The Lending Library Quotes

“التوقف عن لوم نفسك ومعاتبتها. يمكن للأمور السيئة أن تقع أحيانًا. قد يكون خطؤك في بعض الوقت، وقد لا يكون في وقتٍ آخر، وقد لا يكون خطأ أي شخص في أحايين أخرى.”
― نورهان البدوي, The Lending Library

“it hadn’t occurred to me that I could see if the models would be willing to talk to me and that what they said could inform my portraits.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library

“Hope is one of the most priceless riches.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library

“Most of all, I told myself, you have to stop blaming yourself. Sometimes terrible things happen. Sometimes it’s your fault, and sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s no one’s fault.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library

“The smell of imagination and escape.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library

“But how much catharsis does one person need? It’s as though you’re drugging yourself with other people’s happy endings.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library

“Even if I stopped trying so hard to make everyone else happy that I forgot what I wanted, what I deserved for being the person I was, flaws and all.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library

“Life’s too short, I thought. You have to tell people you love them when you love them. You have to trust that they love you back just as much even when they make mistakes.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library

“If I only knew one thing—whether you would allow me to love you and win you and marry you after all—If I only knew that!” “But you never will know,” she murmured. “Why?” “Because you never ask.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library

“As time passed, I had to admit it: he hadn’t loved me enough. When things had gotten difficult, he hadn’t been there for me. He hadn’t cared enough to stay.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library

“Whenever I can, I do a lot of talking with the subjects before we start. I guess I just look at what’s really there instead of what I want to see or what the subject wants me to see.”
― Aliza Fogelson, The Lending Library