The Waratah Inn Quotes

“changed. Inside, Kate took a shower, washing off the sweat and salt from her beach walk. The hot water felt good against her skin, and she scrubbed her hair with shampoo, before standing in place to let the water pummel the aching muscles around her shoulders and neck. She’d tried calling the restaurant the previous evening but hadn’t been able to get a hold of Marco. When she called Davis, his assistant had told her he’d left the office for the day. Yet his home number went straight to the answering machine. She felt so cut off from the rest of the world in Cabarita. The inn had a computer and dial-up modem, but she didn’t know her grandmother’s logon, so hadn’t progressed far in her attempts to send emails. The stress of the funeral, living in the inn with her sisters, and not having contact with anyone from her life back in Brisbane was manifesting as tension in her shoulders. She massaged them with her fingertips and rolled her head from one side to the other. Her plan for the day was to spend time in Nan’s room in the hope of finding some photographs for the funeral, and possibly a copy of her will. She”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“everything in life that’s worth something is difficult. It’s the things we have to work hardest for that bring the most reward.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“We can’t go back and change the past, but we can do our best for the future.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“none of us can go back in time, we can’t rewrite the past.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“Losing someone gives us back the perspective we need, if we let it.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“it’s important to show people compassion even when you don’t understand why they do what they do.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“you’re reading this, then I’ve gone on ahead of you to the next stage in the great journey of life.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“Grief makes us look in, to see if we’re on the track we want to take. If we’re not, we can adjust our course. Losing someone gives us back the perspective we need, if we let it.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“But the girls — they didn’t understand it. Didn’t understand her. And perhaps it wasn’t their fault. She’d kept so much of herself from them. Had it been a mistake?”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“Those days were such distant memories now, like whispers of a time past that would never come again. Whispers that couldn’t be caught, and if she grasped too hard at the memories, they’d disappear like a vapour.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“How about you both accept that each of you is amazing, beautiful, and talented, and that life isn’t a competition but a journey we take together.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“You two were always so competitive. How about you both accept that each of you is amazing, beautiful, and talented, and that life isn’t a competition but a journey we take together.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“The waves were reliable, constant, never ceasing. They remained unchanging through joy and sorrow, heartache, grief, and celebration, kept on crashing against the sand no matter what state her heart was in.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“We all have our own stuff, my love. That’s why it’s important to show people compassion even when you don’t understand why they do what they do.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“No one could bring joy to another without feeling some measure of it herself.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“Family’s hard,” Nan often said. “But everything in life that’s worth something is difficult. It’s the things we have to work hardest for that bring the most reward.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn

“You’re not lost, love, you’re grieving. It happens to the best of us. Grief makes us look in, to see if we’re on the track we want to take. If we’re not, we can adjust our course. Losing someone gives us back the perspective we need, if we let it.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Waratah Inn