30 Quotes by Phaedra Patrick

When did he ever do something on the spur of the moment? He'd spent all his life focusing on something in the future, trying to attain it... He never thought about anything in the here and now, and enjoyed what he had at this exact moment in time.

There's no such thing as perfection, just two people trying to make the most of their time together.

You should always make time for books

You're still the same people, underneath.

Sometimes there’s no right decision. Just the one you make at the time.

Sometimes you hold onto things, not because you want to keep them, but because they are difficult to let go.

But there are always some people that you keep in your heart, yes? That you never forget.” “How.

If he was at home he would have eaten by now. He and Miriam always dined at five-thirty prompt and he carried on the tradition. He set the table while she cooked. After eating, he washed up and she dried the pots. Their only day off from this routine was Friday – chippy tea day when they sat in front of the TV and ate fish, chips and mushy peas straight from the polystyrene tray. He lay back on the bed with his hands behind his head. Food wasn’t the same without his wife.

She stood up and her knees wobbled as she walked toward the garden gate. On top of everything else that had gone wrong in her life, she now had to deal with her father succumbing to dementia.