Aliza Fogelson > Quotes

“Hope is one of the most priceless riches.”
― 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

“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

“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

“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

“The smell of imagination and escape.”
― 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

“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

“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

“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