Friendship Quote by Sarah Addison Allen

“Lila had always been good at knowing when she wasn’t alone. People had a presence, a weight in the world.”

— V.E. Schwab

“... in the garden where the lilacs were so tall it was impossible to see the road. The leaves were dusty, the way they…

— Alice Hoffman

“When, on a summer evening, the melodious sky growls like a tawny lion, and everyone is complaining of the storm, it is the memory…

— Marcel Proust

“Nothing is what you imagine. Her mind hovered above this simple and alarming thought. The variables were too great, the particularities too distinct, life…

— Elizabeth Strout

“The night before, I'd gone overboard with my Lila poems, and maybe it's true that I was hoping that in them he'd see the…

— Beth Kephart

“The wind shook some blossoms from the trees, and the heavy lilac-blooms, with their clustering stars, moved to and fro in the languid air.”

— Oscar Wilde

“And we have the night ahead of us to stroll in lilac-scented gardens. Everything there is here. It is all ours. You are mine,…

— Mahmoud Darwish

“And this evening when I close my eyes against the darkness and think about her, I'll imagine iridescent wings fluttering, if only for a…

— Nancy Stephan

“Lila sensed the cessation of motion more than she actually felt it. Being in the shuttle did something to her equilibrium — something about…

— Sean Platt

“A bird hopped onto the foaming lilac outside. Its throat quivered; notes rose and fell out. As long as it kept singing and I…

— David Mitchell

“He danced the way he made love, with passion and tenderness and spirit, communicating with hands and eyes the most subtle messages, tenderly making…

— Ruth Wind

“Hastra paled, and Kell swept Lila up into his arms, amazed at her lightness. She took up so much space in the world—in his…

— V.E. Schwab