The Troubles Keeper Quotes

“Time has a way of fixing memories so they have their own truth, even if years later they deceive you.”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“The Sword of Damocles,”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“Smiles are free. You can never give away too many.”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“The day she left this earth was certainly Heaven’s finest and the saddest day I’ll ever live.”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“Terrible events,” she said, in that quiet, gentle voice of hers, “are sometimes not for us to understand. We must put them away somewhere and drain their energy so we can give good energy to our lives.” She”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“thing. Something else had come aboard, something I’d never encountered. Something evil. Troubles I could handle. This dark, twisted thing was a whole other world, and I was ill-prepared.”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“What most people would consider a mundane job—same streets, same view, same stops and starts—I enlivened by getting to know my regulars. In fact, I did more than get to know them, more than transport them from A to B. I helped them. I changed lives. They”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“In that slippery, sliding moment, his disappointment begins to heal. If the bus driver has appeared at this moment, this very day, then there is a reason. All he needs to discover is why. He’ll take his time. He’ll watch. Surely the reason will be revealed. Reasons usually do.”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“Something flashes, darkening her eyes. Anger, perhaps. So he says to her, “Please don’t fight the process. This is the way, the only way.” He runs a stray finger down the side of her face. Her skin is soft, pliant, waiting for him. “And our friend, the bus driver, he isn’t coming, if that’s what you’re hoping. I sent him a message and I’m certain he understood. “You’ll notice constriction in your chest. That’s just me, please don’t fight the feeling.” He leans down until their faces are level. She stares back, her eyes not even blinking. A small whimper like a meowing kitten escapes her lips. “We need you perfectly still. But I can manage this without you needing to worry. Seems I have a nice little extra gift of control, courtesy”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.   As”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“Imagination turns experiences into anxious feelings, troubles and sadness or, on the flipside, excitement, happiness and contentment. The”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“Smiles are free. You can never give away too many. Seven”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“Troubles. They stick to skin like glue, like gum to the sole of a shoe. They slide into the crevices of your heart, slither into your veins, and tug at you from the inside until they become something dark and heavy and not so easy to shake. The”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper

“It is one of the beautiful compensations of life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.” Ralph Waldo Emerson.”
― Susan May, The Troubles Keeper