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The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper QUOTES

The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper QUOTES

1 " He always felt embarrassed opening gifts in front of others, having to act out delight or surprise. He liked to peel off the paper slowly and consider the contents. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

2 " You know, through my travels and meeting people who were part of Miriam’s life, I’m learning that it’s the things you say and do that people remember you for. She is no longer here but she lives on in people’s hearts and minds. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

3 " Sometimes you hold on to things, not because you want to keep them, but because they are difficult to let go. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

4 " It was one year, to the day, that his wife had died.
"Passed away," was the term that everyone liked to use. It was if saying the word "died" was swearing. Arthur hated the words "passed away." They sounded gentle, like a canal boat chugging through rippling water, or a bubble floating through a cloudless sky. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

5 " Sometimes you hold onto things, not because you want to keep them, but because they are difficult to let go. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

6 " Sometimes when you've lived a chapter of your life, you don't want to look back. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

7 " By sorting out her wardrobe it felt as if he was saying goodbye to her all over again. He was clearing her out of his life. With "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

8 " The thing is these days there is too much choice. When I was younger, you were grateful with what you were given. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

9 " All his thoughts were running riot, like rowdy children, and he wanted them to stop and leave him alone. He "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

10 " She sometimes felt like the spider in the middle of the family web, trying to hold all the threads together. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

11 " But there are always some people that you keep in your heart, yes? That you never forget.” “How "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

12 " She stood up and her knees wobbled as she walked toward the garden gate. On top of everything else that had gone wrong in her life, she now had to deal with her father succumbing to dementia. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

13 " Lucy wished she could address her own life and worries like that; that she could get a message from her father saying that he had been attacked by a tiger and think, Oh, well, at least he’s alive. These things happen. That’s how Dan would tackle it. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

14 " Is coffee okay? I’ve run out of tea.” Arthur nodded and sat down on the sofa. Lucy leaped up and settled on his lap. He stroked her head and she looked up at him with her orange eyes. “Where’s next on your travels?” Mike said as he placed two steaming mugs on the table. “What’s the next charm you’re trying to trace?” “I don’t know. I’m intrigued by the paint palette. And I haven’t thought about my mother-in-law for years. Or perhaps I should just stop searching. It makes my head hurt.” “You should never give up,” Mike said. “Those charms on your bracelet could be lucky. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

15 " He was stronger and had more depth than he knew and he liked these new discoveries about himself. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

16 " You can’t stop people doing what they want to do if they really want to do it. Perhaps she thought that her life before you was no longer relevant. Sometimes when you’ve lived a chapter of your life, you don’t want to look back. I lost five years of my life through drugs. All I remember is waking up feeling like shit, or roaming the streets looking to score, or the delirium after I’d shot up. I don’t ever want to look back at that. I want to get back on my feet, get a proper job, maybe find a girl who’s good for me.” Arthur nodded. He understood what Mike was saying, "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

17 " I still remember one from when I was a child. It was about a bear trying to get into a jar of honey. He never gave up. I thought about that when I was trying to get clean. I had to just keep on trying to open that honey jar.” “I liked to read to my kids when they were young. My son much preferred my wife to do it, but when I got to do it, it felt really special. I liked the stories, too.” “Everyone has a good story to tell, Arthur. If you’d have told me last night that I’d have an adventurous old bloke kipping at my house for the night, I’d think I was going mad. But here you are. You’re all right, Arthur, for a posh pensioner,” he teased. “And so are you, for a bit of a scruffbag. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

18 " He told him about his routines, how they had started out as a comfort and became a prison. (He was about to say that a very nice lady had helped him out of it. But it was himself who had done it...He was responsible for the change in his life.) "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

19 " Where once Miriam was their sun and he their moon, Dan and Lucy were now distant stars in their own galaxies. "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper

20 " You can make memories out of money, but you can’t make money out of memories, "

― Phaedra Patrick , The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper