“She used to say that the human heartbeat was the first music that a person heard, and that every child was born knowing the rhythm of her mother's song.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
“There are very few certainties in this world, Mr. Gilbert, but I will tell you something I know: the truth depends on who it is that’s telling the story.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
“I have learned that one must forgive oneself the past or else the journey into the future becomes unbearable”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
“People value shiny stones and lucky charms, but they forget that the most powerful talismans of all are the stories that we tell to ourselves and to others.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
“I don not know where the likeness went. It slipped through the cracks of time and went to where the lost things are.”
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
― The Clockmaker's Daughter
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