Freda Lightfoot > Quotes

“We all make mistakes, but it’s how we deal with the consequences that show our true worth,”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“How wise we all are in retrospect. Unfortunately it was not possible to go back and change the past: one could only move on into a new future.”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“are supposed to come from the tips, but she takes a cut of them too.”
― Freda Lightfoot, Putting on the Style

“We’d almost given up hope.’ ‘Oh, you should never”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“How wise we all are in retrospect.”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“It’s been difficult, what”
― Freda Lightfoot, Champion Street Market Series Box Set 2

“gaze now was thoughtful and filled with pity. ‘How old are you, love? If’n you don’t mind me asking. I’d like to help you look after them babbies but, as you can see, me hands is a bit full already. And once I’ve weaned this little ‘un, I’ll have to get back to work meself. Old Maggie upstairs’ll watch childer fer me in return for a few handouts.’ ‘Oh, that’s all right. I can manage, thank you. I’m nearly sixteen,’ Ruby lied. Mare’s eyebrows lifted slightly in disbelief, then she gave a gentle sigh. ‘Well, you’re welcome to stop on till you find yer feet, but even if you finds a proper job like, getting paid a living wage that’ll keep a family is well-nigh impossible. Make you old before yer time bosses do, allus clipping a bit off here, cutting a penny off there. Just when you think you’re sorted you find you can’t afford to pay the rent and eat. Not both at the same time anyroad.’ ‘We’ll manage. I’m sure we will.’ ‘Happen so.’ The sadness”
― Freda Lightfoot, Ruby McBride

“next door. But yes, she’s now married to”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“Non che lui notasse o sembrasse apprezzare ciò che facevo per lui, anzi, di solito mi ignorava completamente. Quanto mi mancavano le nostre uscite in carretto, il modo in cui parlavamo senza un attimo di pausa, scherzavamo e ridevamo insieme.”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“goodness sake,”
― Freda Lightfoot, Lonely Teardrops

“said softly. ‘Sally Ann and I”
― Freda Lightfoot, Luckpenny Land Trilogy

“precious sugar”
― Freda Lightfoot, Daisy's Secret

“Hands on hips she”
― Freda Lightfoot, Ruby McBride

“thought he meant to make his escape, to vanish quietly before the police or the householder decided to investigate what mischief he’d been up to in there: either seducing the parlour maid or stealing the silver.”
― Freda Lightfoot, Ruby McBride

“being Christmas and me not being used to sherry. Be patient, sweetheart, and kiss me. We don’t have to talk to Father now. We can just tell him, make the announcement that we are to be man and wife.’ ‘You’re a cruel, hard woman, Meg Turner.’ But Jack knew when he was beaten and had to content himself with kisses. Meg kept her dress buttons very firmly fastened. Later, with the sun staining the edges of clouds magenta and rose, they ran hand in hand down the hillside. She couldn’t wait to show her ring to Kath and tell her the joyous news, tell her how Jack had made her the happiest woman alive. Kath’s lovely face went very pale when Meg proudly showed her the ring. She seemed quite lost for words. ‘You never thought he’d do it, did you?’ ‘No,’ Kath agreed. ‘I never thought he would. Congratulations.”
― Freda Lightfoot, Luckpenny Land Trilogy

“there’d been far too much work for her to do since Fanny the housemaid had upped and gone to work for Kate, the new Mrs Tyson, making army boots.”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Child from Nowhere

“Neither of them was well paid, yet revelled in this new sense of independence, so much more interesting than sitting endlessly at home for no real purpose. In this respect, the war had proved to be an advantage to women.”
― Freda Lightfoot, Girls of the Great War

“Girandosi in fretta Abbie sentì qualcosa muoversi dentro di lei di fronte al calore del sorriso che lui le rivolse quando i loro sguardi si incontrarono. Nonostante la minaccia di aprire un negozio, e a quanto pareva i lavori erano già cominciati, Andrew Baxter, o Drew, come lo chiamava ora, si stava rivelando un uomo che faceva fatica a non piacere.”
― freda lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“Oh, you should never give up hope, Dad. Sometimes it’s the only currency we have left.”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“meal:”
― Freda Lightfoot, Lonely Teardrops

“not possible to go back and change the past: one”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“warm and, oh, it was wonderful to feel herself pressed”
― Freda Lightfoot, Luckpenny Land Trilogy

“favours from a woman. I assure”
― Freda Lightfoot, Forgotten Women

“The longer an estrangement lasts, the more difficult it is to bring it to a close.”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“he didn’t love me at all,”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“you have”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“about how bad”
― Freda Lightfoot, Daisy's Secret

“But best not to look back. Since the past cannot be changed, where is the point in dwelling upon it? I believe in accepting the cards life deals you and focusing on the future.”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Amber Keeper

“she was also vain, conceited, overly dramatic, emotionally unstable, selfish, overbearing and utterly neglectful.”
― Freda Lightfoot, Girls of the Great War

“quiet and faced her employer’s wife with a face like granite. ‘Is there was some problem I can help you with, Mrs Entwistle?’ Clara politely enquired. ‘I think the reverse is the case, Mrs Barker. I’m the one who can help you. Did you know that Dolly Clayton, my half-sister,”
― Freda Lightfoot, The Castlefield Collector