Quotes from Madeleine Wickham

Knowing a person isn't like knowing a string of facts. It's more like...a feeling.

A tree falls in the forest, thought Roxanne, staring bleakly out of the window. A man tells a woman he loves her. But if no-one is present to hear it does he really make a sound? Did it really happen?

The first rule of winning is to believe you're capable of winning.

How can we be able to live our lives if we deny the one who we truly love?

I understand what you're doing, and I know what it means for me. You're trying to escape. You're trying to discard me. Don't give up something that could be wonderful, just because you're scared.

la brezza della sera arruffava gli alberi e le accarezzava i capelli, calda e dolce

She watched, smiling to herself, as he bleeped open the door of his car, got in and, without pausing, zoomed off down the street. Simon was always in a hurry. Always rushing off to do; to achieve. Like a puppy, he had to be out every day, either doing something constructive or determinedly enjoying himself.

Heaps of presents. People are so

You want to bask in your perfect marriage, with your perfect wife and kids, and gloat at the rest of the world! Dont you? And now you've found a flaw, you cant stand it. Well, stand it, Simon! Stand it! Because the world is full of flaws.

But sometimes,' he said, forcing himself to speak, 'sometimes just loving each other isn't enough.

It's extremely difficult to get things in perspective when you rub up against them every day.