Quotes from Sarah-Kate Lynch

Most people are not sure about much,' she said. 'But you only really need to be sure about one thing.

Everything dangerous and risky was exciting. Maybe she should try some excitement.

Right now it just felt . . . inevitable. And unalterable. She couldn't have changed her mind even if she wanted to. She'd fled, and there was no fleeing back. That would be worse than continuing to do nothing, than living with the status quo.

Be truthful, gentle and fearless. The words floated back into her consciousness as though on fluttering muslin in front of an open window.

Annie knew that her mother's marbles were loose, but had never suspected that one day they would all fly out of the bag at the same time, bouncing into far-flung corners, never to be gathered together again.

It is only a reminder of that great love. And he builds it to last forever. Or one thousand years, which is like forever but shorter.

She was loved. Maybe not wildly or openly, but deeply. So deeply that it wasn't always obvious, but deeply nonetheless.

love was all there was. And she had it, even if it wasn't displayed the way she wanted it to be.

she might have been truthful and had tried to be gentle, but to be fearless was so much harder. The fearless thing to do was not to run away and leave Hugh behind: it was to face him, head on, and try to resurrect what they had — try to fix it, no matter how difficult and painful that was. Because he did love her. And she loved him. Heavenly had said you only need to be sure about one thing. This was it. They just needed to get the balance back again.

That she cried over the loss of a dog whose big claim to fame was that he could eat the crotch out of a pair of clean underpants in less than a minute?

I'm un-leaving you. I made a mistake. I was wrong.

Your life got busy with work and you got used to pulling away, and I filled my life up with the children and got used to biting my tongue. That's how we derailed.

She let go of the loneliness, the pain, the resentment, the fear, the past, the disappointments, the worry about the children, the future, the car accidents, and she just laughed. Because everyone needs to laugh. What was done was done, what was lost was lost, but there was still a lot to be found.

And he took her in his arms and kissed her again, their hearts thumping in perfect time, like two lost musical notes finally finding their place in an unexpected harmony.

The only secrets I know are that if you keep your body moving and you know what is in your heart, your life will be better for it. It is not rocket science.

The only secrets I know are that if you keep your body moving and you know what is in your heart, your life will be better for it.

In my experience there's not a state in the world," Fee said matter-of-factly, "that cannot be greatly improved by close proximity to cheese. Especially

She sat there in silence, holding the old woman's hand, and a strange tiny nugget of something like anticipation wriggled in her stomach like a mustard seed frying in hot ghee, jumping and popping. Everything nice and safe was boring. Everything dangerous and risky was exciting. Maybe she should try some excitement.

You are a wise and wonderful woman.' 'No more wise and wonderful than anyone else,' Heavenly said. 'You should not forget this.

His tendency to casually drop into the conversation, without expecting even a smidgen of sympathy, the likes of sleeping in the middle of a roundabout staggered her.

But, ma'am, you are only on your first life and I have had six.

Be truthful, gentle and fearless, she told herself. That was the best anyone could be.

She looks sort of like a nurse, Ruby thought. Or a nun, but a movie star nun, not a real one, and an old-fashioned rescuing-the-orphans sort of movie star nun, not the comedy sort. It was her face. It was open and fresh and happy and she had shiny dark hair pulled back in a ponytail.

But now that I'm not needed to take care of any of you, now that no one seems to notice if I do or I don't, I can't work out what to do with myself.