Quotes from Christine Dwyer Hickey

Tatty says oh yes, she knows what he's like. But when she thinks about it, she doesn't.

As she stands in the doorway watching him, the feeling comes on her again, under her breastbone, between her ribs. A feeling that is one second of joy, two seconds of grief. And she knows then: what has been removed is loneliness and what has been added is love