The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter Quotes

“Even the brave were once afraid. However well I might hide it, the truth is, I am terrified.”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“No matter how many charts and maps we study, or how cleverly we believe ourselves able to interpret the change in atmosphere or the shape of the clouds or the movement of the waves, we can never truly know what the day will bring; cannot plan for every eventuality. Only as each dreadful misfortune or delightful surprise unfolds can we choose how to respond; fleeting decisions made in an instant but which carry an echo across a lifetime.”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“Even the brave were once afraid”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“There will always be someone willing to save us, Grace. Even a stranger whose name we don’t know. That is the very best of humanity. That is what puts my mind at ease on a day like today.”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“Even the brave were once afraid.”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“I know you will never forget what happened, but sometimes a different view in the morning, a different shape to the day, can help to heal even the deepest wounds.”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“Kijk hoe je zelf zorgt voor Sarah Dawson, hoe je bezorgd bent om haar kinderen, een paar uur geleden had je nog nooit van hen gehoord. Er zal altijd iemand zijn die bereid is ons te redden. Grace, zelfs een vreemdeling wiens naam we niet eens kennen. Dat is de mooiste kant van de mensheid. Op een dag als vandaag is dat waar ik rust in vind.”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“were lost in the wreck. It seems that Sarah formed quite a bond with Grace Darling after the rescue. She had a bad time of it with her nerves after the”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter

“the things that frighten us the most are the things that make us who we are.”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“The sun to my cloud. The calm to my storm.”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship. —Louisa May Alcott”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter

“When I open my eyes, Cora is there. She takes my hand and together we become the fragments of light captured on the surface of the water, carried eternally on by the tides.”
― Hazel Gaynor, The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter