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A review by vireogirl
Brunswick Gardens by Anne Perry
4.0
Some very good perspectives on love, sacrifice, and going into ministry. All in the course of solving a murder mystery. One of the best of this series so far.
Good quotes:
“Happiness [in marriage] was not in taking what you pleased…but in knowing the infinite value of what you had, of being able to look at it with gratitude and joy.”
“I sometimes think hell is not actually something awful happening, it’s waiting for something and never absolutely sure if it will happen, so you soar on hope, and then plunge into despair, and then up again, and down again. You get too exhausted to care for a while, then it starts all over again. Permanent despair would almost be a relief. You could get on with it. It takes so much energy to hope.”
Good quotes:
“Happiness [in marriage] was not in taking what you pleased…but in knowing the infinite value of what you had, of being able to look at it with gratitude and joy.”
“I sometimes think hell is not actually something awful happening, it’s waiting for something and never absolutely sure if it will happen, so you soar on hope, and then plunge into despair, and then up again, and down again. You get too exhausted to care for a while, then it starts all over again. Permanent despair would almost be a relief. You could get on with it. It takes so much energy to hope.”