Saltwater Sunrises Quotes

“Being afraid of something is no reason to avoid it. That’s not how to live your life. And if you let a chance at love pass you by because you’re afraid? You might regret it for the rest of your life.”
― Kay Correll, Saltwater Sunrises

“Sometimes when you do what other people want you to do, instead of what you want to do… well, it can have grave consequences. Your life might not turn out like you expected. How you wanted it to.”
― Kay Correll, Saltwater Sunrises

“I look back on the woman I was and just shake my head. I did everything for Victor and my children. But now… I have nothing to show for it. My kids barely talk to me, no matter how hard I try. It’s like my world imploded around me. But now? Now I feel like I’ve taken back some control. That I’m going to be able to support myself. Make it on my own.”
― Kay Correll, Saltwater Sunrises

“Sometimes all the little—and big—failures in her life piled up and threatened to smother her.”
― Kay Correll, Saltwater Sunrises

“They rarely made time to see her. It made her feel like a failure as a mother, but she wasn’t certain what she would have done differently. She gave them everything they needed, wanted. Spent time with them when they were young. Went to all their activities. Helped with homework. Gave them her unending love and attention.”
― Kay Correll, Saltwater Sunrises

“Some nights, loneliness just seemed to cling to the air in the cottage.”
― Kay Correll, Saltwater Sunrises

“Miss Eleanor had been born a Whitmore, then married Theodore Griffin. But most of the town still considered her a Whitmore, a family that had been on the island since the first settlers.”
― Kay Correll, Saltwater Sunrises

“Things sure had changed since she’d opened Coastal Coffee over thirty years ago.”
― Kay Correll, Saltwater Sunrises