“Dreams are wishes that will in all probability never come true. (Sophie)” — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
But if one had everything one could ever need or want, what was left to dream of? — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“The longing for something beyond yourself, beyond anything you have ever known or dreamed of?” — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“I would not wish to deny you your dreams. But have a care. They can be dashed in one impulsive moment.” — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“But that is what life is all about, he said. "It is about dreaming and making those dreams come true with effort… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“I would be more inclined to tell my children the opposite,” she said. “Stop being fruitlessly busy and dream. Use your imagination.… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“She wanted so badly to believe him. She sat on the edge of her bed and closed her eyes. And she realized… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
Stop being so fruitlessly busy and dream. Use your imagination. Reach out into the unknown and dream of how you can enlarge… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“Ah, but dreams cannot be captured with promises," he said. "Like water, they elude our grasp. But water is the staff of… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“But it is only people who have plenty of money who can despise it. To the rest of us it is important.… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“Youthful dreams are precious things. They ought not to be dashed as foolish and unrealistic just because they are young dreams. Innocence… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
Did she ever feel nostalgia for any of her girlhood dreams? But life was made up of a succession of dreams, some… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“... having a dream and being on the journey to fulfilling it sometimes brings more happiness than actually achieving it. We have… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“Why is it," she asked, snuggling closer, "that I so often imagine myself running away and running free?” — Mary Balogh Copy Share
“Ah, but dreams cannot be captured with promises," he said. "Like water, they elude our grasp. But water is the staff of life. I… — Mary Balogh Copy Share
“What sort of man could you love for a lifetime?" he asked her. She was silent for a while. He guessed that she was… — Mary Balogh Copy Share
“Sometimes children do not realize by how fragile a thread their security hangs. Perhaps it is as well they do not - most of… — Mary Balogh Copy Share
“Sometimes love was to be grasped in any form and in any manner it was offered. And sometimes love must be given in the… — Mary Balogh Copy Share
“When we last out at ourselves for having lost control, we are reminded that we never can be in total control, that all life… — Mary Balogh Copy Share
“This is your home,’ he said. ‘You are mistress of Finchley Park, Vanessa. You may do whatever you wish.’ Her smile broadened. ‘Within reason,’… — Mary Balogh Copy Share
“She bit her lower lip hard and blinked her eyes. There was such wistfulness and longing in his voice. Oh, she was going to… — Mary Balogh Copy Share
“But that is what life is all about, he said. "It is about dreaming and making those dreams come true with effort and determination… — Mary Balogh Copy Share
“One could not change the past anyway. Why let it blight the present and the future?” — Mary Balogh Copy Share
I prefer to believe the opposite - that there is always an indestructible beauty at the heart of darkness. — Mary Balogh Copy Share
