Quotes from Cecelia Ahern

Happy. She thought about it. Yes, she was happy. Despite all the crap going on in her life, she was actually happy.

If we're all alone, then we're all together in that too.

I'm not really sure why I'm here. You see, everyone has a purpose, they're all going somewhere or doing something. I really have no idea why I'm here.

You made my life Holly, and I'm just one chapter in yours. There will be more. I promise.

Over there I felt like I hadn't a care in the world. Things felt so good and it was almost as if every muscle in my body relaxed the moment I landed there. I haven't laughed so much in years. I felt like a twenty-two-year-old, Steph. I haven't felt like that much lately. I know this probably sounds weird but I felt like the me that I could have been.

Rosie Dunne, I love you with all my heart. I have always loved you, even when I was seven years old and lied about falling asleep on Santa watch, when I was ten years old and didn't invite you to my birthday party, when I was eighteen and had to move away, even on my wedding days, on your wedding day, on christenings, birthdays and when we fought. I loved you through it all. Make me the happiest man on this earth by being with me.

He wanted to prove to the world that he was able to achieve something, that he could stand out from the crowd even when he felt the world was telling him he couldn't.

Tako je ?udno što ljudi izgledaju sasvim druga?ije kada ih pogledaš u o?i. Najednom kao da su neko drugi. Ako mene pitate, istina je ono što kažu da su o?i ogledalo duše.

I've learned that to be courageous is to feel fear within, every step of the way. Courage does not take over; it fights and struggles through every word you say and every step you take. It's a battle or a dance as to whether to let it pervade. It takes courage to overcome, but it takes extreme fear to be courageous.

Ich weiß was ich will. Denn es steht vor mir und ich halte es in meinen Händen. Wenn ich es für dich nicht bin, dann sag es mir lieber gleich...' 'Warum bist du dir so sicher?' 'Weil ich immernoch jeden Morgen aufwache und mich als erstes darauf freue dein Gesicht zu sehen!

And as the magical silence once again embraced them, after fifty years, all they could do was look at each other, and smile.

right.' 'Oh gosh

Why did I walk away from something that was perfect? They ask me all the time. But I didn't. Truth is, something that I thought was perfect was taken away from me, and I never wanted perfect again. I wanted middle of the road. Stuff I didn't care about, so that I couldn't lose anything I really loved ever again.

I know you have found someone who is extra special, and I know you both have a special "bond," or whatever, that you and I will never have. But we have another bond, we're best friends. Or does the best friend bond disappear as soon as you meet somebody else? Maybe it does, maybe I just don't understand that because I haven't met that "somebody special." I'm not in any hurry to, either. I liked things the way they were.

what you don't know, you don't miss

Always a chancer, always lucky, he'd fall into a river and come out dry, with fish in his pockets.

Anyway, it doesn't matter how much, how often, or how closely you keep an eye on things because you can't control it. Sometimes things and people just go. Just like that.

Shoot for the moon, even if you fail, you'll land among the stars

There's no limit to what you can dream. You expect the unexpected, you believe in magic, in fairy tales, and in possibilities. Then you grow older and that innocence is shattered and somewhere along the way the reality of life gets in the way and you're hit by the realization that you can't be all you wanted to be, you just might have to settle for a little bit less.

That's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them.

Memories were fine but you couldn't touch them, smell them or hold them. They were never exactly as the moment was, and they faded with time.

Sometimes, people can go missing right before our very eyes.Sometimes, people can discover you, even though they've been looking at you the entire time. Sometimes, we lose sight of ourselves when we're not paying enough attention.

Often when we realize how precious those seconds are, it's too late for them to be captured because the moment has passed. We realize too late.

When you're on your own, you look for signs. Sometimes you make them up, sometimes they're actually there, but most of the time you can't tell the difference from the two.