My friends’ hugs are longer and tighter; consist of extra squeezes and pats, which alternate between a circular rubbing motion and a light pitter-pattering on the back, both of which I find surprisingly comforting.
She wanted to do such violent things to him, it scared her.
How extraordinary the ordinary really is, a tool we all use to keep going, a template for sanity.
Ruby: Oh Rosie Dunne, expect the unexpected for once. Maybe this time you won’t get such a shock when things don’t go your way.
You reap what you sow, even in death. And so i got about sowing.
Never do something that can’t be undone.
Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures.
Rushing, rushing, rushing. We are always rushing.
I’m in competition with myself. Always have been. It’s up to me to be as good as I can be.
If you think I’m going to let you take over my life, you’re wrong.
The moon made me do it.
Everything comes at a cost to others, most of the time at a cost to ourselves.
You showed me that doing simple things are all you need as long as you’re doing them with someone who wants to be with you.
Why do bad things happen to good people? Within every bad thing I see good, and, likewise, within every good thing I see bad, however impossible it is to understand it or see it at the time.
I experienced a great tragedy at a young age and I thought that was me done, I got it over and done with. In a world of infinite possibilities, I should have known there is no end to the loss that we can experience, but neither is there to the knowledge and growth that arises because of it and in spite of it.
We want to control our deaths, our goodbye to the world, and if we can’t control is, we can at least control how we leave it behind.
People can surprise you when you suffer through grief. It’s not true that you discover who your friends are, but it’s true to say that their characters are revealed.
They say it gets easier,’ he smiled. ‘So they say,’ Holly said grimly. ‘Apparently gallons of tea do the trick.
I don’t believe in magic, yet I see making wishes as a nod to hope, an acknowledgement of the power of will, the recognition of a goal.
Well, I’ll tell you one thing, you can give him all the help in the world, but unless he learns to fend for himself, it’ll be useless.
Maybe you’re not difficult to live with at all, maybe you’re just a busy, successful, beautiful woman who won’t settle for anything but the best.