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“Sometimes you have to feel grateful for what you have, see the good, and only the good. We only have one life. One chance for happiness. And sometimes we forget that we can actually choose whether we want joy or cynicism. Let’s pick joy.”

Happiness Joy Gratitude

Book:The Spies of Shilling Lane

Source: The Spies of Shilling Lane

“...and a picture of the solar system on the wall—we are a tiny, self-destructive dot in a mass of gray blackness.”

Humanity Human Nature

Book:The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

Source: The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

“Human nature defeats me sometimes, how greed and spite can lurk so divisively around the utmost courage and sacrifice.”

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Book:The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

Source: The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

“To her [Mrs. Quince], food symbolizes the exchange of love. We nourish who we love. [Nell Brown]”

Author:Jennifer Ryan

“She [Mrs. Quince] was always so bright-eyed, so content with her lot. Her internal flame flickered on regardless of the challenges she faced, taking the rough with the smooth, determined to see the joy in life, always the joy.”

Author:Jennifer Ryan

“I know you want her to be alive--you feel like you need her to carry on. But the body in the coffin is just that: a body, the shell of the person you love. The essence of Mrs. Quince, the one you know and love, is all around us, in nature and the stars, in every recipe of hers that you cook, and deep inside your heart....No matter how many times we say that someone is dead, the fact is we simply can't imagine a world without them. [Audrey Landon, to Nell Brown]”

Death Of A Loved One Remembrance

Author:Jennifer Ryan

“One thing I've learned through this is that family is incredibly precious. Other things may change us, but we start and end life with our family, whether it's the one we're born with or one of our own making. It means that you love and are loved, whoever you are....And you know you're not on your own. [Lady Gwendoline Strickland, to Zelda Dupont]”

Family Sense Of Belonging

Author:Jennifer Ryan

“It takes a lot of time to get over someone. At first, it's like your world has stopped turning, like everything has gone into black and white and all that matters is that they have gone. But slowly the unstoppable scream of pain becomes a howl, and then it becomes a cry, then a moan. I know it doesn't feel like it, but new life will begin to fill in the gaps. [Audrey Landon, to Nell Brown]”

Author:Jennifer Ryan

“Perhaps there is something good that had come from this war: everything has been turned around, all the unfairness made grimly plain. It has given us everyday women a voice - dared us to stand up for ourselves, and to stand up for others. We have less to lose in this world of chaos and death, after all.”

War Women Bravery

Book:The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

Source: The Chilbury Ladies' Choir

“In a good family, you're loved, simply, for being you, and whatever happens, wherever you go, you will always know that you are loved. It doesn’t matter how successful you are, how beautiful, or how rich. The only thing that matters is that you’re you and that you belong, and that’s what I’ve missed.”

Love And Family

Book:The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

Source: The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle

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