The Island Quotes

“And I had this feeling that I had to be perfect, to do everything better than everyone else, or I wasn’t good enough.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Island

“Dani looked at her, blinking. “Why do I always feel like I have to get everything perfect?” “Because you’re taking your eyes off the goal. You don’t have to get a perfect GPA in order to do well at university. The point of university is to become qualified for a profession so you can make a living to support yourself and any future family. It’s not to be valedictorian.” Dani’s eyes glistened with tears. “I’ve been so afraid of failing.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Island

“It’s a normal rite of passage — stupidity and rebellion followed by repentance and reconciliation.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Island

“You spent a lifetime raising his children and gave up your career to do it. Meanwhile, he makes a fortune in his job and retirement savings because he had your support at home, and you’re left virtually unemployable.”
― Lilly Mirren, The Island

“thought”
― Lilly Mirren, The Island

“could”
― Lilly Mirren, The Island

“There were no smaller houses in their neighbourhood, so it would mean leaving everyone they knew behind and starting over somewhere else. Surely he couldn’t mean it. But instead of addressing these questions to the side of his head, she ignored the niggling thoughts and decided not to raise the subject again for a while since he’d seemed perfectly content with their sprawling suburban property”
― Lilly Mirren, The Island

“smaller”
― Lilly Mirren, The Island

“furniture. The house felt so empty now he was gone. He was only one person, but the noise he generated when he was home was enough that she never felt lonely. Now, it was a different story. The house was like a cavern. Every sound she made echoed through its empty halls and bounced off the tiles. She’d never really thought of the tiled floor as cold before, but since Harry left home, she’d found herself visiting carpeting shops to look through swatches. She’d talked to Preston about giving the house a facelift, maybe getting an interior decorator”
― Lilly Mirren, The Island