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> [“leaving a chink through which Rose could reach to help build for Jamie a whole, hitherto unimagined future. Chapter four “The doctor will see you now, Mr. McCloone.” Jamie, head buried”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/leaving-a-chink-through-which-rose-could-reach-to-help-build-for/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

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## More by Christina McKenna

> [ “\[Lydia tut-tutted on seeing the grocer's apostrophe\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/lydia-tut-tutted-on-seeing-the-grocer-s-apostrophe/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“The burdens he carried in daytime became the demons he fought at night. He”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/the-burdens-he-carried-in-daytime-became-the-demons-he-fought-at/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“If there was one great benefit to the whole practice of art, it was to focus him in the “now,” where the ugly past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/if-there-was-one-great-benefit-to-the-whole-practice-of-art-it-was-to/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“She was a dedicated churchgoer, devoted do-gooder, and throbbing artery of village gossip. She sharpened her tongue on the loose lives of others and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/she-was-a-dedicated-churchgoer-devoted-do-gooder-and-throbbing-artery/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“leaving a chink through which Rose could reach to help build for Jamie a whole, hitherto unimagined future. Chapter four “The doctor will see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/leaving-a-chink-through-which-rose-could-reach-to-help-build-for/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“Those institutions—the so-called “industrial schools,” orphanages and “Magdalene” laundries—were run by certain religious orders in Ireland for the better part of a century, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/those-institutions-the-so-called-industrial-schools-orphanages-and/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“The fitting room was small and Jamie felt like an elephant in a shoebox.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/the-fitting-room-was-small-and-jamie-felt-like-an-elephant-in-a/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“Perhaps, she mused, we never really stop being the children we once were.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/perhaps-she-mused-we-never-really-stop-being-the-children-we-once-were/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“He would scrub the floors on his hands and knees, beat the rugs, wash the windows and pound the bed linen in the tin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/he-would-scrub-the-floors-on-his-hands-and-knees-beat-the-rugs-wash/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“How interesting, she mused, that we pick up and repeat the qualities of those closest to us, like walking reflections, whether they be good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/how-interesting-she-mused-that-we-pick-up-and-repeat-the-qualities-of/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“Gladys. Places, of themselves, were rarely at fault, but rather the people who inhabited them.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/gladys-places-of-themselves-were-rarely-at-fault-but-rather-the/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“It took him longer than usual. Every sound—the clanking of the mug as he retrieved it from the crammed sink, the gushing and spitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/it-took-him-longer-than-usual-every-sound-the-clanking-of-the-mug-as/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“they understood that to be bound by another’s needs and wishes was perhaps, in essence, a far more fearful state than being on one’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/they-understood-that-to-be-bound-by-another-s-needs-and-wishes-was/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“That’s the spirit, James!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/that-s-the-spirit-james/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

> [“All he wanted was to somehow get there, and taste that joy which everyone but him seemed to be experiencing.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/all-he-wanted-was-to-somehow-get-there-and-taste-that-joy-which/)

[Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/)

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