Quotes from The Black Candle

“Life was good except for―oh, yes, there was always an except.”
― Catherine Cookson, quote from The Black Candle

“Platitudes or otherwise, there were no words to ease the agony of living.”
― Catherine Cookson, quote from The Black Candle

“Fancy feathers make peacocks, but you pluck them and see what's left.”
― Catherine Cookson, quote from The Black Candle

“And, like the prodigal son, he had returned broken in body and also in mind to the house where he had been born, and he and his child had been welcomed with open arms.”
― Catherine Cookson, quote from The Black Candle

“She's only got eight fingers but she's got them stuck in all kinds of pies, and she keeps her thumbs bare for testing new ones.”
― Catherine Cookson, quote from The Black Candle

“Such love is bound to suffer, because it will wake up one day.”
― Catherine Cookson, quote from The Black Candle

“Who wanted to live to a hundred and one? Who wanted to go on living at all at times?”
― Catherine Cookson, quote from The Black Candle

“Anyway, as they say, where there's life, there's hope. So let us eat.”
― Catherine Cookson, quote from The Black Candle

“Try not to worry, for time is a great healer.' Such words were futile.”
― Catherine Cookson, quote from The Black Candle

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