Lucinda Riley Quotes & Sayings

It's amazing how beauty can mask so many flaws — Lucinda Riley

And that the love of a parent for a child is the most powerful force on earth. — Lucinda Riley

Between a man and a woman, and yes, there is plenty of that. — Lucinda Riley

I felt the protective dam I'd built around my heart began to crumble. I turned my eyes back to him and felt the love finally start to trickle out through the fissures. And hoped that one day it would become a torrent. — Lucinda Riley

People have asked me why I seem to have no fear. It's apparently that which stops so many people from doing what they need to make their life happier. Well, I don't really have the answer, but maybe if one isn't afraid of ghosts or, if fact, death itself, which is the worst thing that can happen to a human being, there isn't much else left to be frightened of. — Lucinda Riley

Someone was playing the piano and, as she concentrated, Olivia realised she recognised Chopin's 'Grande Polonaise'. She stood up and left the library, following the direction of the music, letting her auditory senses lead her eventually to the doorway of the drawing room. She stood where she was, listening to the exquisite rendition of one of her favourite pieces, closing her eyes as the sound emanated from the piano at the other end of the room. ( ... ) Olivia gasped in astonishment when she saw it was Harry. — Lucinda Riley

She pulled off Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse and settled down in a comfortable leather chair by the fire to read. — Lucinda Riley

Once you have made a decision and there is no turning back, acceptance is the only comfort. — Lucinda Riley

Remember,even if we can't see them, those we love are always with us. — Lucinda Riley

Surely such a pure, perfect sound could not be coming from the skinny little girl in the dreadful pink dress? But as he watched Rosanna, he no longer saw her sallow skin, or the way she seemed to be all arms and legs. Instead, he saw her huge, expressive brown eyes and noticed a hint of colour appear in her cheeks as her exquisite voice soared to a crescendo. — Lucinda Riley

It seems impossible to believe that a girl not yet in her teens could fall in love, but I remember so vividly the moment I first laid eyes on him... — Lucinda Riley

I knew that, although my life had been shaped by events out of my control, it was I who had chosen to react to them in the way I had — Lucinda Riley

Nature nourishes the soul — Lucinda Riley

Everything has its natural balance, and how would you know you were happy it you weren't sad sometimes? Or feel healthy if you were never ill? — Lucinda Riley

Emilie gazed across the terrace and the formal gardens to the undulating vineyards that surrounded — Lucinda Riley

I believe that our lives, just like fairy tales - the stories that have been written by us humans, through our own experiences of living - will always have a Hero and a Heroine, a Fairy Godmother and a Wicked Witch. — Lucinda Riley

When I loose my faith in Human nature, I put my faith in Nature- — Lucinda Riley

So much depends on our expectations of what our life should be. The less you expect, the more content you are. — Lucinda Riley

Because -' she looked up at Bill and gave him a smile that lit up her face, granting him a sudden flash of her true beauty - 'love never die, Mister Bill. It never die. — Lucinda Riley

for every one bad apple, there are thousands more whose hearts are full of kindness. — Lucinda Riley

Humans rarely look back to the past, until they have made the same mistake! — Lucinda Riley

My father always said that to push a rock an inch in a lifetime was the same as throwing a hundred pebbles into the sea every day. Big change comes slowly, but it will come — Lucinda Riley

Nothing sings as sweetly as love, or burns quite like betrayal. — Lucinda Riley

Julia played for them: for her husband and her beloved son. And tried to believe somewhere in her heart that, wherever they were, they could hear her. — Lucinda Riley

Everyone else out there in the world knew who they were, they carried their histories inside them everywhere they went; whereas she was just an empty husk of nothing masquerading as a human being. — Lucinda Riley

Money and success can never make you happy if your heart is closed. — Lucinda Riley

Each of us thinks that our own mistake is the worst, because we have made it. We all live with guilt for our actions, Maia. Especially if we have chosen to keep them inside us for as long as you have. I'm sitting here feeling only sadness for you, not disapproval. And I really think that anyone else who heard your story would feel the same. It's only you who blames yourself. — Lucinda Riley

I wish that you will find love. It is the only thing in life that makes the pain of being alive bearable. — Lucinda Riley

And what's wrong with dimming the harsh reality of life a little, anyway? In essence, being alive is a bloody long and hard walk to death. Why not make it as pleasant along the way as you can? — Lucinda Riley

Physical comfort
materialism, if you like
is the enemy of any serious spirituality, I think. When we're warm and well fed, our souls can be empty and we still make it through the day. And as I've discovered recently, it is the greatest poverty of all. — Lucinda Riley

Every human being has a fascinating existence, with a big cast of good and evil characters in each. And almost always, somewhere along the way, magic. — Lucinda Riley

Spirits ... Ghosts ... Angels ... whichever yo wish to call them - Reader, they do exist. I've seem them all my life, but I've learned to say nothing. And for all you cynics out there, just remember, there is no proof either way. So I choose to believe. In my opinion, it's much the best option. — Lucinda Riley

The young are irritated by stories of the past; they wish to live only in the present, just as I did when I was their age. I — Lucinda Riley

I will always remember exactly where I was and what I was doing when I heard that my father had died... — Lucinda Riley

Much of the irritation people feel at personal observations was usually because there was a grain of truth in them. — Lucinda Riley

Feelings I had for him had emerged suddenly, like the tight bud of a rose that blossoms magically overnight into a glorious colour. — Lucinda Riley

Love knows not distance; It hath no continent; Its eyes are for the stars. — Lucinda Riley

As you well know, people choose to became a victim or a hero. — Lucinda Riley

Never let fear decide your destiny. — Lucinda Riley

I am at the stage of my life everyone dreads - that of filling my days with the past, because there is little future left. — Lucinda Riley

It's a bit like running a marathon, isn't it? It's only when you reach the finish line that you have time to collapse. — Lucinda Riley

We all make decisions as though we will live forever. — Lucinda Riley

There should always be a balance in life, and you must try to find that in yours. Then you might find the happiness you seek. — Lucinda Riley

I wonder now why humans hate the map of their life that appears on their own bodies, when a tree like this, or a faded painting, or a near-derelict uninhabited building is lauded for its antiquity. — Lucinda Riley

At some point, you have to make the decision between losing the person you love and your own sanity. — Lucinda Riley