Annie Lyons > Quotes

“Eudora stands back and appraises what’s left of her life. It doesn’t look like much, but then what are humans when it comes down to it? We arrive with nothing, accumulate far too much, and leave with nothing.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Life is precious and as long as we have a reason to continue, we should follow that path.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Life isn't filled with perfect harmony. The world is littered with bum notes, off-key moments and tuneless episodes. The trick is to find your own music, to ignore the discord and sing your own tune.”
― Annie Lyons, The Choir on Hope Street

“People don't talk about death. Not really. People fear it. Ignore it. Deny it. They're happy to blow one another's heads off in those infernal video games or devour horrific films where people are murdered in the most gruesome of ways, while refusing to face the reality of what death is or to have a grown-up discussion about what it means.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“I always used to think it was silly when people said life was short, but I completely get that now. We're here for such a limited time. The least we can do is try to be kind to the people around us. Humans seem to forget that so easily.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“I am eighty-five years old. I am old and tired and alone. I have nothing I want to do and no one I want to see. I am not depressed, merely done with life. I don’t want to end up dribbling in an old people’s home, wearing adult nappies in front of a shouting television. I want to leave this world with dignity and respect.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Eudora Honeysett is invisible, and she doesn’t care one jot. She has lived her life as best she can. She is ready for the next step, the final destination, or whatever half-baked euphemism people insist on using these days. Death. The end. She’s rather looking forward to it. It may be a black hole or, if she’s lucky, she’ll be reunited with all the people she’s ever loved.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Why is life so sad sometimes?"..."Perhaps it's the universe's way of making you appreciate the happier times”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Quite. But Hedy has inherited her mother's skills as a seamstress.
Very good. Tell her to come and see me. If you can't sew, can you knit?
A little. Although I made my father a pair of socks once and he said he would only wear them on Sundays because they were so holey. One of the volunteers snorted with laughter.”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“She wanted to be as good at dying as she’d been at living.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“There’s great comfort in kindness. I value it above almost everything else these days. Do you know what I mean?”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Then maybe the world needs to change. Maybe it needs to grow up and have a sensible conversation about death.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“There is always a storm coming, always a battle on the horizon. You need to learn to enjoy the peace before it disappears.”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“Maggie continues. “I always used to think it was silly when people said life was short, but I completely get that now. We’re here for such a limited time. The least we can do is try to be kind to the people around us. Humans seem to forget that so easily.” Eudora is swept along by her words, as if a great truth has unexpectedly landed at her feet. “If only more people shared this sentiment.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Gertie had come to realize that wars weren't fought by generals and politicians. They were fought by armies of ordinary people battling, struggling and holding one another up as they pushed onward.”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well. All is well.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“You are part of my existence, part of myself. You have been in every line I have ever read. —Charles Dickens, Great Expectations”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“She's wryly amused by the world's innate ability to deny death. But wholly unsurprised, too. People are too busy staring at their telephones, endlessly searching for some truth that will never come. Idly sniggering at infantile video clips of goodness knows what, never stopping to notice the universe around them, or the people in it.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“With the End in Mind: Dying, Death, and Wisdom in an Age of Denial by Kathryn Mannix was a”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Hedy and Arno have brought my husband and me untold joy and love. I have never felt love quite like it. It is as wide as the ocean, as constant as the night sky, and it lives with you forever, regardless of what happens.”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club By Annie Lyons & The Lost Bookshop By Evie Woods 2 Books Collection Set

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship. —Louisa May Alcott, Little Women”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“To appreciate the calm. There is always a storm coming, always a battle on the horizon. You need to learn to enjoy the peace before it disappears.”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“Human beings are only programmed to judge information based on their own experiences.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

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― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“My Best Friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read. —Abraham Lincoln”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“Gertie had come to realize that wars weren't fought by generals and politicians. They were fought by armies of ordinary people battling, struggling and holding one another up as they pushed onward. Ordinary people living through extraordinary times, making a difference through small endeavors and vast courage.”
― Annie Lyons, The Air Raid Book Club

“Why are people always hurrying, Stan? You miss so much when you’re dashing here, there, and everywhere. You’ve got to take a moment to feel the sun on your face.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett

“Allow yourself to choose life while you are making the decision about your death. It’s important to live life to the full while you can.”
― Annie Lyons, The Brilliant Life of Eudora Honeysett