Kristine

“When fortune smiles, you immediately start to worry about how it will end. Why not enjoy the moment?”
― Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

“It’s absolutely necessary to build healthy boundaries with people who’ve hurt and abused you in life, but boundaries are only one part of it. You can build walls to keep out everyone who’s ever hurt you, but you’ll still be dying alone inside your own castle if you’re not doing the work, your work, to get healed.”
― Zachary Levi, Radical Love: Learning to Accept Yourself and Others

“It sounds so much better in French.” “Most things do.”
― Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel

“Bookshops made her anxious. Each volume was like an eager animal at the pound, striving for attention, hoping for a home. “Take me, take me,” they called out, until the chorus grew so loud she had to turn and flee.”
― Ruth Reichl, The Paris Novel