I'd teach them to read and to dream and to look at the stars and wonder. I'd teach them the value of imagination. I'd teach them to play every bit as hard as they worked. And I'd teach them that all the brains in the world can't compensate for love.
Karen Marie MoningThey loved so intensely that moments of their life have been etched into the very fabric of the mansion. Some say the king designed it that way, so if one day he lost her he could come live with her residue.
Karen Marie MoningSometimes, Ms. Lane," he said, "one must break with one's past to embrace one's future. It is never an easy thing to do. It is one of the distinguishing characteristics between survivors and victims. Letting go of what was, to survive what is.
Karen Marie MoningI didnโt say, You are such a stuffy asshole. And he didnโt say, If you ever burn one of my quarter-of-a-million dollar rugs again Iโll take it out of your hide, and I didnโt say, Oh, honey, wouldnโt you like to? And he didnโt say Grow up, Ms. Lane, I donโt take little girls to my bed, and I didnโt say I wouldnโt go there if it was the only safe place from the Lord Master in all of Dublin.
Karen Marie Moning