70 Quotes by Kristin Harmel

...we are only responsible for the things we do—or fail to do—ourselves.

Ah. I should have known. You’re one of us. … You’re someone who finds herself in the pages,”…

There’s something almost miraculous about seeing a child’s eyes light up when you hand him a book that intrigues him. I’ve always thought that it’s those children—the ones who realize that books are magic—who will have the brightest lives.

Eva refused to believe that a person who had made a life from books could have evil in her heart.

Later that night, after Mamusia had gone to sleep, Tatus found Eva in the small library off the parlor, shelves piled high with all the books the two of them treasured so much. He had taught her to love reading, one of the greatest gifts a parent could give a child, and in doing so, he had opened the world to her.

I'm in a place foreign to me, but there's something about Paris that feels very familiar. I wonder for the first time if a sense of place can be passed down through the blood.

Yes. There is one God, and he lives in the sky, and he hears all of us. It is just that here on earth, we are confused about how to believe in him. But what does it matter, as long as we trust he is there?

I know it’s sometimes hard to believe the best. Isn’t it better than believing the worst, though?

The thing is, not every happily ever after needs to end with a Prince Charming