Easter at the Lakes Quotes

“Life had made her afraid, of words that were no meant, of emotions that were untrue.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“Love at first sight had always seemed a ridiculous thing to him, fairy tale stuff, but on that morning when he looked at Olivia nothing else had mattered, whatever matter. She was beautiful, but it wasn't that, it was something else, some strange compulsion that made him feel that he'd known her for a thousand years, that he'd been waiting all his life for her to some into it.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“She couldn't think straight. There was her home, her job, her way of life but the deep tenderness of his kiss reawakened her heart, dispelling all clouds and hurts and fears. She belonged to Andrew now and for ever and the singing within her was so loud and joyous that it all but quelled the little unease that was left.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“His words brought back to her the misery of her journey home after their last meeting for the mark of the hours she had spent since she had left him had cut deeply, the wounds were raw and the memory of pain came through her happiness and she did not think she could bear to be hurt again.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“What a pity he let the substance go for the shadow.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“It seemed that all around her there was a strange eerie stillness, the stillness of a silent world, a world filled with people who came and went into their separate lives. Some wold arrange to meet again, some would pass like ships in the night, some would leave memories that would last forever, others would pass into limbo.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“He yearned for this calm serenity, for smiles without cynicism, for honesty without subterfuge, meeting Mary on that country lane was some things the angels had planned, he had no intentions of letting her go.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“Men were so obtuse about things they didn't want to think about.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“Men were so obtuse about things they didn't want to think about it.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“He held her close against him so that she could feel the beating of his heart. He did not attempt to kiss her and when he released her he did it gently, holding on to her hand and smiling down into her eyes. It was a moment she felt she would remember all her life.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“Well I wouldn't be too anxious to ask her to dance, being your librarian she might read more into it than you intend.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“With every word it seemed to Mary that her hopes were crashing around her ears. She had secretly believed that she was living in a dream world but having her dreams shattered so suddenly by a cruel complacency was like the twisting of a knife in her too vulnerable heart.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“He was still lying to her, it was a compulsion he couldn't escape from but there was no other way.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“Let the memories die, sir, yer'll soon pick up the pieces.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“Olivia would be everywhere and his mind went back to those early days when he had loved her, refused to see the emptiness behind the exquisite beauty of her face.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“She was foolish to go on meeting him for lunch, chatting at the library when every meeting troubled her foolish heart and made her see that she had fallen in love with him.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“He was pleading with her, his eyes anxious, and she found herself responding against all her deeper instincts.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes

“One doesn't compare [The Lakes] with Paris, it is the difference I find stimulating.”
― Sara Hylton, Easter at the Lakes