Three Nights in Italy Quotes

“it’s so easy to forget that sometimes it’s the people with the biggest smiles who need the most help.”
― Olivia Beirne, Three Nights in Italy

“It always shocks you, death. Even if you know it’s coming, if it’s inevitable. You’re never ready. Ever since her hand went cold in mine, I’ve felt as though someone has ripped me from my anchor and now I’m just floating around aimlessly. I’m starved of oxygen; I can barely breathe. But I need to keep moving. It’s the only thing I know how to do, and I have no idea what will happen if I stop.”
― Olivia Beirne, Three Nights in Italy: a hilarious and heart-warming story of love, second chances and the importance of not taking life for granted

“Wow,’ I breathe. ‘Grandma, it’s beautiful. I love it.’ ‘You see, her life is full of colour and madness. It’s random and sometimes the colours don’t go together, but she’s happy. She doesn’t care what time it is.’ ‘Who is she?’ A wise smile pulls at her crinkled lips. She pauses for a moment before exclaiming, ‘Who do you think? She’s me!”
― Olivia Beirne, Three Nights in Italy: a hilarious and heart-warming story of love, second chances and the importance of not taking life for granted

“Mum rolls her eyes at me, and I shrug. We both know that this is just Grandma – weird yet wonderful, mad but incredible. She’s like a child hiding inside the body of an old woman. It’s like she doesn’t understand rules, or maybe she does and simply refuses to follow the beat of anybody else’s drum. But she gets away with it because she’s an artist, and that’s why everybody loves her.”
― Olivia Beirne, Three Nights in Italy: a hilarious and heart-warming story of love, second chances and the importance of not taking life for granted

“Mum!’ Exasperation carries Mum’s voice. ‘What are you doing? Do you have any idea what time it is?’ ‘Time?’ Grandma scoffs. ‘What is time? Inspiration knows no time. Magic knows no time, Angie. Time is just a state of mind.’ She continue to shuffle into the living room.”
― Olivia Beirne, Three Nights in Italy: a hilarious and heart-warming story of love, second chances and the importance of not taking life for granted

“FORTY”
― Olivia Beirne, Three Nights in Italy