“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.”

— Cecelia Ahern , book Love, Rosie

Source: Love, Rosie

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