The Key Quotes

“It was painful to remember him, but the thought of forgetting him was even worse.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“Some people pursue happiness, others create it.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“No matter how much I know he's hurt me, it's still difficult just to switch off my feelings for him. It would be easier to hate him, but I can't.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“Random acts of kindness were certainly scarce in this place and sometimes came from the most unexpected source.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“rubbed”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“Holding on to all that bitterness, that regret, the anger – well, it’s like holding your breath. It ends up suffocating you. I had to let it go.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“Holding on to all that bitterness, that regret, the anger – well, it’s like holding your breath. It ends up suffocating you.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“Sarah followed her. ‘Well, that’s not up to me, but I’ll have a word with Annie, see what she says. I don’t work down here, you see. I work upstairs with the grown-up books . . . Would you like a drink?’ She mentally ran through the contents of the kitchen cupboard. Tea, coffee, a bottle of single malt they kept for really stressful days. ‘How about a glass of milk?”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“that regret, the anger – well, it’s like holding your breath. It ends up suffocating you. I had to let it go.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“Never say no to a cup of tea and never pass up the chance to use the toilet was her sage advice.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“blackbird. They reached the sandy area”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“time, Dan.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“Enough, you’re testing my patience now, and I’ve not got time to stand around debating the issue.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key

“hoops on toast.”
― Kathryn Hughes, The Key