Heirloom Quotes

“Memory dilutes, but the object remains unaltered.”
― Aanchal Malhotra, Remnants of a Separation: A History of the Partition through Material Memory

“The dress only means something if you want it to. What is important are the people behind it. When it comes to these things that are handed down from generation to generation, each woman leaves her own mark on it, so that it tells ours story, stitch by stitch.”
― Brenda Janowitz, The Grace Kelly Dress

“The clock had been Sylvie's, and her mother's before that. It had gone to Ursula on Sylvie's death and Ursula had left it to Teddy, and so it had zigzagged its way down the family tree...

...The clock was a good one, made by Frodsham and worth quite a bit, but Teddy knew if he gave it to Viola she would sell it or misplace it or break it and it seemed important to him that it stayed in the family. An heirloom. ('Lovely word,' Bertie said.) He liked to think that the little golden key that wound it, a key that would almost certainly be lost by Viola, would continue to be turned by the hand of someone who was part of the family, part of his blood. The red thread.”
― Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins

“Leaving the world without keeping an heirloom is a degradation of the divine purpose.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Infinity Sign

“If you live every day like it's your last, then you have no regret, because each new dawn it's a blessing in itself — a gift you didn't know you were being given.”
― Melissa Hill, The Charm Bracelet

“But even the bad stuff in life can teach you something, shape you.”
― Melissa Hill, The Charm Bracelet

“Each circle has its own honour, an heirloom, that must be preserved in the very state in which it is handed down, and maintained according to its nature. Honour is the patch of land on which I and mine were born, which we own, and on which we depend; such as it is, broad and rich, well stocked with cattle and corn, or poor and sandy, such is our Honour is a spiritual counterpart of earth and its possession, wherein all cows and sheep, all horses and weapons are represented, and that not as a number, or a value, but in their individuality.”
― Vilhelm Grønbech, The Culture of the Teutons: Volumes 1 and 2

“Life was too short to spend in a cube.”
― Melissa Hill, The Charm Bracelet

“It's a part of life. You never know what you are going to get; you just have to be strong enough to deal with it. Keep a positive attitude and have a little faith.”
― Melissa Hill, The Charm Bracelet

“After all, every story have both good and bad in it, and life can be like that too. I guess it's what we take away from it that counts.”
― Melissa Hill, The Charm Bracelet

“You wouldn't be able to appreciate the happy time if you didn't sometimes experience sad times as well.”
― Melissa Hill, The Charm Bracelet

“It’s up to you. It always was. It always will be.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“Tonight was a difficult night for me. There’s only so much I can process in one go.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“I’m not really a believer in old times any more. In fact, tonight was all about moving on for me.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“Life would be boring if we always got it right first time,. You should know that it’s how you react to your mistakes that’s the important thing. What you learn and how you get back up after being knocked down.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“It’s a bit of a mantra. I learned it when I was younger.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“I’ve never been a victim. I’m in charge of my own life and I can handle everything it throws at me. And if I’ve made a mistake, I can accept it and move on.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“It’s nice to think that the beauty of a place can make us forget everything.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“Being in love — even if the object of her affection was totally unaware of it — was a bewildering yet exciting sensation.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“Being with him seemed to spark something inside her. A light she hadn’t known she had. In him she could sense a kindred spirit. Someone who felt passionately about glamour and sparkle in the same way she did. Someone who made everything fall into place.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“Plenty of strange things happen in life — and in death.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“But her mother was nothing if not amazing.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“Everybody wants things they don’t have. That’s normal.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan

“It would be crazy to say no to someone she cared about simply because she had a few insubstantial doubts.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan

“But even strong, independent women could be flattered by men chasing after them.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night

“So you could be a modern, liberal woman and do the asking instead.”
― Sheila O'Flanagan, What Happened That Night