One Summer in Italy Quotes

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― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“After that, it’s you and your husband—just the two of you. You think when you have babies that you’ll never be lonely again. But you can’t rely on them for your joy, since they aren’t yours to keep. If you are blessed with a family, you only borrow them from God for a time, and then they fly off to live the life they choose for themselves. God willing, you will spend a season with your children, but your life will be with your husband.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“Mamma also says, children grow up and make lives of their own. They aren’t with you forever, only for a short time.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“Pain is a part of life, it’s what lets us know we’ve loved well, my dear.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“You think when you have babies that you’ll never be lonely again. But you can’t rely on them for your joy, since they aren’t yours to keep. If you are blessed with a family, you only borrow them from God for a time, and then they fly off to live the life they choose for themselves. God willing, you will spend a season with your children, but your life will be with your husband.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“tradition and Edie couldn’t be happier about it. The inn had been Paul’s idea, but she’d taken to it with gusto. With each month that passed after they arrived in the north, Edie had embraced a new aspect of their adventure. She’d worked with the architect they’d found in Brisbane to put together the best possible design. She’d selected every paint colour, each item of furniture, and the eclectic decorative items that were scattered over tables, buffets, mantles, and hung on walls. As it all came together, she’d embraced it, learned to love it in a way she hadn’t imagined she could. Keith loved it there as well. He spent much of each day traipsing through the sand to build sandcastles or cubbies. They’d bought him a book on botany and bird life for his last birthday, and she often found him sitting with it in his lap as he studied a bird or plant in front of him. He’d become a precocious, intelligent, and curious little boy, and being with him made her heart sing. Seeing their little family seated around the small dining table she’d set up in the kitchen, often brought a lump to her throat. They’d done the impossible, created a life out of the remnants evil had left them. And they were happy. Guests milled about behind them in the sitting room. The smell of apple cider filled the air. Paul had insisted she make it for the guests, though she’d assured him that a hot Australian Christmas didn’t need apple cider, it required”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“things had been passionate, heady, desperate. They had to be together, if they couldn’t be, she’d felt as though she might die. When he left, a part of her left with him. She was empty inside, lonely, dark, couldn’t live without him. But he was gone. And she had gone on living with the gap in her heart he’d left behind. When she was with Paul, she felt safe, loved, happy. The desperation, the cloying need was gone, instead there was affection, respect, and love. She’d admitted it to herself a few days earlier. She loved him. She hadn’t recognised the feeling at first since it was so removed from how she’d felt for Charlie, but it was there. A stable, strong kind of love, with a foundation she didn’t think would be easily moved.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“Mamma says, children don’t make a marriage stronger, they test it for fault lines.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“Mamma also says, children grow up and make lives of their own. They aren’t with you forever, only for a short time. After that, it’s you and your husband—just the two of you. You think when you have babies that you’ll never be lonely again. But you can’t rely on them for your joy, since they aren’t yours to keep.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“She loved him more than anyone else in the world. Was it her lot to have her heart broken over and over by the one person she’d chosen to give it to?”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“Old age is like a comb, everyone will pass through it.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“The war had done a good job of tearing down the lives of everyone it touched.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“Mamma also says, children grow up and make lives of their own. They aren’t with you forever, only for a short time. After that, it’s you and your husband—just the two of you. You think when you have babies that you’ll never be lonely again. But you can’t rely on them for your joy, since they aren’t yours to keep. If you are blessed with a family, you only borrow them from God for a time, and then they fly off to live the life they choose for themselves. God willing, you will spend a season with your children, but your life will be with your husband.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“Mamma says, children don’t make a marriage stronger, they test it for fault lines.” Angela chuckled. “If there are any weaknesses in it, children will be the catalyst for finding them.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy

“children don’t make a marriage stronger, they test it for fault lines.”
― Lilly Mirren, One Summer in Italy