12 Quotes by Laura Florand

You can't ever really have enough worth that when you're gone, the spot you left won't close over.

She was all-out, delighted enthusiasm, like a stupid, bubbling stream, and the guy would just cup that in his hands for the hell of it, splash his face with it, and drop the leftovers back into the river.

If you were only crumbs on a plate, I would pick every last one up with my finger

A man's strength was supposed to be against the outside world: to fight it back from himself and those he took under his protection: his wife, his children, and for a man strong enough, more people still, people like his employees. To turn it inward, against the very people you had been given that strength to protect, because you couldn't deal with the outward fight, was the ultimate weakness.

My feelings are my own responsibility. I don’t see what trust has to do with it. I can’t go around handing them off to other people.

With aggressive come-ons, at least you knew where you stood. Holding hands, you got – hopeful.

Never choose half of anything just to be safe when you have a chance to have something whole and perfect.

Kids aren’t bonsai. Maybe instead of trying to make them beautiful to the rest of the world, you should just love them and let them grow.

Sylvain flung out his hands. “You think my father never screwed up with me? You think I never screwed up with him? You don’t get only one chance, for God’s sake. You get five million chances, second after second every day. You don’t have to get every single one of them perfect. Merde. It’s not chocolate.