“ Then this is how you do it,’ and kissed her slowly, letting time fade away. And he couldn’t remember any other kiss that felt quite the same. M.L. Stedman
“ Life could snatch away the things you treasured, and there was no getting them back. She began to feel an urgency, a need to seize an opportunity. Before anyone else did. M.L. Stedman
“ Stick to now. Put right the things you can put right today, and let the ones from back then go. Leave the rest to the angels, or the devil or whoever's in charge of it. M.L. Stedman
“ What are you suggesting I do Ralph?’‘I’m suggesting you tell the bloody truth whatever it is. The only place lying leads is trouble.’“Sometimes that’s the only place telling the truth get you, too. M.L. Stedman
“ The only thing we can do is love that little girl as much as she deserves. And never, never hurt her! M.L. Stedman
“ He was a practical man: give him a sensitive technical instrument, and he could maintain it; something broken, and he could mend it, meditatively, efficiently. But confronted by his grieving wife, he… M.L. Stedman
“ You have only to forgive once. To resent, you have to doit all day, every day. You have to keep remembering all the bad things" Frank to Hannah Roennfeldt M.L. Stedman
“ Oh, but my treasure, it is so much less exhausting. You only have to forgive once. To resent, you have to do it all day, every day. M.L. Stedman
“ From when she was a baby, Tom has taught the girl to respect, but not fear, the forces of nature- the lightning that might strike the light tower on Janus, the oceans that batter the island. M.L. Stedman
