – reading a few novels on vacation doesn’t qualify you to run a bookstore. And don’t expect me to bail you out when it all goes pear-shaped.’ She sensed the fear behind his words. He didn’t want her to succeed; her role had been to admire his achievements. And she did, genuinely. Kevin was hard-working and successful; he’d been the main bread-winner for years and given her a comfortable life, which she’d no doubt taken for granted. ‘I’ve signed an agreement to make sure our joint assets will be protected,’ she said. ‘But maybe we should think about getting a divorce, so we can both move on.’ He hung up without replying. Although the lease on the shop wasn’t due to start till the beginning of June, the landlord had given permission for Juliette to visit the premises with her”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“A life without freedom is no life at all,”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“He will call his shop La Page Cachée – The Hidden Page – because he knows the magic that is to be found within the covers of a book.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“It’s important to remember the past, no matter how painful the process might be.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Jacques let the two men out, then ran through the mess that had been made of his shop and upstairs to their apartment. His mother’s room was silent. The only sound he could hear was the wheezing of his own lungs as he made his way over to the bed. Maman lay still, her eyes wide open but seeing nothing. Gently he pressed them shut, then sank to his knees and wept. He had failed his mother when she needed him most. She had died alone and he would never forgive himself for that – or the Germans, either.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Everything I am is down to you. Your spirit gives me the courage to hope and dream and fight for what’s right. One day our children will grow up in a free country, we have to believe that, and they will be able to act and think as they please. Don’t be afraid, chéri. Death is coming for all of us, sooner or later. It’s how we live that matters.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Jacques wants to share the joy of discovering an author who speaks to one’s soul, the thrill of losing oneself in a story more vivid and exciting than real life. He will call his shop La Page Cachée – The Hidden Page – because he knows the magic that is to be found within the covers of a book.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“There were people everywhere who needed help, once you opened your eyes – and found the courage not to look away.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“chéri. Death is coming for all of us, sooner or later. It’s how we live that matters.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“We have to try. A life without freedom is no life at all.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Death is coming for all of us, sooner or later. It’s how we live that matters.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Je Reviens”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“The aim is to gather everything that defines a human being, Mathilde tells him, to celebrate our differences as well as the common threads that unite us. She’s even more lovely when she’s animated, her brown eyes alight with enthusiasm and her gorgeous lips curving in a smile. Jacques agrees that such an aim is particularly important in these dangerous times, given what’s happening in Germany.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Death is coming for all of us; it’s how we live that matters.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“I’m thinking of calling it “The Forgotten Bookshop”. What do you think?’ ‘Very poetic.’ Arnaud raised his glass. ‘We should be breaking out the Champagne.’ ‘I’d like people to feel as though they’ve found a place off the beaten track that the locals know about, rather than a tourist trap,’ Juliette said. ‘I want this shop to become part of the community, with maybe a book club, and poetry readings, and writers dropping by.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Is it better to die gloriously for the sake of freedom or live under enemy occupation? I’m not sure what I would choose.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“She looked at him sadly. ‘We have to try. A life without freedom is no life at all.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“You’re a peacemaker, Jacques, and I love you for that. You want to smooth things over and you can’t bear hurting anyone’s feelings. But those days are over, don’t you see? The more you give these people, the more they’ll take, and they’ll laugh at you in the process. You have to harden your heart.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“If you can’t think what to do,’ her brother Andrew had once told her, ‘at least decide what you don’t want to do.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Jacques has everything he’s ever wanted – heaven, within his grasp – and only the tiniest seed of dread that his happiness is too extraordinary to last, that the gods who’ve been so unexpectedly smiling on him will change their minds.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Jacques wants to share the joy of discovering an author who speaks to one’s soul, the thrill of losing oneself in a story more vivid and exciting than real life.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“Don’t be afraid, chéri. Death is coming for all of us, sooner or later. It’s how we live that matters.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris

“We recognised each other straight away, didn’t we? I fell in love with you before you’d even said a word. You were my fixed point from that moment on, the centre of my world, and you always will be.”
― Daisy Wood, The Forgotten Bookshop in Paris