“To come to the door and know that she would find no one: to see a house completely empty. It was like coming to her tomb while she was still alive.” LonelinessAbandonmentEmpty Nest Book:Consider the Lilies Source: Consider the Lilies
“The truth? What's that? Don't you know that the day has come when the truth is what we care to make it?” TruthFake NewsNewspeak Book:Consider the Lilies Source: Consider the Lilies
“She didn't think that she was superior to her visitor because she could speak in two languages, though not so well in English as in Gaelic, whereas he knew only one. After all, rich people and rich people's servants didn't know Gaelic: that was the way it was.” ScotlandReading QuotesHighland ClearancesMinority Language Author:Iain Crichton Smith