Lela Quotes

I bike around New York City as a way of getting everywhere I need to go. ~ Lela Rose

I am thrilled to be working with Lane Bryant on this collaboration. Designing apparel women can feel confident and beautiful in has been a long-standing pillar of the Lela Rose brand, and we are looking forward to bringing our designs to Lane Bryant's inspiring base of customers. ~ Lela Rose

People who are never satisfied destroy everything around them. ~ Leïla Slimani

I get a lot of letters from prisoners. They say things you can't imagine. ~ Lela Rochon

She drinks and the discomfort of living, the shyness of breathing, all this anguish dissolves in the liquid sips. ~ Leïla Slimani

Don't confuse what you want and what you need. ~ Sarah Fine

I was a tomboy growing up, and an athlete. ~ Lela Rochon

My mother always taught me to wear clothes for myself and not to follow trends as trends will end! ~ Lela Rose

My father has fair skin, and my mother is dark, and I'm kind of cafe au lait. ~ Lela Rochon

Malachi sighed as he gazed at me. Even from that distance, the heat of his expression blew several circuits in my mind. "Because of the way she looked at me. She should have looked at me with fear. I did some pretty scary things. Most people would agree I am a scary person."

I stared at him, amazed as he echoed my own words so flawlessly.

"But that's not how she looked at me. She looked at me as if she saw something else inside me - something wonderful, something worth knowing - and she was the only person who could make it come out. She taught me things. She gave me things. Amazing things. A vision of myself - different from what I had been, better, but still me. I don't think she really recognized how she was bringing me to life. It came so naturally to her."

"I don't know if I did the same for her," he said quietly. "Since we're here right now, my guess would be that I didn't. But it doesn't matter. It doesn't change how I feel. I love her, and I would do anything for her. ~ Sarah Fine

The thing is, if you're going to take the artistic path, you sort of have to make peace with the idea or the possibility that you may never make any money or get any acknowledgment or accolades for what you're doing. ~ Lela Loren

Designing bridal is perfect for me, because black is my least favorite color, if you could call it a color. ~ Lela Rose

Love is still something I'm learning about. ~ Lela Loren

I'm glad that I ran track in high school. I think it paid off. ~ Lela Rochon

For my kids, I cook everything. We have dinner every night, pretty much, just the four of us: my husband and me and our two kids. ~ Lela Rose

I traveled with my mother, Lela, and there was never enough money. I always had to roll down my silk stockings and carry a doll when we bought train tickets so I could go half-fare. If we had $3, we always figured how to tip for the trunks and still eat. ~ Ginger Rogers

The wisest advice I ever received regarding the kitchen came from my mother: 'Do the dishes while you're cooking.' ~ Lela Rose

My face and my body are my product. ~ Lela Rochon

The hands really show signs of age. ~ Lela Rose

I think the biggest lesson is the common one that gets in the way of most of us as artists - there are these messages in society that if you aren't hitting certain metrics, then you're not successful and you're not valid. ~ Lela Loren

Do the dishes while you're cooking. ~ Lela Rose

I love to ask people questions. I want to know everything about them, even things that may be seemingly socially inappropriate. ~ Lela Loren

She had been in one of those sleeps so heavy they leave you feeling sad, disorientated, your stomach full of tears. A sleep so deep, so dark, that you see yourself dying, that you wake up soaked with cold sweat, paradoxically exhausted. ~ Leïla Slimani

I have always wanted to own a homemade ice cream shop! ~ Lela Rose

If you splurge, do it on an item that's fun, because you'll feel good whenever you put it on. ~ Lela Rose

You're an incredible woman, Lela. I would battle a thousand Terrademons to reach your heart. But I cannot challenge or defeat an enemy that's already dead. I cannot fight for a heart that doesn't want to be won. ~ N.D. Jones

Despite the ever-increasing responsibilities, there are no promotions in motherhood. You'll never get an annual review followed by a fat bonus and a healthy raise. ~ Lela Davidson