The Spies of Shilling Lane Quotes

“Grief feels a lot like fear. We’re afraid of it taking us over. But we owe it to ourselves, to those we have lost, to let grief in. Only then can we start to remember them with a cheer in our heart, a cheer for them and all that they were.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“Grief feels a lot like fear. We’re afraid of it taking us over. But we owe it to ourselves, to those we have lost, to let grief in. Only then can we start to remember them with a cheer in our heart, a cheer for them and all that they were.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“Sometimes you have to feel grateful for what you have, see the good, and only the good. We only have one life. One chance for happiness. And sometimes we forget that we can actually choose whether we want joy or cynicism. Let’s pick joy.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“That’s it! That’s the measure of success, isn’t it?”
“What is?”
“The amount that you love and are loved. It’s love – don’t you see?”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“I sometimes wonder if we need to understand where we came from to feel our way forward. How can you expect a plant to grow if you cut off its roots?”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“I realize that death isn’t the part of life to fear the most. It is the fear of not living up to our true potential.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“How easy it was to miss these moments, looking forward or backward instead of just sitting, feeling, experiencing.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“Cherish your love, for those who are with us and those who are gone. Just because they’re not here, it doesn’t mean that we love them any the less.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“Why do people get so caught up in their own senseless struggle for status that they forget to enjoy the beauty in others?”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“When people you care for die, something inside changes, and you become a different person. Some say that you take on a part of them yourself, that everything you loved about them is enveloped within you, that you have a responsibility to keep them alive in your heart, whatever it takes.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“But sometimes we need to mull everything over, find out what we really feel, or think, or believe. Sometimes, if you don’t think about big things that happen in our lives – people close to you dying and so forth – it gets bottled up inside. One day you might just explode.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane

“Love is the most crucial thing we have.
Above reputation, above beauty, above our kindest actions.”
― Jennifer Ryan, The Spies of Shilling Lane