The Second Chance Holiday Club Quotes

“Making new memories is painful but important, Cynthia said, but this doesn't feel painful at all - it feels liberating”
― Kate Galley, The Second Chance Holiday Club

“Clever man, to remember your son like that. Is that the way to woman's heart these days, through her children?”
― Kate Galley, The Second Chance Holiday Club

“I look at my companions and see the possibility of a different sort of life; one filled with friendship and sharing. I could step out of the darkness I've built around myself and embrace something new, but perhaps that's the wine talking”
― Kate Galley, The Second Chance Holiday Club

“Maybe she thought she was protecting you by keeping quiet. Sometimes people do the wrong thing for the right reason”
― Kate Galley, The Second Chance Holiday Club

“Everybody loved Tony Pringle; he was charming and handsome, and he could make you feel like the most important person in the world. He could also make you feel as if you mattered so little to him that he could brush you aside in favour of a new car, a new venture - in fact, anything new.”
― Kate Galley, The Second Chance Holiday Club

“Well, I could hang it on the wall at home to remind myself of this eventful trip. Sometimes you need to think about making new memories," she says, as if she's read my mind. "It's painful, but it has to be done”
― Kate Galley, The Second Chance Holiday Club

“It's odd to be huddled in the corner with these two, near strangers, both wanting to hear what I have to say. People tend to talk at me these days; they don't often listen. I take a breath and before I can change my mind, I allow the words to tumble from my mouth”
― Kate Galley, The Second Chance Holiday Club

“A sense of purpose settles over me then. This lacklustre backdrop for Christmas is probably a blessing. I can do what I came to do without interference. With everyone preoccupied in the bar, I can slip out without being noticed, keep my head down, stay under the radar and leave the others to make what they will of their Christmas break”
― Kate Galley, The Second Chance Holiday Club

“What was it Doctor Graham once told me? 'It's not good to watch life from the sidelines.' It's this thought that propels me across the road. I can't go back next week and tell the doctor I gave up; it would be humiliating”
― Kate Galley, The Second Chance Holiday Club