Rachele

“After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand.”
― Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

“Talking to strangers sounded like talking to no one, which Henry had some firsthand experience in- in real life. It was lonely. Almost as lonely as Lake View Cemetery, where he'd buried Ethel.”
― Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

“A young nurse, someone new whom he didn't recognise, came up to Henry and patted him on the arm. "Are you a friend or a family member?" She whispered the question in his ear, trying not to disturb Sheldon.

The question hung there like a beautiful chord, ringing in the air. Henry was Chinese, Sheldon obviously wasn't. They looked nothing alike. Nothing at all. "I'm distant family," Henry said.”
― Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

“It reminded him that time was short, but that beautiful endings could still be found at the end of cold, dreary days.”
― Jamie Ford, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet