Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up
A source page for quotes linked to Alexandra Potter.
“Because you know what’s more terrifying? The thought of never feeling happy again.”
“All you need is one good thing to turn your life around and make it worth living again.”
“It would be like a stranger coming up to you and giving you a kiss”, Dr Khan had explained.”
“Now no one greets me. When I close the front door there’s no one to talk to or share things with.”
“I needed to protect myself, so my world would never collapse again, like it did when my mum died.”
“Being single isn't a terminal disease." "Try telling that to my mother.”
“I’m grateful for: Being child-free, so I can spend tomorrow busy sleeping until noon.”
“Sometimes there are advantages to an eight-hour time difference.”
“I’m grateful for: My brave and foolish heart, for refusing to settle for anything less.”
“But life isn’t a museum. I don’t want to live in the past.”
“People always talk about happy endings, but I think it should be happy beginnings.”
“Books might be your passion but you can’t fuck a paperback.”
“You can't make yourself fall in love, just as you can't choose who you fall in love with.”
“Oh yeah, the heartbreak diet.... Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.”
“He hadn't lost Grace. Because she'd never been his to lose in the first place.”
“...when you decide you want to be with someone forever, you want forever to start right now.”