55 Quotes by M.L. Stedman

Stick to now. Put right the things you can put right today, and let the ones from back then go. Leave the rest to the angels, or the devil or whoever's in charge of it.

The only thing we can do is love that little girl as much as she deserves. And never, never hurt her!

Your family's never in your past. You carry it around with you everywhere.

Are you sorry you ever met me, Tom?"I was born to meet you, Izz. I reckon that's what I was put here for," he said and kissed her cheek.

Scars are just another kind of memory.

Being over there changes a man. Right and wrong don't look so different anymore to some.

From when she was a baby, Tom has taught the girl to respect, but not fear, the forces of nature- the lightning that might strike the light tower on Janus, the oceans that batter the island.

Sometimes, you're the one who strikes it lucky. Sometimes, it's the other poor bastard who's left with the short straw, and you just have to shut up and get on with it.

He was a practical man: give him a sensitive technical instrument, and he could maintain it; something broken, and he could mend it, meditatively, efficiently. But confronted by his grieving wife, he felt useless.