"There was only today to throw yourself into……" — Paula McLain
"There was only today to throw yourself into without thinking about tomorrow, let alone forever. To keep you from thinking, there was liquor, an ocean's worth at least, all the usual vices and plenty of rope to hang yourself with. Love is a beautiful liar."
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43 Quotes by Paula McLain
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And sometimes I think there isn’t anything to us but our mistakes.
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Nothing hurts if you don't let it.
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Though I often looked for one, I finally had to admit that there could be no cure for Paris.
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A week passes but it feels as if he's never been anywhere else. It's one of the things war does…
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But when Bumby nursed, his fist clutching the fabric of my robe, his eyes soft and bottomless and locked on…
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I also liked to look around at the houses surrounding the park and wonder about the people who filled them,…
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I'd had my share of rain. My mother's illness ... had weighed on me, but the years before had been…
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I didn't want to be a sweet boy's sweet girlfriend. I wanted to be Fawn's equal, the kind of girl…
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And that's when he finally tells me his name is Ernest. I'm thinking of giving it away, though. Ernest is…
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My life was my life; I would have to stare it down, somehow, and make it work for me.
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On December 8, 1921, when the Leopoldina set sail for Europe, we were on board. Our life together had finally…
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Why is it every other person you meet says they're an artist? A real artist doesn't need to gas on…
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