Caroline Bond > Quotes

“Throughout his illness she had put his needs first, subsumed her own. Her sole objective had been to make his life as good as possible. She had changed shapre aound him. Reinvented herself to become the carer that his illness demanded, rather than the lover and partner she had once been.

She had been selfless.

And yet, all that time, he'd been planning and plotting behind her back, drafting this elaborate ending to their story.

Damn him.

Damn him.

Damn him!”
― Caroline Bond, The Legacy

“yet another in-depth conversation, another microanalysis”
― Caroline Bond, The Second Child

“What I've learnt, having lived with, and lost, Jonathan, is that any relationship worth hanging on to is a partnership. It's two individuals with separate identities, likes, dislikes, views, emotions, opinions, who forge a bond that ties them together, for better and for worse. It's a couple. Two people. Not one. You don't meld into each other, like the books and films would have us believe. That's romantic crap. Love is a choice, an active decision you have to make every single day - every moment of every day. When someone falls ill and their illness becomes terminal, that choice becomes a promise.”
― Caroline Bond, The Legacy

“Liv, you're pregnant... now. you have your career and the huge responsibilities that come with that job... now.' She paused. 'But "now" is not for ever. What I'm saying is: you have choices. You could keep working as you are and have another baby later on, or not, if you decide not to. Or you could take some maternity leave and have this baby now, then find a different job, or even go back to the same job later on. It's a question of timing - and working out what's right for you.' The trawler disappeared over the horizon. 'I think that might be the part of the problem. You deciding what you want.”
― Caroline Bond, The Legacy