The Mystery Guest

A good cup of tea cures all ills. And if it doesn't, have another.

.. it doesn't matter if you understand another person's pain because their injury is real nonetheless.

Treat others the way you wish to be treated. We’re all the same in different ways. Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.

One foot in front of the other. It's the only way to get anywhere in this life.

My gran. She was always like that. She always found a way to ignite hope. And what is hope if not the decision to shine light into the dark?

You can fight monsters you can see, or you can run away from them. But the invisible ones are inescapable.

Shame is the scar the demons leave behind. You remember that, Molly,” Gran says.

Isn’t it interesting how a person can be as present after death as they were in real life?

We’re all the same in different ways. Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.

It's a matter of polish," I say. "With most things, especially masterpieces, it's about removing the tarnish to reveal the shine.

To err once is human; to err twice is idiotic.

Stories are a way to walk a mile in someone else's shoes.

Never fear a new beginning. One chapter must end for another to begin.

Tell a lie once and your truth becomes questionable.

We all make mistakes. It’s what we do after that matters.

Mr. Grimthorpe and I have always maintained that books can rehabilitate anyone.

sometimes in this life, you have to do something wrong to make something right.

Do you ever wonder what it would be like to go back to places you remember from your childhood, to see them again through adult eyes? Would they look the same or would they appear smaller, like objects in a rearview mirror, not because they have changed but because you have?

But words—the sting of them, the stigma—endured forever. Their words sting to this very day.

Lesson learned: beware of meeting your idols. They don’t always live up to expectations.

She had an infinite capacity to light hope in the dark. And for the most part, she was successful. She certainly convinced me that all was well in our cloistered little world, that our future was impossibly bright. Everything she did was so I would not just survive but thrive. Only now do I know just how much she suffered in the dark, how she carried her burden alone.

doesn’t matter if you understand another person’s pain because their injury is real nonetheless.

Is that an apology from the mouth of an adult man? The concept is so foreign that he might as well be speaking in tongues.

Loneliness and emptiness, hoarding to fill the void. A terrible affliction with a simple cure.” “Which is?” I ask. “Kindness. A patient ear. A loving arm. If she’d had any of those things, maybe it wouldn’t have come to this.

To err once is human; to err twice is idiotic. - Flora Gray

Embrace the possibilities. You never know what might happen. - Flora Gray

I reserve charity for those who deserve it . - John Preston

That education is not something that happens exclusively in classrooms, that education is a state of mind. - Molly Gray

Never judge a man until you’ve walked a mile in his shoes. - Flora Gray