Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it. Antonia had come only a few paces, but already she could turn and look back and not weep. It wasn't anything to do with forgetting. It was just accepting. Nothing was ever so bad once you had accepted it.


The Shell Seekers (ed. Macmillan, 2013) - ISBN: 9781250032195

Rosamunde Pilcher Quotes

Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it. Antonia had come only a few...

Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it. Antonia had come only a few...

Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it. Antonia had come only a few...

Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it. Antonia had come only a few...