Veronica Henry > Quotes

“There's a book for everyone, even if they don't think there is. A book that reaches in and grabs your soul.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“So that was why people read. Because books explained things: how you thought, and how you behaved, and made you realise you were not alone in doing what you did or feeling what you felt.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“Books are more precious than jewels. She truly believed this. What did a diamond bring you? A momentary flash of brilliance. A diamond scintillated for second; a book could scintillate forever.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“I have lots of favorites. That's the trouble with books. You can never choose your favorite. It changes depending on your mood.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“I don't know anyone who can't learn something from The Little Prince.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“After all, a town without a bookshop was a town without a heart.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“It was the sort of bookshop that stole time...”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“You have to have cake while you’re reading. It’s the law.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“She knew now that everyone had heartbreak in their life at some point. What had happened didn't make her special or unusual. It was part of being human. A broken heart was, after all, the source material of myriad books. Some of those books had become her comfort, and had made her realize she was not alone.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“Because happy people don’t try to make other people feel bad.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“The whole point of life was you couldn't ever be sure what would happen next. Sometimes what happened was good, sometimes not, but there were always surprises.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“Emilia held Sarah's hands and looked at her. She could see now the depth of sadness in Sarah's eyes. And she could feel the warmth and kindness that Julius must have been drawn to. And she was grateful to Sarah, for her compassion and honesty. It must have been a painful confession. She felt honored to be trusted with the secret. She supposed when she had time to think about it, she might be shocked, but she wasn't going to judge. She found it a comfort, that Julius had this woman's devotion. And she knew, from all the books she had ever read, that life was complicated, that love sprang from nowhere sometimes, and that forbidden love wasn't always something to be ashamed of.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“There’s a book for everyone, even if they don’t think there is. A book that reaches in and grabs your soul.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“So often there was sadness and grief lying underneath perfection.”
― Veronica Henry, The Forever House

“If this bloody disease has taught me anything, it's to spend more time with people you like.”
― Veronica Henry, The Forever House

“That was the great thing about being on your own: you fell into conversation in a way you didn’t when you were with someone. It opened your mind.”
― Veronica Henry, Thirty Days in Paris

“mice in the drawer to hand”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“he was more than a little daunted by her brain power. He thought she could probably take over the world. Yet”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Book Shop

“There would be less passion, certainly, but how much easier to manage your life, your career, your family with someone whom you loved and respected, but who didn't haunt your every waking hour.”
― Veronica Henry, The Long Weekend

“It was an unusual situation, thought Emilia, but then—what was usual? The whole point of life was you couldn’t ever be sure what would happen next. Sometimes what happened was good, sometimes not, but there were always surprises.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“family business. Nightingale Books is a dream come true for book-lovers, but the best stories aren’t just”
― Veronica Henry, The Apple Orchard

“Rien’.”
― Veronica Henry, Thirty Days in Paris

“look”
― Veronica Henry, The Beach Hut

“a town without a bookshop was a town without a heart.”
― Veronica Henry, How to Find Love in a Bookshop

“There’s a book for everyone, even if they don’t think there is. A book that reaches in and grabs your soul.”

from How to Find Love in a Bookshop”
― Veronica Henry

“Sometimes you have to go with your heart”
― Veronica Henry, A Family Recipe

“Claire loved early evening in the hotel the best. Between five and six, when the sun slanted in through the windows, it had a sort of sleepiness combined with a sense of expectation. As the kitchen launched into preparation and the barman filled his ice bucket and laid out bowls of olives, guests retired to their rooms, relaxing on their beds for a quick power nap, or watching the news, or putting on make-up over sun-kissed skin, or making lazy holiday love.”
― Veronica Henry, The Long Weekend

“anyone she’d ever known.”
― Veronica Henry, High Tide

“She reflected that there was nothing more satisfying as a mother than to see your children settle with someone who felt right.”
― Veronica Henry, The Forever House

“Happiness was a hungry beast, requiring constant feeding, while contentment was placid, undemanding”
― Veronica Henry, The Impulse Purchase