“Perdu reflected that it was a common misconception that booksellers looked after books. They look after people. —” — Nina George Books Copy Share Image
“The melancholy with which it described an inability to live each day to the full, to take every day for what it… — Nina George Every day Copy Share Image
“I don't know why we women believe that sacrificing our desires makes us more attractive to men. What on earth are we… — Nina George Desire Copy Share Image
“Life wasn’t too short: it was too long to waste unduly on non-love, non-laughter and non-decisions. And it began when you first… — Nina George Failure Copy Share Image
“Yet sometimes it still feels as if I’m sewed up in my own skin, as if I’m living in an invisible box… — Nina George Feels Copy Share Image
“Every woman is a priestess if she loves life and can work magic on herself and those who are sacred to her.… — Nina George Every woman Copy Share Image
“Most people only ask questions so they can listen to themselves talk. Or hear something they are able to cope with, but… — Nina George Ask questions Copy Share Image
“Loving is different from being loved. Giving and seeing how a person flourishes and feeds off your love: the amount of power… — Nina George Love Copy Share Image
“Official mistresses," Pascale lectured as she fed the dogs, "were the rulers of kings. They decided more questions of state with their… — Nina George Mistresses Copy Share Image
“The radiance of this beautiful scene shed a cruel light on every past horror, every insult tolerated, every unspoken retort, every gesture… — Nina George Death Copy Share Image
“That was the only tragic thing about books: they changed people. All except the truly evil, who did not become better fathers,… — Nina George Book Copy Share Image
“Every woman is a priestess if she loves life and can work magic on herself and those who are sacred to her.… — Nina George Every woman Copy Share Image
“Everything was to be experienced at the highest pitch of passion and life. To expect something greater after life was to forget… — Nina George Enjoying life Copy Share Image
“He remembered what his father had said when Simon complained about the wild, unruly sea: "Learn to love it, son. Learn to… — Nina George Parenting Copy Share Image
“Can eating heal you? With every bite of food steeped in the herbs and oils of Provence he seemed to absorb a… — Nina George Eating Copy Share Image
“...Time had seemed infinite when she still had many years and decades ahead of her. A book waiting to be written: as… — Nina George Books Copy Share Image
“Do you think death is the end of everything, Marie-Anne?” “I hope so,” whispered Marieanne. “Here on the Brittany coast we believe… — Nina George Another life Copy Share Image
“it's a misconception that book sellers look after books, they look after people.” — Nina George Book Copy Share Image
“I wanted never to need anyone again. I’m such a coward. Monsieur” — Nina George Coward Copy Share Image
“Remain silent about the dead, and they’ll never leave you in peace.” Second,” — Nina George Dead Copy Share Image
“The sea was the first thing he had found that was large enough to absorb his sorrow. After” — Nina George Absorb Copy Share Image
“He described the Literary Apothecary to her. “A longboat with a low-slung belly, a galley, two sleeping berths, a bathroom and eight… — Nina George Books Copy Share Image
“One might have to be a little ruthless to seize back control of one's life, don't you think?” — Nina George Escape Copy Share Image
“This land will be destroyed only if one generation stops thinking of the next and tries to change everything now.’ They” — Nina George Generation Copy Share Image
“Perdu wondered how it must feel to experience things so intensely and yet survive.” — Nina George Wondered Feel Copy Share Image
“And yet, life as an autonomous woman is not a song. It’s a scream, a war; it’s a daily struggle against the… — Nina George Daily struggle Copy Share Image
“It still comes a huge shock to me to discover that love doesn't need to be restricted to one person to be… — Nina George Love Copy Share Image
“Directly below the surface, we are our former selves: the former child, the former lover, the former daughter. Ida” — Nina George Children Copy Share Image
“We are loved if we love, another truth we always seem to forget. Have you noticed that most people prefer to be… — Nina George Love Copy Share Image
“It takes only one word to hurt a woman, a matter of seconds, one stupid, impatient blow of the crop. But winning… — Nina George Hurt Copy Share Image
“To his left the blue of sky and water. The view took his breath away. The sea. How it sparkled. “Hello, sea,”… — Nina George Sky and water Copy Share Image
“As the grandmother, mother and girl said their good-byes and went on their way, Perdu reflected that it was a common misconception… — Nina George Book Copy Share Image
“Do you do this too sometimes?” the grandmother suddenly asked. “Check on old photos to see whether the faces of the deceased… — Nina George Deceased Copy Share Image
“Joaquin Perdu had said nothing for an unusually long time, then Jean heard him sniff. “Well, Jeanno…having a child is like casting… — Nina George Children Copy Share Image
“Oh no, she was never elitist. She said that far too many women are the accomplices of cruel, indifferent men. They lie… — Nina George Accomplices Copy Share Image
“We debated, and he offered praise. He always wanted to know how I came up with things. No one else has ever… — Nina George Patience Copy Share Image
“It looked as though they were breathing to some never-ending slow, deep rhythm. They breathed and watched as the world came and… — Nina George Outer space Copy Share Image
“And it began when you first took a risk, failed and realized that you’d survived the failure. With that knowledge, you could… — Nina George Failure Copy Share Image
