“Sometimes, you're the one who strikes it lucky. Sometimes, it's the other poor bastard who's left with the short straw, and you just have to shut up and get on with it.” LifeLuckyIronyMoving OnUnlucky Book:The Light Between Oceans Source: The Light Between Oceans
“As Tom wandered back to Mrs Mewett’s, he thought about the little relics at the lighthouse – Docherty’s knitting, his wife’s jar of humbugs that sat untouched in the pantry. Lives gone, traces left. And he wondered about the despair of the man, destroyed by grief. It didn’t take a war to push you over that edge.” LifeDeathLossMourningThe Light Between Oceans Book:The Light Between Oceans Source: The Light Between Oceans