Quotes from Cecelia Ahern

You're always sorry 'after' you do something. You never think about how they feel or how you'd feel 'before'.

The older i got, the taller i got, the more that hole within me stretched until it was gaping throughout my adult life, like a wide eyed jaw-dropping fish on ice...

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.

It's not where I live happily ever after, or who with. It's the fact that I live happily ever after.

Možeš posje?i drvo, ali ne možeš uništiti ono iz ?ega je izraslo i sav život koji je iz njega potekao.

Moram se prisjetiti da je svako "zbogom" imalo svoje "zdravo". A nema ni?ega ljepšeg od toga "zdravo".

She had been given a wonderful gift: life. Sometimes it was cruelly taken away too soon, but it's what you did with it that counted, not how long it lasted.

Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures. It is time that we do not have enough of; it is time that causes the war within our hearts, and so we must spend it wisely. Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for Christmas morning. Time can't be given. But it can be shared.

every single person, has a story to tell. Every single ordinary person has an extraordinary story. We might all think that we are unremarkable, that our lives are boring, just because we aren't doing ground-breaking things or making headlines or winning awards. But the truth is we all do something that is fascinating, that is brave, that is something we should be proud of.

Appreciating your loved ones," Raphie said, a little embarrassed at first. "Acknowledging all the special people in your life. Concentrating on what's important.

The tattoo is there not because I believe there is something wrong with me. It's there to remind me that our flaws are our strengths

The fear was there; it was there all the time, but it was merely disguised as something else for others to see.

Were we lost and unaccounted for, or was this where we truly belonged and our normal lives the original error?

Time can't be given. But it can be shared

And then one good thing happened that day, the first good thing, the only good thing, but sometimes you only ever need one good thing.

Somewhere along the line I had forgotten to figure out who and where I was.

In one second, almost two and a half million emails are sent, the universe expands fifteen kilometres and thirty stars explode, a honey bee can flap its wings two hundred times, the fastest snail travels 1.3 centimetres, objects can fall sixteen feet, and 'Will you marry me?' can change a life.

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 shouldn't try to stop everything from happening. Sometimes you're supposed to feel awkward. Sometimes you're supposed to be vulnerable in front of people. Sometimes it's necessary because it's all part of you getting to the next part of yourself.

I think life likes to do that every now and again. Every so often it likes to dip and when you feel like you can't take any more it smoothes out again.

Dear Ms. Dunne, I was hoping that you could come to the school to discuss Katie's rapidly deteriorating behavior in class. Her attention span is short and she distracts other students by her note-passing. How does Wednesday after school sound? You can reach me at the school. You know the number. Ms. Casey To Katie, What do you mean your mum just laughed? From Toby Ahern, Cecelia (2005-02-01). Love, Rosie (p. 99). Hachette Books. Kindle Edition.

This wasn't just my journey, this wasn't just about me falling down and a man rescuing me, though I did trip and you fell and love did happen for me and was mended and repaired for you. This is about you and me, our fall and rise with the seasons, and about what happened when one door closed for both of us. I don't know if I would be this woman now if it weren't for you, and you may not even think you did anything.