Quotes from Cecelia Ahern

while everybody else marches to the beat of their own important drum. I constantly feel hungry, metaphorically and literally.

And just because he's dead doesn't mean I have to stop living too.

Tata coboar? m?suÈ›a, scoate fotografia mamei din buzunar, o aÈ™eaz? pe mas?, cu faÈ›a la fereastr?. ÎÈ™i las? scaunul pe spate È™i privesc amândoi marea nesfârÈ™it? de noriÈ™ori albi care dispar sub noi, f?r? s? mai scoat? un cuvânt tot restul zborului.

Rosie: I know what it is. You just don't want me to be single because I'm a distraction to you. If I'm with a man then you think that perhaps you just might be able to keep your hands off me. I know deep down that's what this is all about. I've sussed you out, Alex Stewart. You love me. You want me to have your babies. You can't stand another day without me. Alex: I... don't no what to say... Rosie: Relax, I'm joking. What happened to make you change your mind about Bethany?

I can understand now why people read, why they like to get lost in somebody else's life. Sometimes I'll read a sentence and it will make me sit up, jolt me, because it is something that I have recently felt but never said out loud. I want to reach in to the page and tell the characters that I understand them, that they're not alone, that I'm not alone, that it's okay to feel like this.

We are so good together when we're not talking about what counts. And my life counts. Blake, my life is so important to me. I know that. Do you? Because he's in there having a pint on his own and I don't think you're the slightest bit interested in him. You haven't asked one question about me since I've seen you, not one. He frowned while he thought about it. That might be ok for someone else. It was ok for me for a while, but not now.

Every single ordinary person has an extra ordinary story

E dr?gu? s? fii important, Gracie, dar e mai important s? fii dr?gu?.

Tomó un sorbo de té. Ah, las maravillas del mágico té. La respuesta a todos los pequeños problemas de la vida. Tenías un cotilleo y preparabas una taza de té, te despedían del trabajo y tomabas una taza de té, tu marido te decía que tenía un tumor cerebral y tomabas una taza de té…

Rosie honey, you're 25 years old, you've got at least ten years of your life left before it's over. You should get out there and enjoy yourself, stop letting the weight of the world rest on your shoulders.

I know what's going on, Rosie. You're my best friend and I can see the sadness in your eyes. I know that Greg isn't away working for the weekend. You never could lie to me; you were always terrible at it. Your eyes betray you time and time again. Don't pretend that everything is perfect because I see it isn't. I see that Greg is a selfish man who has absolutely no idea just how lucky he is and it makes me sick.

i'm lonely, i'm tired, i'm sad, i'm happy, i'm lucky, i'm unlucky, i'm a million different things everyday of the week. But i suppose OK is one of them

Menschen sind nicht grausam. [...] Aber sie haben einen starken Selbsterhaltungstrieb und mischen sich, solange sie nicht direkt betroffen sind lieber nicht ein, wenn es Probleme gibt.

Her heart was pounding, she was tired of thinking about it, tired of analyzing what on earth had happened, but she suddenly felt the need to repent, to apologize for everything she had ever done wrong just to feel worthy again.

I just know that there's a job for me at the end of the rainbow.

She was afraid to be alone. She didn't know what to do; she couldn't spend another moment thinking about this, beating herself up about it, but she didn't feel it was right not to either.

She never wanted anybody to fail to meet their potential. To her that was the greatest error of all.

the chocolate bar I had a Willy Wonka moment.' 'Is that secret code

Josh takes chances; he's braver than I am. He always takes that extra step when he nos he shouldn't. He does it anyway and he learns. I think we adults have a lot to learn from that. Perhaps to not be so afraid and oversensible about reaching for goals.

The government announced that never again will this country allow such a 'lapse in humanity to poison us and strip people of their basic human rights.' Everybody looks back and wonders how we allowed it to happen in the first place. It all seems so simple now.

She knew she was deliberately finding flaw with everything about herself, and finding very little to celebrate. She second-guessed everything she said and did.

She was feeling far from inspired and her self-belief was at an all-time low.

Despite going to bed without an ounce of hope, she managed to wake up somehow feeling vibrant and full of possibilities. A new day meant a new start to her search. She could do it. This was her moment to redeem herself, to make Constance proud.

Oh don't let people walk all over you Buttercup. It's your life. If you want something, you need to get out there and grab it by the horns because no one is going to give you what you want on a plate. Good girls always come second.