Summer at the Garden Café Quotes

“Everyone who's every lived has been the sum of their ancestor's choices. That's the human condition.”
― Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Summer at the Garden Café

“Honestly, Louisa, everyone who’s ever lived has been the sum of their ancestors’ choices. That’s the human condition. We just have to get on with things and play the hand we’re dealt.”
― Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Summer at the Garden Cafe

“She missed her outings with Tom, and the times when her birthday and their anniversary were celebrated with dinner and a night in a hotel. Tom used always to be planning treats and surprises for her. In fact, whatever the begrudgers might say of him, it had been his greatest joy in life.”
― Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Summer at the Garden Cafe

“A couple of her friends were already talking about settling down with guys they were dating, but Ameena thought that was dumb. How could you settle down without seeing what else might be out there? Not just who you might spend your life with, but what you might do on your own. She wasn’t quite sure herself of what she’d do or where she’d go, but she was determined to keep her options open.”
― Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Summer at the Garden Cafe

“Anyway, don’t you know yourself what it’s like when you fall for a librarian? You can’t keep away.”
― Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Summer at the Garden Cafe

“In purely practical terms the elderly have good reason to be selfish; our strength needs to be hoarded not only to deal with grief, disappointment and apprehension but with the minor physical aches and pains that are part of growing old.”
― Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Summer at the Garden Café

“The thing about dreams, Mum had said, was that sometimes they turned into prisons. You should never, ever deny yourself the freedom to move on and change.”
― Felicity Hayes-McCoy, Summer at the Garden Café