Jane Gent

“there was one time when I went too far and almost died. The water was very cold and I stayed under too long. Someone dragged me out just in time and I made out that it was simply a foolish accident. But I knew that it was more than that, and I learned a valuable lesson from it. I’m a survivor – I don’t want to die. The problem was that I was at the mercy of my emotions – I lacked control, and sometimes my grief could override my will.”
― Ruth Hogan, The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes

“I learned to understand my emotions and with that knowledge came a certain degree of control. I have”
― Ruth Hogan, The Wisdom of Sally Red Shoes

“that our memories are forever evolving, so we only remember the version of the memory we last recalled rather than the original event.”
― Claire Douglas, The Couple at No. 9

“To the three of us.’ She pauses and then adds the words that George Eliot wrote: ‘It is never too late to be what you might have been.’ The three of them raise their glasses in unison.”
― Sally Page, The Book of Beginnings