“He has such musicality, darling. There were mistakes, he must find discipline, but the musicality, this is a gift.” And my heart lurched because when I’m able to see through the blackness this is what I hope for. It’s that,… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“Really, I’ve never understood why we haven’t thought of an English word for Schadenfreude.” — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“The way she said his name, the tenderness in those two words, the loss, told me that it was Charlie who she mourned above… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“I should have celebrated my life as it was, imperfections, sadness, and all, and not forensically examined its faults.” — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“the only life is a shadowy turbulence at the periphery of my vision, a fox perhaps,” — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“long odds don’t always make any difference at all. Somebody always makes up that small percentage of people to whom unlikely or desperate things… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“Outside, I take in the fact that the night is deeply dusky and warm, and that feels like a balm after the cold air inside. I notice a strong smell from the glowing white roses that hang over the churchyard gate and the dark fluttering of bats that swarm from a high corner of the church tower. Around us, as… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share
“it’s to do with not being able to let go of what Richard and I had, the perfect idea of us, even though our… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“I should have celebrated my life as it was, imperfections, sadness and all, and not forensically examined its faults. Those faults were largely in… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“At home, in the empty flat, I wish more than anything that I had somebody who would come home to me tonight, somebody I… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“limit my answer because my trust in others has been eroded by what happened; of course it has. Within many of my relationships doubt… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“What I know now is that even after the divorce I should simply have been grateful for what I had. I should have celebrated… — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
“Our friendship didn’t survive. Some things are too big for other people to bear.” — Gilly Macmillan Copy Share Image
