“I like it when people remember that I'm a person, not just a person with Alzheimer's.”
―
Sally Hepworth,
The Things We Keep
“The library belongs to everyone. The library, Janet used to say, is one of only a few places in the world that one doesn't need to believe anything or buy anything to come inside.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“but I doubt there is a loss in the universe more profound than a daughter losing her mother.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“When you get to my age,' he says, his face softening, 'you don't waste time with regrets. In the end, you just remember the moments of joy. When all is said and done, those are the things we keep.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Things We Keep
“I worked hard for everything I ever cared about, & nothing I ever cared about cost a single cent." ~ Mum” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“People underestimate the role fate plays in our lives.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“Angry is just a pen name for sad,” Janet had explained. “In my experience, nine times out of ten if you are kind to the angry person, you will calm them down and find out what is really going on with them.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“I never had a good answer to Mom's question. 'If I don't remember, will I have been here at all?' But maybe her question was flawed. Maybe it doesn't matter what you remember. Maybe if someone else remembers and speaks your name, you were here.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Things We Keep
“I’d always found there was something agreeable about people who liked dogs and something untrustworthy about those who didn’t.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“Sons see the best parts of you, but daughters really see you. They see your flaws and your weaknesses. They see everything they don’t want to be. They see you for exactly who you are … and they hate you for it.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“You might start something on a lie, or finish it on a lie, but that doesn't mean that everything in the middle isn't the truth.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Things We Keep
“Who are we after we’re gone? I wonder. It’s a good question to ponder. Most people can’t come up with an answer right away. They frown, consider it for a minute. Maybe even sleep on it. Then the answers start to come. We’re our children. Our grandchildren. Our great-grandchildren. We’re all the people who will go on to live, because we lived. We are our wisdom, our intellect, our beauty, filtered through generations, continuing to spill into the world and make a difference.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“Maybe when it comes to sisters, boundaries are always a little bit blurry. Blurred boundaries, I think, are what sisters do best.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“maybe, she was so busy looking at the problems in the world, she forgot to give chances to those right under her nose.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“To my family and friends who live in terror of being cast as a villain in one of my books. It's a valid fear. Be nice to me.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“If it were up to me, every child would have a year in the library before they went to school.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“Some people jumped in and tried to save someone who was in trouble; others did anything they could to save themselves.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“Dementia isn’t the only place that memories are found to be flawed—people find out they can’t rely on their memories every day. People blindsided in relationships. People who find out their truth is a lie. People pulled from trauma. People awakened, as in Anna and Eve. I wondered: If you can’t use memories to steer your life, what can you use? I didn’t know. It was why I had to write this book.” ― Sally Hepworth
“I doubt there is a loss in the universe more profound than a daughter losing her mother.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“The library belongs to everyone. The library, Janet used to say, is one of only a few places in the world that one doesn't need to believe anything or buy anything to come inside.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“but I doubt there is a loss in the universe more profound than a daughter losing her mother.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“When you get to my age,' he says, his face softening, 'you don't waste time with regrets. In the end, you just remember the moments of joy. When all is said and done, those are the things we keep.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Things We Keep
“I worked hard for everything I ever cared about, & nothing I ever cared about cost a single cent." ~ Mum” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“People underestimate the role fate plays in our lives.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“Angry is just a pen name for sad,” Janet had explained. “In my experience, nine times out of ten if you are kind to the angry person, you will calm them down and find out what is really going on with them.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“I never had a good answer to Mom's question. 'If I don't remember, will I have been here at all?' But maybe her question was flawed. Maybe it doesn't matter what you remember. Maybe if someone else remembers and speaks your name, you were here.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Things We Keep
“I’d always found there was something agreeable about people who liked dogs and something untrustworthy about those who didn’t.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“Sons see the best parts of you, but daughters really see you. They see your flaws and your weaknesses. They see everything they don’t want to be. They see you for exactly who you are … and they hate you for it.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“You might start something on a lie, or finish it on a lie, but that doesn't mean that everything in the middle isn't the truth.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Things We Keep
“Who are we after we’re gone? I wonder. It’s a good question to ponder. Most people can’t come up with an answer right away. They frown, consider it for a minute. Maybe even sleep on it. Then the answers start to come. We’re our children. Our grandchildren. Our great-grandchildren. We’re all the people who will go on to live, because we lived. We are our wisdom, our intellect, our beauty, filtered through generations, continuing to spill into the world and make a difference.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“Maybe when it comes to sisters, boundaries are always a little bit blurry. Blurred boundaries, I think, are what sisters do best.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“maybe, she was so busy looking at the problems in the world, she forgot to give chances to those right under her nose.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“To my family and friends who live in terror of being cast as a villain in one of my books. It's a valid fear. Be nice to me.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“If it were up to me, every child would have a year in the library before they went to school.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Good Sister
“Some people jumped in and tried to save someone who was in trouble; others did anything they could to save themselves.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
“Dementia isn’t the only place that memories are found to be flawed—people find out they can’t rely on their memories every day. People blindsided in relationships. People who find out their truth is a lie. People pulled from trauma. People awakened, as in Anna and Eve. I wondered: If you can’t use memories to steer your life, what can you use? I didn’t know. It was why I had to write this book.” ― Sally Hepworth
“I doubt there is a loss in the universe more profound than a daughter losing her mother.” ― Sally Hepworth, The Mother-in-Law
