"Your mother?" Louise knows that the two of them were never the best of friends, that they've drifted in a conscious decision from both sides.
"Oh dear, this isn't a Romeo e Guilietta situation? Because I think this town already been through such a thing plenty of times before."

"So take several steps back. You can't put your life on hold for such a thing, they will always pop back at a less than perfect time anyway. Or so I think."