Secrets of Willow House Quotes

“managed”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“mammy’ and loved their holidays in this wild part of Ireland, where they could run free in the garden and on the white sandy beach below. Joe took them surfing and fishing and taught them to swim. Philomena spoiled them with home baking, stories read in front of the fire every evening and star-gazing on the lawn. The house and the village were in a part of Kerry that had no light pollution and was later designated as a Dark-”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“novels.”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“divorced. Father of the dreadful but very loveable Zoe. Literary agent at the Taylor Literary Agency.’ Maeve returned his smile and shook his hand. ‘Nice to meet you, Stephen. I’m Maeve McKenna from Dublin. Single, but still hopeful. Haven’t found that significant other. But maybe I’m getting too old and picky.’ ‘You don’t look old to me.’ ‘Right now I feel about sixty. Work, work, work, you know?’ She grimaced as her phone rang, and checked the caller ID. ‘Got to take this, sorry. Bathroom tiles gone wrong.’ ‘How about that bite to eat later? I hate eating alone. I’ll come back around seven, if you’re free then?”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“There is only now, you know, this time, this moment. Who knows what the future will bring?”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“client phoned her”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“wry smile.”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“Learn to turn off your phone and not be available all the time.”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“He was the best teacher, never demanding they learn but simply showing them the wonders of nature in a way that made them love it too. It opened their eyes and taught them to look beyond the superficial: something they would never lose.”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“Isn’t it stupid, the way we always want more and more and are never happy with what we have? That’s an important lesson. I wish I was more like you, just being thankful for what I have.”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“You need to take some time off,”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“anything from the simplest”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“doctor”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“forced”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“darkness,”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“Roisin”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House

“Ignore that,’ the doctor ordered as she reached for it. ‘Learn to turn off your phone and not be available all the time.”
― Susanne O'Leary, Secrets of Willow House