Miss Clare Remembers Quotes

“She could only pass on to them the philosophy which sustained her throughout her life. She could teach them to face whatever came with calmness and courage, to love their families and their friends with unswerving loyalty, and to relish the lovely face of the countryside in which they lived. It might seem a humdrum, day-to-day set of values, but Dolly Clare knew from long experience that they could carry a man bravely through a lifetime's vicissitudes.”
― Miss Read, Miss Clare Remembers

“Life could never be quite as sweet again. A vital part of her had died, it seemed, with Arnold's going; a part which beauty, work or the love of friends could not replace. But from these sources came a measure of comfort for which she was humbly grateful. She learnt, at this time, the invaluable lesson of find happiness in little things, and by picking up small crumbs of comfort as she went about her daily work nursed her damaged spirit back to health.”
― Miss Read, Miss Clare Remembers

“No matter how long their partings, on meeting they fell together as sweetly as two halves of an apple. Now in old age, the warm friendship had an added quality, for the knowledge that it must end before long quickened their love for each other.”
― Miss Read, Miss Clare Remembers