“I feel like I could disappear because I'm not real to other people.” LonelinessDisappear Book:Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars Source: Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars
“How do you explain to a child who likes everyone in the world that adult life consists to a great extent of cutting people away?” ChildrenGrowing UpChildhoodLonelinessAdulthoodLet Go Book:Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars Source: Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars
“She became fascinated by the statue of Edith Cavell and would stand at the base of it in the freezing cold of a December morning, looking up: - Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness for anyone-. Sometimes those words made her cry. The tears would come uncontrollably and they would not stop. And in those moments Anna found forgiveness and it made her free. But they were only moments. Forgiveness is a hard thing to hang on to.” Letting GoForgivenessHatredPatriotismEdith Cavell Book:Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars Source: Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars
“But life. It rushes by and then you think you'll see people...You think you'll do things and have time for this and time for that...And then there is never time. This is what I have learned, Anna, I have learned that there is never as much time as you think there is.” LifeTime Book:Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars Source: Miss Treadway and the Field of Stars