Cecelia Ahern Quotes - Page 4

She had been given a wonderful gift: life. Sometimes it was cruelly taken away too soon, but it's what you did with it that counted, not how long it lasted.

You gotta be rich to be insane, Hol. Losing your mind is not a luxury for the middle class.

Seeming and being are not one and the same.

Tonight I'm happy. I will worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes. But I'm getting there.

.. 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.

There's a fine line between love and hate.Love frees a soul and in the same breath can sometimes suffocate it.

Holly's theory about the army," Sharon explained. And what is it?" Denise asked, intrigued. Oh, that fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.

How else do you think life happens? A series of coincidences and occurrences have to happen somehow. Our lives all crash and collide and you think there's no reason or rhyme to it? If there wasn't any reason for it all, what would be the point? Why do you think anything happens at all? There is an outcome, repercussions and occurrences to everybody you meet and everything you say.

Close your eyes and stare into the dark.

what a luxury it was for people to hold their loved ones whenever they wanted

Aim for what u want and the year will all make a sense.

That's what life is about: People come and go.

Our minds do unusual things sometimes, Tamara. When we’re looking for things it takes it upon itself to go down its own route. All we can do is follow

Children need close friends to help them grow up, to discover things about themselves and about life. They also need close friends to keep them sane

What if we knew what tomorrow would bring? Would we fix it? Could we?

Your heart can break at any age.

I generally don’t become overexcited about things anyway, I’m just not one of those people. I’m not easily surprised by things either. I think it’s because I expect that anything can happen

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

Love is not a theme. It's an atmosphere, a mood.

There’s something completely unnerving about seeing your parents upset. I suppose it’s because they’re supposed to be the strong ones, but that’s not just it. Ever since people are kids they use their parents as some sort of measurement for how bad a situation is. When you fall on the ground really hard and you can’t figure out whether it hurts or not you look to your parents. If they look worried and rush toward you, you cry. If they laugh and smack the ground saying “Bold ground,” then you pick yourself up and get on with it.

It's not about finding Mr Right, or that sort of conventional ending, but I do want my characters to have hope - and that's what I do with all my stories.

Holly smiled weakly. Gerry would know exactly how she was feeling, he would know exactly what to say and he would know exactly what to do. He would give her one of his famous hugs and all her problems would melt away. She grabbed a pillow from her bed and hugged it tight. She couldn't remember the last time she hugged someone, really hugged someone. And the depressing thing was that she couldn't imagine ever embracing anyone the same way again.

It’s not easy remembering the good times.

...all people needed was time and then they could figure most things out of themselves.

I'm most happy when I am writing at night, because I need space and time to write.