Changes at Fairacre Quotes

“But, on comparing notes with others during the welcome holiday, I found that this exhaustion was general, and we started to blame the aftermath of the recent hurricane as well as the short dark days, for our lassitude. ‘Delayed shock’, we told each other, and felt all the better for finding a solution, even if it were a wrong one, for our inertia.”
― Miss Read, Changes at Fairacre: The tenth novel in the Fairacre series

“I decided it was the noise rather than the press of people and the physical activity which I found most tiring.”
― Miss Read, Changes at Fairacre: The tenth novel in the Fairacre series

“My old ma used to say: Do what's to hand and the Lord will look after the rest.”
― Miss Read, Changes at Fairacre

“What a benison water is, I thought, watching a wagtail enjoying the spray. Whether we drink it, wash in it, swim in it or simply stand and stare at it, as we were doing now, it has the power to refresh, to soothe, and to exhilarate. It has much the same properties as sleep, I thought.... Certainly, gazing downward with the waters of the Dove below, and listening to the rustle of the Dovedale foliage above me, I could feel the pain of Dolly's absence, and the many petty domestic and school frustrations and worries ebbing away from me.”
― Miss Read, Changes at Fairacre