Quotes from Cecelia Ahern

Just as when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

She never seemed to be truly happy; she just seemed to be passing time till she waited for something else. She was tired of just existing; she wanted to live.

I must stop feeling so deeply but I must not be numb; I must move on but I must not forget; I must be happy but not reject sadness; I must embrace but not cling; I must deal with but not dwell on; I must confront but not attack; I must eliminate but not annihilate; I must be gentle with myself but I must be strong.

There was something about him so pure and untarnished,yet he was powerful and well-versed on life.

he was like the drug she knew she shouldn't take,but the drug that kept coming back to feed her addiction

A sunflower for my sunflower. To brighten the dark October days you hate so much. Plant some more, and be safe in the knowledge a warm and bright summer awaits.

You were the only person who truly told me in that interview that you weren't afraid to fly, that in fact you were afraid that you wouldn't.

Sometimes that's all people ever really need. Just to know.

But this is what happens when you come apart, the secret bits you knew about each other dissolve into nothing.

The same highly unlikely thing never happens to the same person twice.

Why can't people just be really good at something? Why do they have to be the best at something?

Children understand...things far better. Adults always make things so complicated.

You can't replace people, Paul, you'll never be replaced, but you can replace roles.

From Rosie Ro Alex Subject Job Promotion Nothing is impossible, Alex. It was there all the time. I just wasn't reaching out far enough, that's all. Nothing is impossible. Not a bad statement to come from the pen (or rather keyboard!) of a cynic. Thank you for your faith in me, Alex. I would love to return that hug and kisses to you now! but then again, perhaps some things just might be beyond our reach after all.

The more time she is spending around people, the more she discovers of her own character failures. In the cottage she was generous, she was kind, she was positive. In this world new sides of her are emerging and she doesn't like it. She thought she was a better person than this.

the more you try to simplify things, the more you complicate them.

Inveniam viam - I shall either find a way or make one.

It doesn't matter where you are in the world because it's about where you are up here,' she touched the side of her head lightly. 'It's about the other world I inhabit. The world of dreams, hope, imagination and memories. I'm happy up here,' she tapped her temple again and smiled, 'and because of that I'm happy up here too.' She held out her arms and displayed the countryside around her....

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.

you used to be much more… muchier. You've lost your muchness.

The hips were the leaders of this conspiracy. So I rang my boss and held the phone to my hips so he could hear them too.

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.

Sometimes what you're most afraid of doing is the very thing that will set you free. —

Our life is made up of time. Our days are measured in hours, our pay measured by those hours, our knowledge is measured by years. We grab a quick few minutes in our busy day to have a coffee break. We rush back to our desks, we watch the clock, we live by appointments. And yet time eventually runs out and you wonder in your heart of hearts if those seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades were being spent the best way they possibly could.