"The Pull of the Stars" Quotes
Amidst the chaos of the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, a nurse in a Dublin maternity ward cares for expectant mothers as they face the dual threats of illness and war.
historical fiction | 295 pages | Published in 2020
Quotes
It’s not easy, is it, to get on with life as usual when everything is anything but?
If you’ve never experienced it yourself, you can’t imagine what it is to lose a child.
That’s the damage of this war: the living can’t live.
You can’t make decisions based on how you feel today, you have to think about the future.
It’s a doctor’s job to be calm and practical, even when it all feels impossibly tragic.
We’re all funny mixes of strength and weakness.
The world can change in an instant, but we just keep on living.
People can surprise you. We’re not always what we seem.
It’s important to have something to hold on to, something to hope for.
We can’t control everything, but we can control how we respond.
