Quotes from Cecelia Ahern

Some people say that you shouldn't operate from a place of fear,' Constance went on, 'but if there is no fear, how is there a challenge?

She felt disgusting and used and like she could never trust anyone ever again, and the last thing she wanted was food.

She was nicknamed the graveyard. Any secret, any piece of confidential information, personal or otherwise, that went in never, ever came back out. You knew you were safe; you knew you would never be judged or, if you were it would be silently, so you'd never know.

Will you be all right, Joe?' Bo asks, gently, her concern genuine. 'I'll have to be, won't I?

So I'm beginning to think that when I'm fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety years old I still won't be any closer to being wise and knowledgeable. Perhaps people on their deathbeds, who have had long, long lives, seen it all, travelled the world, have had kids, been through their own personal traumas, beaten their demons and learned the harsh lessons of life will be thinking : God, people in heaven must really know it all.

Ne trebaš baš sve pokušavati sprije?iti. Katkad ti treba biti neugodno. Katkad trebaš biti ranjiv pred ljudima. Katkad je to nužno zato što je tako?er dio puta prema novom dijelu tebe, prema sutrašnjem danu.

What is she doing in this world? Where is she going? She knows she has so much further to go than the distance she has come.

She was being a jealous, bitter and incredibly selfish friend, she knew that, but Holly needed to be selfish these days in order to survive. She

Children always want the same things because they all need the same basic things.

There was so much time wasted not spending it together.

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with

Despair can be altered by one simple smile offered by a stranger; confidence can become fear by the arrival of one uneasy presence.

Los momentos son muy valiosos; a veces se prolongan y otra veces son fugaces, y sin embargo puede hacerse mucho en ellos; en un momento puedes cambiar una mente, puedes salvar una vida y puedes incluso enamorarte.

Hence all thoughts about myself now begin with Perhaps... because I'm having to think about myself in ways I never did before and I'm not sure if I'm right in my thinking about those things.

Rushing, rushing, rushing. We are always rushing.

She longs for him to be here, but knows it was she who walked away from him. It's her fault he's not here.

I'm in competition with myself. Always have been. It's up to me to be as good as I can be.

You can't know everything by looking at me. You can never know by looking at someone.

Apunta a la luna y si fallas, al menos estaras entre las estrellas.

Sometimes I wonder if love is enough, or if there are levels of love. And sometimes I wonder if he can see me, even when he's looking right at me.

I've come a long way. But I've a distance to go. My dream? My dream is to soar happily into my future.

He pauses, looking around at the youthful faces staring up at him, their minds empty vessels waiting to be filled. So much to learn, so little time to do it in, such little passion within them to understand it truly. It is his job to give them passion. To share with them his experiences of travel, his knowledge of all the great masterpieces of centuries ago.

If you think I'm going to let you take over my life, you're wrong.

Me visto con ropa que hace demasiados años que llevo, de una talla que no consigo variar, que me pone enferma, y que me ha hecho perder la voluntad de hacer algo respecto a... nada, o nada respecto a algo.