Laura Wood > Quotes

“(If you live in a sleepy little village, I have found that you have to be adept at creating your own drama, and I had a good run on the unrequited love scenario,”
― Laura Wood, A Sky Painted Gold

“It's like the metamorphosis of the mayfly," I say thoughtfully. " They spend their whole lives in the water preparing for a single day of dancing in the sun”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star

“The idea is as paper-thin and fragile as the wings of a butterfly, and as it flutters gently awake I hardly dare to hold it still in my mind.”
― Laura Wood, Under a Dancing Star

“Because I love Theo Eliott, and right now I’m choosing him over being afraid. I am choosing a messy, beautiful, complicated life over one where I am safe but unhappy.”
― Laura Wood, Under Your Spell

“I love your spirit, your intelligence, your kindness, I love all of you. I want you as my equal, my friend, my partner. I want to help carry your burdens, and I want you to help carry mine. I can't even begin to describe what I feel for you, I love you so much,”
― Laura Wood, The Agency for Scandal

“I want to experience things that are bigger than my own life, not just read about them. I want to escape into that dream for a while.”
― Laura Wood, A Sky Painted Gold

“The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.”
― Laura Wood, The Agency for Scandal

“that,” Jack exhales.”
― Laura Wood, Let's Make a Scene: A Novel

“Biology is the study of life. It's about finding our place in the universe, unraveling the mysteries of nature. How could something so intricate and beautiful possibly be cold? I ask. Science examines what it means to be alive.”
― Laura Wood

“I am no bird; and no
net ensnares me: I am a free human being
with an independent will.”
― Laura Wood, The Agency for Scandal

“For my fellow tender-hearted introverts who are feeling sad and overwhelmed. I hope this book is the friend to you that it has been to me. I hope in these pages you find joy and escapism and a safe space to feel all your feelings. I hope you know that we like you very much, just as you are.”
― Laura Wood, Let's Make a Scene: A Novel

“Sometimes you have to take a risk, follow a fork in the road you didn’t see coming, to end up where you belong.”
― Laura Wood, Under Your Spell

“Mrs Finch looked affronted. “Marigold Bloom,” she replied. “I may be a brilliant, singular mind managing a secret organization of exceptional women as we fight against the tyranny of an oppressively patriarchal society, but there is always time for fashion.”
― Laura Wood, A Season for Scandal

“Pockets! What a delight.”
― Laura Wood

“a body, until the whole of Miss Baxter”
― Laura Wood, Poppy Pym and the Pharaoh's Curse

“Le soleil s’est couché, mais son souvenir teinte le ciel d’un bleu marine profond qui n’a pas encore laissé la place au velours noir parsemé d’étoiles.”
― Laura Wood

“Women don’t need to be humble.” Serena’s smile is sharp. “It only furthers the agenda of the patriarchy.”
― Laura Wood, Under Your Spell

“I don’t really like anyone. But I love you. Will you marry me?”
― Laura Wood, A Season for Scandal

“Louise Rose Trevelyan." My voice is little more than a growl. "And I sincerely hope you're not expecting me to curtsey.”
― Laura Wood, A Sky Painted Gold

“The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.” —CHARLOTTE BRONTË”
― Laura Wood, The Agency for Scandal

“I want to see that other world, a world that speaks to the restless need in me, chafing against the limits of my own life. And once I've seen it, perhaps my curiosity - the curiosity that's been burning me up all week - will be satisfied.”
― Laura Wood

“Don't confuse drama with living.”
― Laura Wood

“at some point you have to let go of trying to control what other people think of you if it means you’re standing in the way of your own happiness.”
― Laura Wood, Under Your Spell

“Much better to concentrate on fixing things than to dwell on them being broken in the first place.”
― Laura Wood, The Agency for Scandal

“Try and Take you anywhere and suddenly it's a swarm of flying locusts.”
― Laura Wood

“I don't really like anyone. But I love you. Will you marry me?”
― Laura Wood, A Season for Scandal