“Ah, Time. Nobody knows better than a portrait artist that time marks us, it nicks us up and leaves us looking used, like a well-traveled suitcase or a favourite book.” ArtistTimeHuman Book:Cathy's Key Source: Cathy's Key
“Forget the names because names lie but remember me because when you look at me I remember myself. Remember me because I will never forget you.” LoveForgettingRemembering Book:Cathy's Book Source: Cathy's Book
“Time is long, death is patient, and the ghosts will always outlive the grieving.” DeathTimeGrievingDeath And DyingGhostsDeath Quotes Book:Cathy's Key Source: Cathy's Key
“My anger turned small and hid. It was like that kid feeling you get when you are sad or hurt or lonely and you scream or cry to your parents and they crush you with their grown up feelings. Rage as big as the sky. Loneliness like an ocean you could drown in. Huge grown up feelings that annihilate you where you stand.” FeelingsAngerParentsParents And Children Book:Cathy's Key Source: Cathy's Key
“Licking the powder off my fingertips I decided that bravery was overrated. Sometimes sugar is just as good.” BraverySugar Book:Cathy's Key Source: Cathy's Key
“Emma told me once that baking powder was an act of love, invented by a chemist for his wife, who was allergic to yeast.” Act Of Love Book:Cathy's Book Source: Cathy's Book
“The hands were beautiful, deft and wise: hands for steadying a bicycle, for pouring milk into a cereal bowl, hands for putting on Band-Aids and ruffling your hair.” HandsFatherFather And Daughter Book:Cathy's Key Source: Cathy's Key
“I pegged him as the kind of jock that has a thing for smart girls. You see these guys, second-stringers on the football team; they stand around the edges of the Jock Huddle listening to raunchy talk about cheerleaders, but they fall for the smart girl with library eyes.” Smart GirlsSmart Girls Get What They Want Book:Cathy's Book Source: Cathy's Book
“He said that mixing an omelet was a lot like mixing paint: the eggs were my basic palette, and then I could build tastes out of whatever ingredients I had around.” PaintPaletteOmelet Book:Cathy's Key Source: Cathy's Key
“To most rich people, money is power." I opened the door and got out of the truck. "That's what's cool about Emma," Pete said. "She's totally into money, but she isn't like that at all. Money isn't power to her." "What is it?" He thought about it for a second, then grinned. "Lego," he said.” MoneyPowerLego Book:Cathy's Key Source: Cathy's Key