The Hidden Quotes

“Forgiveness wasn’t about the other person, though. It was about drawing a line under something, and moving on. What Ruby had realized since knowing Leonie, was that once there was child in your life, you no longer had the luxury of deciding whether or not to forgive. What you did, you did for them.”
― Melanie Golding, The Hidden

“Whatever her family setup looked like after this, Leonie would be changed by it, like the roots of a sapling encountering a rock, and growing differently for ever. But maybe that was just life; maybe that's how we all grow.”
― Melanie Golding, The Hidden

“And she realized, then, that she'd stopped thinking and speaking of Ruby as her sister altogether. She was a mother, and her child needed her. Perhaps for the first time, she knew she would be there, no matter what; she was the only person who could do it. And it felt completely right.”
― Melanie Golding, The Hidden

“Why didn't I see it?"

She shrugged. "People only notice the things they expect to be there.”
― Melanie Golding, The Hidden

“I loved her once, you know. I still do, as the mother of my child. But when someone's ill, and you become a carer, it can kill it dead, even if you don't want it to.”
― Melanie Golding, The Hidden

“They'd been playing house, but it wasn't a game either of them liked.”
― Melanie Golding, The Hidden

“Drink makes you more truthful, I've heard."

"No, it doesn't do that," said Joanna. "It makes you self-destruct.”
― Melanie Golding, The Hidden

“Joanna held her father up as he cried, and thought about how we never really leave our childhood selves behind. The little boy that grew up to be her father still lived inside him, just as the little girl she’d once been lived in her.”
― Melanie Golding, The Hidden