“Quite like old times,' the room says.”
“Old stories are like old friends, she used to say. You have to visit them from time to time.”
“So much of her time spent like this: dreaming up things to say and never quite saying them.”
“Mamma says she is quite certain that "how old is too old?" is not a question known to the Lord.”
“Old times, as my father used to say: If you're not careful, they'll gut you like a fish.”
“Gran’s cottage might be tiny, and the furniture old and battered, but she ran a tight ship. As long as everything is in its right place, there’s plenty of room, she liked to say.”