The Book Club Hotel Quotes

“You cling desperately to the familiar, to what you know, because even if it’s not great it seems more appealing than the unknown.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“In fact, it’s hardly a gift at all. It’s a book, and my sister and I think of a book as a necessity rather than a luxury.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“is that people are sympathetic at the beginning, and then they think it’s time for you to move on. They don’t realize that grief never leaves you.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“The world is a scary place, and you make it seem a little less scary.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“... Just because someone doesn't ask for help doesn't mean they don't want it or need it. Particularly women. Women are so used to coping that sometimes they don't even realize there's another way...”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“He and my mother were very supportive. They knew I needed to follow my own path.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Change can be very hard, particularly when it’s something you haven’t chosen.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Not a selfish man walking away from responsibility and never looking back. A youthful mistake, a terrible error in decision making. Remorse carried through a lifetime. “I think if someone learns from a mistake, makes a major change in their lives because of it, that’s to be applauded. Not everyone learns.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“why crime fiction won awards when romance fiction was ignored and denigrated. Why violence was celebrated and stories about relationships—probably the single most important thing in our lives—dismissed as froth.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“She didn’t want to make that classic mistake of ruining today because she was worrying about tomorrow.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“It was like hugging a cat. Not Panther, because she is unusually cuddly, but you know what I mean; sometimes they go all stiff and rigid and you know that all they want is for you to stop so that they can get back to doing their own thing.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“I was wrong.” He paused. “The kids aren’t the best thing that ever happened to me, Anna. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me because without you there would be no kids. There would be no cozy, welcoming home. There would be no laughter and warmth. It’s you, Anna. For me, it’s always been you. You’re everything.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“The people we love never really leave us, not really.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Hattie felt a rush of love and gratitude. It had been so long since anyone had fussed over her, and she enjoyed the novelty of being the cared for and not the carer.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Sometimes when handling change you didn’t need to do something dramatic or big. Sometimes you just needed to shift the emphasis.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Claudia always felt as if adulthood was something she had yet to attain. She resolved to make more effort.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Change, Anna thought, had a lot to answer for. But in the end everyone had to find a way to deal with it.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Women are so used to coping that sometimes they don’t even realize there’s another way.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“She preferred to focus on the positive.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Men are like candy ~ fine as an occasional treat, but not necessary for survival.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“The problem,” Gwen said, “is that people are sympathetic at the beginning, and then they think it’s time for you to move on. They don’t realize that grief never leaves you.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Everyone knows you never pay attention to thoughts that arrive in your brain at three in the morning. They are intruders to be shut out. You don’t listen to them.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“had been a shock to her to discover that whatever her children felt, she felt. That their pain was her pain. Their struggles, her struggles. That long after you’d stopped being woken for night feeds, you’d be woken by anxiety for their future. Unlike”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“When you had a child, everyone warned you about the lack of sleep and physical tiredness that came with parenting. No one talked about the emotional exhaustion. It had been a shock to her to discover that whatever her children felt, she felt. That their pain was her pain. Their struggles, her struggles. That long after you’d stopped being woken for night feeds, you’d be woken by anxiety for their future.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“She had to stop thinking and worrying about the day when they would leave home, or she’d ruin the remaining days they had at home. She didn’t want to make that classic mistake of ruining today because she was worrying about tomorrow. She needed to make the most of the time she had left before they left home.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“... Just because someone doens't ask for help doesn't mean they don't want it or need it. Particularly women. Women are so used to coping that sometimes they don't even realize there's another way...”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“The company she worked for catered to the luxury end of the market (people with more money than sense, the owner was fond of saying) and it always surprised her that those people seemed never to have mastered the basic art of clearing up after themselves.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“Noah never tried to offer suggestions or fix as so many people did. He didn’t minimize her pain.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“She hadn’t thought she’d fall in love with another man, but it had happened and she could ignore that or she could embrace it as a gift and be grateful that happiness had come her way twice in a lifetime.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel

“The kids aren’t the best thing that ever happened to me, Anna. You’re the best thing that ever happened to me because without you there would be no kids. There would be no cozy, welcoming home. There would be no laughter and warmth. It’s you, Anna. For me, it’s always been you. You’re everything.”
― Sarah Morgan, The Book Club Hotel