The Memory of Music Quotes

“Catherine made a point of hugging them – she did not want to arrive at the stage of wanting to feel the closeness of someone she loved yet be too confounded to touch them.”
― Olive Collins, The Memory of Music: An Irish Family Saga of War & Redemption

“See the world and learn something other than prayers and morals.”
― Olive Collins, The Memory of Music: An Irish Family Saga of War & Redemption

“The past is us,’ Catherine said without removing her eyes from the letter. ‘That’s why history is so significant. It defines nations, and in turn countries and smaller family units. We need to study and interpret the past to make sense of the present.”
― Olive Collins, The Memory of Music: An Irish Family Saga of War & Redemption

“The memory of music is the kindest recollection of all,”
― Olive Collins, The Memory of Music: An Irish Family Saga of War & Redemption

“Some men cannot overcome the inhumaneness of taking another man’s life,’ Phelim added as they watched the man attempt to walk.”
― Olive Collins, The Memory of Music: An Irish Family Saga of War & Redemption