Santa Montefiore > Quotes

“I agree. Each book is like a little world. You can carry it in your hand, and, yet, the space it creates in your mind is infinite.”
― Santa Montefiore

“You bite the bullet and get on with it. One can't expect to be happy all the time ... You expect to be happy, as if it's a right. It's not a right. It's a bonus. The cherry on the cake.”
― Santa Montefiore, The French Gardener

“Loving isn't about selecting only the good parts. It's about taking the whole and loving the lot.”
― Santa Montefiore, Last Voyage of the Valentina

“Your life isn’t something you can leave behind or run away from, because you are it. People, on the other hand, are another matter altogether.”
― Santa Montefiore, Secrets of the Lighthouse

“We’re not human beings having a spiritual experience, but spirits having a human experience.”
― Santa Montefiore, The Girl in the Castle

“because in spite of the most terrible suffering, the heart goes on loving; that is the beauty of love.”
― Santa Montefiore, The Beekeeper's Daughter

“May the road rise to meet you, May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of his hand. May God be with you and bless you; May you see your children’s children. May you be poor in misfortune, Rich in blessings, May you know nothing but happiness From this day forward. May the road rise to meet you May the wind be always at your back May the warm rays of sun fall upon your home And may the hand of a friend always be near. May green be the grass you walk on, May blue be the skies above you, May pure be the joys that surround you, May true be the hearts that love you.”
― Santa Montefiore, Secrets of the Lighthouse

“She was an original ... She was an eccentric. She'd come alive like a fire, telling funny stories and entertaining everyone, then she'd suddenly run out of fuel, make her excuses and leave. You always knew when she'd had enough. Those that didn't would find themselves talk to the walls.”
― Santa Montefiore, The French Gardener

“I like things to be clearly defined. Trouble brews when the lines are blurred. When people don't know where they stand.”
― Santa Montefiore, The French Gardener

“Maar het hart kan nooit vergeten en wonden kunnen nooit echt helemaal genezen.”
― Santa Montefiore

“I expect you to get up in the morning, the rest is a surprise!”
― Santa Montefiore, The French Gardener

“There was nothing like losing something to make one value its worth.”
― Santa Montefiore, The Daughters of Ireland

“Money solves nothing but it eases everything.”
― Santa Montefiore, De vrouwen van kasteel Deverill

“Celeste had haar verdriet nog geen plaats weten te geven. Het had haar overweldigd, haar overspoeld als een gruwelijke vloedgolf van pijn en verdriet waardoor een onneembare barrière was ontstaan, een slotgracht die haar insloot en die voor niemand te overbruggen was.”
― Santa Montefiore, Een handvol geluk: Alle verhalen van Santa Montefiore

“It's only after people die that we realise how much we love them. We must wait until then to show him how much he means to us all.”
― Santa Montefiore, The Forget-Me-Not Sonata

“smiled”
― Santa Montefiore, The Affair

“She was one of those shallow people who rewrote their own history and believed in the absolute truth of their own version.”
― Santa Montefiore, Daughters of Castle Deverill

“Because beautiful things always make us sad,' she replied, closing her eyes and nestling her head against his.
'Why?'
'Because we can't hold onto them forever.'
'No, because they're transient, like a rainbow or a sunset. Nothing beautiful lasts. Or perhaps because they remind us of where we came from and our spirits long to return”
― Santa Montefiore, The Forget-Me-Not Sonata

“Je moet niet verdrietig worden van het verleden. Of moedeloos van de toekomst. Je moet je concentreren op het heden. Als dat goed zit, komt de toekomst vanzelf.”
― Santa Montefiore, De witte duif

“way and the summer sun was blazing. She wondered whether he should take off his sweater. He lined up his club, patting”
― Santa Montefiore, Daughters of Castle Deverill

“The Now is the only thing that is real, anyway,”
― Santa Montefiore, Here and Now

“Volgens mij heeft een mens twee opties.
- Namelijk?
Of je aanvaardt de dingen zoals ze zijn. En door dat te doen, door je oprecht bij een situatie neer te leggen, ben je niet langer ongelukkig.
Of je probeert de bestaande situatie te veranderen.”
― Santa Montefiore, De witte duif

“Why was she so ready to forfeit her own happiness when no one demanded it of her, only her own misplaced sense of duty?”
― Santa Montefiore

“Je leven is niet iets wat je achter je kunt laten of waar je voor weg kunt lopen.
Want je leven, dat ben je zelf.
Mensen... dat is een heel ander verhaal. Voor mensen kun je weglopen.”
― Santa Montefiore, Secrets of the Lighthouse

“Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.”
― Santa Montefiore, The Secret of the Irish Castle

“Nothing remains the same. Everything moves on in the end. Even us. Death is nothing more than another change.”
― Santa Montefiore

“[...] I'm sure love would cure him. He needs someone to love him and look after him.'
'We all need that,”
― Santa Montefiore, The Forget-Me-Not Sonata

“it is only through forgiveness that wrongs can be put right.”
― Santa Montefiore, The Secret of the Irish Castle

“I read a lot. I read everything. Novels, hundreds of novels. You learn a lot about human nature through literature.”
― Santa Montefiore, The Forget-Me-Not Sonata

“...I realize then what hell is. Not a land of fire and torture in the center of the planet, but a land of fire and torture in the center of one's soul.”
― Santa Montefiore