“If you spoke something aloud, it made it real. Ignore it for long enough and it might go away. Only it never did. It festered and developed, usually evolving into something even more difficult to face.” — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share Image
“No one could possibly understand what it meant to watch a person alter so drastically in front of them, to see them change and… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“The church in Monmouthshire was small, set back from sight of the main road behind a gathering of tall oak trees. There was little… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“suppose the point I’m trying to make is that you can’t let other people dictate your life. You’ve got to do what’s right for… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“If you spoke something aloud, it made it real. Ignore it for long enough and it might go away. Only it never did. It… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“Don’t let anyone or anything keep you from doing what’s best for you.” — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“Watching her mother’s decline had been slow and painful: the worst thing she had ever had to witness.” — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“The world kept spinning, clocks kept ticking: time didn’t stop for anyone’s tragedy. Tomorrow the world would carry on as though Keira North had… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“People just found – somehow – a way to adapt; their bodies continued to function, yet their minds would never exist in the same… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“Losing a parent was difficult; when her father had died, she had thought she’d never get over it. The pain had been like a… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“There was no wake to attend. No warm beer and barely filled sandwiches with curled-up corners. Death didn’t seem something to be celebrated,” — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“itself obvious that evening. Rachel knew what was going on between him and Sarah.” — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“no amount of time was enough to absorb the shock of such a loss. People just found – somehow – a way to adapt;… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“As with every other time, she wished they could go back and undo the things they’d said years earlier; try and do things differently,… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“Life had taught her that even those closest couldn’t be relied upon – that everyone had a second face and some chose to keep… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share
“Alex rolled her eyes. ‘When’s it not? Have you seen my office recently? There’s a backlog of paperwork a foot high on my desk.… — Victoria Jenkins Copy Share