“There’s nothing better than being a beginner at something,” she said.
“Our parents,” Leda said, “did not depend on us for their sense of identity. They had their lives and we had ours. Bless them.”
― Whistler
― Whistler
“What happened” is never what defines you in life; “What you did next” is what defines you.”
― The Impossible Fortune
― The Impossible Fortune
“minding your own business was not exactly an ethical principal.”
― Mercy
― Mercy
“the ultimate expression of love is nagging, we don’t nag anyone the way we nag the people we love.”
― My Friends
― My Friends
“Doesn’t it gives you hope?’ he says suddenly. ‘Hope?’ ‘Yes,’ he says. ‘Isn’t it a relief that there’re things still like that, a real bit of Old England still left, despite all these immigrants coming in?’ I don’t know what to say. His words hang and all the awkwardness is silence.”
― H is for Hawk
― H is for Hawk
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