Hello. I am Deepak Kundu, an avid book reader and quotes collector. Here is a list of 21 quotes that I liked and saved while reading The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller. I hope you enjoy reading them.
The Paper Palace Quotes
There are two things in life you never regret—a baby and a swim.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
My husband is a handsome man. Not beautiful, but handsome in an old-fashioned movie star way. Tall. Elegant. British. A respected journalist. The kind of man who looks sexy in a suit. An Atticus. Patient, but formidable when angered. He can keep a secret. He rarely misses a beat.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
There’s nothing better than bacon and eggs for a hangover. Actually, there’s nothing better than bacon. Food of the gods.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
Love is blind, thank god. Or at least my wife is. That’s the secret to my happiness.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
We are not a family of cowards. You have to face your fears head on. Otherwise you’ve lost the battle before it’s begun.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
Nice is the enemy of interesting.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
All teenagers are a nightmare. And girls are worse.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
I love the way trees grow up and down at the same time. I wish we could do that.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
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.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
Brits always insist on acting as if weather doesn’t exist. It starts pouring rain and they just turn their collars up.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
Knowledge can be power, but it can also be poison.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
Manhattan and beach are two of the greatest things on earth. But put them together and all you have is mediocrity.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
Fat thighs are like a phantom limb. Years after you lose them, you can still feel them rubbing together.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
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.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
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.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
I just don’t believe in psychiatry. As far as I can tell, the only thing it’s good for is making children blame their parents for everything that’s ever gone wrong in their lives.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
I have two choices. One I can’t have. One I don’t deserve to have.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
Does letting go mean losing everything you have, or does it mean gaining everything you never had?
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
Men fall asleep immediately after orgasm. Women wake up. It’s curious, that off-rhythm. Perhaps, after the exhaustion of trying to impregnate us, they need their rest.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller
There are some swims you do regret. The problem is, you never know until you take them.
from The Paper Palace book by Miranda Cowley Heller