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Menna Van Praag quotes: There's as much chance of me leaving this kitchen," Stella says, "as you putting down a book.

There's as much chance of me leaving this kitchen," Stella says, "as you putting down a book.

Menna Van Praag quotes: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.' " "William Morris.

Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.' " "William Morris.

Menna Van Praag quotes: And, like most people, you're too scared, stubborn or stupid to give yourself what you need until you're shaken awake by something.

And, like most people, you're too scared, stubborn or stupid to give yourself what you need until you're shaken awake by something.

Menna Van Praag quotes: She is no longer a woman of moderation. She is illuminated. She is fire and ice. She is passion, excitement and joy.

She is no longer a woman of moderation. She is illuminated. She is fire and ice. She is passion, excitement and joy.

Menna Van Praag quotes: It's a great shame, she thinks, that the heart cannot feel joy without also feeling pain, that it cannot know love without also knowing loss.

It's a great shame, she thinks, that the heart cannot feel joy without also feeling pain, that it cannot know love without also knowing loss.

Menna Van Praag quotes: I'm as wrong about life as anyone, but I'm rarely wrong about art, she said.

I'm as wrong about life as anyone, but I'm rarely wrong about art, she said.

Menna Van Praag quotes: Sometimes acts of faith are called for in life.

Sometimes acts of faith are called for in life.

Menna Van Praag quotes: Noa Sparrow has never been much liked by people and she doesn't much care. That isn't strictly true, of course.

Noa Sparrow has never been much liked by people and she doesn't much care. That isn't strictly true, of course.

Menna Van Praag quotes: You know, some people don't see the things right under their noses. They mistake the everyday for what's ordinary and unimportant.

You know, some people don't see the things right under their noses. They mistake the everyday for what's ordinary and unimportant.

Menna Van Praag quotes: When you follow your heart you allow miraculous possibilities to unfold.

When you follow your heart you allow miraculous possibilities to unfold.

Menna Van Praag quotes: I long fora little life,an everyday life,a splash of sunlightthrough a windowa smile from a stranger -a heart to hold in mine.

I long for
a little life,
an everyday life,
a splash of sunlight
through a window
a smile from a stranger -
a heart to hold in mine.

Menna Van Praag quotes: Solving mysteries is as much about having an open mind as keeping your eyes open. Isn't it the same in science?

Solving mysteries is as much about having an open mind as keeping your eyes open. Isn't it the same in science?

Menna Van Praag quotes: Now you're discovering the great secret of great writing: one line of true feeling is worth a thousand pages of clever thinking.

Now you're discovering the great secret of great writing: one line of true feeling is worth a thousand pages of clever thinking.

Menna Van Praag quotes: It takes great courage and determination, to keep looking for light in all the darkness of life.

It takes great courage and determination, to keep looking for light in all the darkness of life.

Menna Van Praag quotes: She still hasn't cried because to stay in shock feels safer, it keeps a distance between her and the thing she's trying to pretend hasn't happened.

She still hasn't cried because to stay in shock feels safer, it keeps a distance between her and the thing she's trying to pretend hasn't happened.

Menna Van Praag quotes: If you wait until you're ready, you'll be dead," Stella says. "And, as a life strategy, I don't really recommend it.

If you wait until you're ready, you'll be dead," Stella says. "And, as a life strategy, I don't really recommend it.

Menna Van Praag quotes: You're one of life's magicians. You simply haven't realized it yet.

You're one of life's magicians. You simply haven't realized it yet.

Menna Van Praag quotes: False love is just wanting someone else, but true love is wanting someone else to be happy.

False love is just wanting someone else, but true love is wanting someone else to be happy.

Menna Van Praag quotes: The only way to stop hurting other people is to stop hurting yourself.

The only way to stop hurting other people is to stop hurting yourself.

Menna Van Praag quotes: I can't trust anyone who won't take real cream, or real sugar.

I can't trust anyone who won't take real cream, or real sugar.

Menna Van Praag quotes: When is cake ever for hunger? It's for flavor and, in this case, comfort.

When is cake ever for hunger? It's for flavor and, in this case, comfort.

Menna Van Praag quotes: A vast skylight is cut into the ceiling, so she can fall asleep studying the stars. She doesn't know their real names, preferring mysteries to facts,

A vast skylight is cut into the ceiling, so she can fall asleep studying the stars. She doesn't know their real names, preferring mysteries to facts,

Menna Van Praag quotes: Too much analysis kills a thing. Art is created from passion and inspires passion. And passion is beyond reason. Don't you think?

Too much analysis kills a thing. Art is created from passion and inspires passion. And passion is beyond reason. Don't you think?

Menna Van Praag quotes: I know that a heart can hold on for a lifetime, hoping for the impossible, loving, wanting what it will never have.

I know that a heart can hold on for a lifetime, hoping for the impossible, loving, wanting what it will never have.

Menna Van Praag quotes: Etta grins, compliments swallowed when she sees they're clearly not required.

Etta grins, compliments swallowed when she sees they're clearly not required.

Menna Van Praag quotes: But do you really want to spend your life like this, as if you're locked in a library?" "Of course." Alba grins. "I can't think of anything better.

But do you really want to spend your life like this, as if you're locked in a library?" "Of course." Alba grins. "I can't think of anything better.

Menna Van Praag quotes: Do you know where he went?

Do you know where he went?

Menna Van Praag quotes: Do you ever want to run away?" "Sometimes." Milly laughed. "But I also know that not everything I want every moment will actually make me happy.

Do you ever want to run away?" "Sometimes." Milly laughed. "But I also know that not everything I want every moment will actually make me happy.

Menna Van Praag quotes: I used to wonder why it would hold on," Sebastian says at last, "why it would cause such suffering.

I used to wonder why it would hold on," Sebastian says at last, "why it would cause such suffering.

Menna Van Praag quotes: Great love only comes once in a lifetime, if you're lucky.

Great love only comes once in a lifetime, if you're lucky.