Quotes from Erica James

It was the apparent isolation of the place that touched her; it was somewhere she felt she could be separated from the rest of the world.

Writers are not the sanest lunatics in the asylum...

Pick yourself up and fight another day" is as good a motto as any, in my experience.

part of her didn't want her wounds to be healed. Not yet. She wasn't ready. She still needed to kick against the hurt of her grief. The

Forgive an old lady preaching to you, but I want you to believe what I do, that you have so much more to offer the world than you give yourself credit for. Yes, you have encountered a run of bad luck and made mistakes in the past, but so have we all, so please do not make the bigger mistake and allow yourself to be defined by these things. 'Pick yourself up and fight another day' is as good a motto as any in my experience.

conservatory, grabbed the bouquet and took it out to the garden. She threw it on the ground and stamped

The land girls from Shillingbury Farm looked the most altered

she really could hear, like Edmund says

It was standard procedure in most households and most fathers went along with it, treating these strange, surly beings as an alien life form temporarily exchanged for their precious little darlings. They knew that they had no choice but to go along with the derision and the tantrums and that, before long, if they played their part accordingly, their loving, sweet-natured daughters would be returned

They is no place for me in this world , I am surround by many people but still feel alone.

Hunter had been hopelessly at sea with the situation.

when it comes to love there is nothing so cowardly as a safe compromise. Life should be an adventure. There should be thrills. Risks.

sudden urge to reread something I loved as a

Life isn't the orderly black-and-white business we'd prefer it to be. It's messy and complicated and horribly blurred around the edges. All we can ever do is make the best of it. And maybe grab at those fleeting chances of happiness.' 'But never at the expense of anyone else's

Haven't you ever thought how futile and ludicrous life is sometimes, and that if you don't take refuge in laughter you'll end up in a far worse place?

After all, sisters didn't die, did they?