“The girl who had left Ireland was gone to the bottom of the ocean with the rest of them.”

“Life is fragile, she heard Maggie saying, we never know what’s waiting around the corner.”

“you can always find a reason to begin again, whatever life has in store for you.”

“Life is fragile Grace – it is no more than a petal of cherry blossom; thriving and in full bloom one minute and blown to the ground by a sudden gust of wind the next. We shouldn’t take our life for granted and we should do whatever we can to make ourselves happy.”

“Never leave yourself open to regret Grace. We can only make a decision when we know the choices we are faced with. If we shy away, turn our backs and hide, we will simply never know. And that is when you end up old and wondering and regretting. Live a life of hope. Don’t live a life of regret.”

“Good news comes in large packages”

“To live in the hearts of those we love is never to die.”