Quotes from Cecelia Ahern

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The machine has helped the creator of the machine to survive. No, it hasn't helped him. It has kept him alive. Gave him reason. A thing he felt his life was deeply lacking in.

But in reality the old man did not leave an empty life, because it was filled to the brim with the ghost of his past.

They should prescribe you for depression instead of pills

You are useless!' I said, getting to my feet. 'I know people who go to their families for advice and they actually help.' 'That's in the Hollywood movies,' Dad said dismissively. ' You need to talk to a lawyer about this problem.' 'You are a lawyer.' 'No, a different lawyer.' 'One that cares?' Adrianne raised an eyebrow at him.

There's the person you think you should be and there's the person you really are. I'm not sure who I should be, but I now know who I am. And that, I say, is the perfect place to start again

It is what he regrets, what beats him up inside that makes him relive it over and over a thousand times a day.

Holly asked, sipping the hot tea, feeling it warm her insides.

Steven awoke to his alarm ringing at seven a.m. Waking up, the first disappointment of every day, was as usual followed by its faithful friend, dread.

If only they knew how his days were covered in darkness, as if someone had turned off the light switch in his mind; if only they knew how his waking up in the morning was the first disappoint of every day. He was tired, he had nothing left to give, no more ideas to try.

Why is it that people always put women in the same category as cars and holidays, as though we're prizes on a game show? If I had millions you'd hardly hear people saying, Jesus, would ya look at that Rosie Dunne. All she does is spend her money on shoes, clothes and men. Doesn't sound quite right, does it?

She understood how it felt being surrounded by crowds of people every day, never physically being alone but all the time feeling it.

I may have lost everything I ever owned and loved, but in return I was given the world.

I know now that we never truly stop, our journey is never complete, because we will continue to flourish – just as when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a butterfly.

Finding someone you love and who loves you back is a wonderful, wonderful feeling. But finding a true soul mate is an even better feeling. A soul mate is someone who understands you like no other, loves you like no other, will be there for you forever, no matter what. They say that nothing lasts forever, but I am a firm believer in the fact that for some, love lives on even after we're gone.

Because I've realized that no matter where you are or what you're doing, or who you're with, I will always honestly, truly, completely love you.

I could float and drift and not have to speak to anybody, explain anything, just swim beneath the surface. It was always my escape. It still is now. Family, life, love, search, Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

Sometimes I wonder if love is enough, or if there are levels of love.

I know it's scary, changes can be scary.

Our thoughts are ever-changing, because we put them there.

Aspira a conseguir algo que desees y verás cómo este año cobra sentido.

Todos necesitamos soñar. No hay que perder la esperanza en que es posible conseguir algo más que lo que una tiene.

I was jealous of your perfection. And now I'm jealous that you're Flawed.

They say you're the average of the five people you spend the most time with