Miranda Cowley Heller Quotes

“I love the way library books smell: more important than regular books, a grand olden-days smell, like the steps of a marble palace, or a senator.”

“I love the way trees grow up and down at the same time. I wish we could do that.”

“There are two things in life you never regret—a baby and a swim.”

“And I thought: now there is no turning back. No more regrets for what I haven’t done. I love him, I hate myself; I love myself, I hate him. This is the end of a long story.”

“We drag our past behind us like a weight, still shackled, but far enough back that we never have to see, never have to openly acknowledge who we once were.”

“There is no such thing as unforgiveable between people who love each other.”

“Nice is the enemy of interesting.”

“Every single time I see the ocean, even if I’ve been there in the morning, it feels like a new miracle—its power, its blueness always just as overwhelming. Like falling in love.”