Cecelia Ahern citations

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“Chin up, don’t smile, don’t cry, don’t fall, walk.”

“Not like a heart, which let people in without permission, held them in a special place she never had any say in and then yearned for them to remain there longer than they planned.”

“Well isn’t that one thing you’re all the more wise for? Age has taught
you something. It seems to me that you know the big secret. That nobody
knows what’s going on”

“Sometimes wrong numbers are the right numbers”

“Things won't change unless you change you.”

“We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but none of us is perfect.”

“They say a story loses something with each telling.”

“Wildflower: 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.”

“People can never own people but whether I can be with him or not right now, the answer is no. Not now. Maybe in another time.”

“You always had me. I always had you.”

“That was other thing I hated about kids; they always said the exact things that deep down you already knew, would never admit, and most certainly never wanted to hear.”

“I missed her, the idea of her.”

“You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.'
'And yet it is still extremely funny.”

“People tell stories and it's up to those who listen whether to believe or not."

"Shouldn't the storyteller believe it."

"The storyteller should tell it.”

“What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.”

“Love frees a soul and in the same breath can sometimes suffocate it.”

“To hell with you all, I DO believe”

“You can run and run as fast and as far as you like, but the truth is, wherever you run, there you are.”

“Perhaps I’ve been rushing my whole entire life, jumping into things headfirst without thinking them through. Running through the days without noticing the minutes.”

“I guess when you’re trying to find all the parts of yourself, it’s difficult to be with someone who’s already fully intact.”

“One must not speak of such things. One is still scarred from that experience.”

“what a luxury it was for people to be
able to hold their loved ones whenever they wanted.”

“Slow down. Stop trying to do everything now, now, now. Hold up the people behind you for all you care, feel them kicking at your heels but maintain your pace. Don't let anybody dictate your speed.”

“You were my wonderfully bespoke original guide to happiness.”

“It's like my garden, love. Everything grows. Including love. And with that growing everyday how can you expect missing her to ever fade away? Everything builds, including our ability to cope with it. That's how we keep going.”

“.. then when the hurt goes, anger takes its place; when the anger runs out of system, loneliness steps in to take over. it's a never ending circle of emotions; every lost emotion being replaced by another.”

“are you saying that the feeling of searching for a missing sock is like searching for love?”

“So I left my wonderfully intelligent family and soaked myself in the bath and considered drowning myself. Then I remembered I still had chocolate cake left over from yesterday so I came back up for air. Some things are worth living for.”

“Parents are the barometers of emotions for children and it has a domino effect.”