Starting Over at Acorn Cottage Quotes

“Some women are mothers and some aren’t. Even if you grow a child within you, you can still fail them once they're out in the world. And you can be an exceptional parent and not have ever even conceived a baby.”
― Kate Forster, Starting Over at Acorn Cottage

“women settled for average men because very few were spectacular.”
― Kate Forster, Starting Over at Acorn Cottage

“Sometimes the only thing we can do is survive. We can go through life showing people we are coping and functioning but inside us, we know we’re only pretending and we hope that no one else will ever find out.”
― Kate Forster, Starting Over at Acorn Cottage

“I had a rescue dog like her once. Took two years for her to allow George to pat her but then she would sit on his knee of a night and look at me as though I was the mistress and she was the wife.”
― Kate Forster, Starting Over at Acorn Cottage

“How could you live your best life if you were so busy being what other people wanted, that you forgot what you really wanted?”
― Kate Forster, Starting Over at Acorn Cottage

“Until there is something that changes us and we know we can’t go back to living like that anymore. We have to move forward. We make a huge change. We do something drastic. For some women the first sign is cutting their hair. For others it’s letting go of everything and by everything, I mean every cup and saucer, every shred of responsibility in life. They climb mountains or open an orphanage, or plant a garden. But they are changed and they know they can never go back to that life again.”
― Kate Forster, Starting Over at Acorn Cottage

“Also by Kate Forster The Sisters”
― Kate Forster, Starting Over at Acorn Cottage

“she was carefully putting the Monte Carlos onto a pretty plate decorated with violets. ‘Do you think Joe and Rachel might become an item?’ Clara asked, as she pulled out Tassie’s cups and saucers. ‘Oh, I can’t say yet,’ said Tassie vaguely. ‘Could be. I saw a little heart in my cup this morning.’ ‘Perhaps we should seek out a Wise Woman in Chippenham and see if we can’t make a spell for them to fall in love,’ said Clara with a cheeky smile at Tassie. ‘Oh no, dear, you can never do a love spell for someone else, because it comes back to you.’ Clara wasn’t sure if Tassie was serious. ‘What do you mean?’ ‘If we do a love spell for Joe to fall in love with Rachel, then he might fall in love with us, and the last thing I need is a man hanging about my garden with a hangdog face. I have already had a litter of rescue dogs in my lifetime to care for.’ Clara laughed. ‘I love that! Well, if he fell for you, it would be because you’re amazing and you are the”
― Kate Forster, Starting Over at Acorn Cottage