Beth O'Leary Biography & Quotes

“If you're holding someone close enough, you can be the shoulder and the crier.”

Source: The Switch

“Czasami szczęśliwe zakończenia naprawdę się zdarzają.”

Source: The Flatshare

“Przypominam sobie, że nie da się nikogo uratować na siłę - ludzie muszą to zrobić sami. My możemy najwyżej im pomóc, gdy będą gotowi.”

Inspirational Life

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“It was never home until you were there, Tiffy.”

Home

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“I chuckle, nuzzling into his chest, breathing him in. "You smell like home," I tell him after a moment. "You are home," he says simply. "The bed, the flat..." He pauses, the way he always does when he's looking for enough words for something big. "It was never home until you were there, Tiffy.”

Home

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“You're being grumpy. You don't want me to leave. Of course, I do. I want you to be well. No, you don't. You don't stuff changing. You want me to stay here. Don't say anything. It's annoying, being so completely understood by one so very small.”

Change

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“Rule number one of dating . . . You cannot change a man. Even if he does have his own teeth.”

Men Love Change Dating

Book:The Switch

Source: The Switch

“Rule number two of dating, Grandma—never go after a man who's emotionally unavailable . . . you'll only be signing yourself up for heartbreak.”

Dating

Book:The Switch

Source: The Switch

“Most people are shit, it reads. What are you going to do about it?”

Inspirational Romance

Book:The No-Show

Source: The No-Show

“Better to wonder than to know you're not loved.”

Love Family Mothers Love

Book:Swept Away

Source: Swept Away

“When people talk about loss, they always say that you'll never be the same, that it will change you, leave a hole in your life. And those things are undoubtedly true. But when you lose someone you love, you don't lose everything they gave you. They leave something with you.”

Loss Grief Family

Author:Beth O'Leary

“When people talk about loss, they always say you'll never be the same, that it will change you, leave a hole in your life. ( . . . ) But when you lose somebody you love, you don't lose everything they gave you. They leave something with you.”

Change Loss Healing Grieving

Book:The Switch

Source: The Switch

“You were healing. You’re still healing. You’ll maybe always be healing. And that’s OK. It’ll just be part of what makes you you.”

Loss Grief Healing

Book:The Switch

Source: The Switch

“Holly couldn't sleep; we played checkers. She lifts her fingers and dances them over the board like she's weaving a magic spell before she touches a counter. Apparently it's a mind game - makes the other player watch where you're going instead of planning their next move. Where did a seven-year old learn mind games?”

Children Checkers

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“Have you ever looked forward to reading a book so much you can’t actually start it?”

Reading Books

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“Look,' he says, 'have you ever looked forward to reading a book so much you can't actually start it?' 'Oh totally. All the time - if I had a grain of self-restraint I never would've been able to read the last Harry Potter book. The anticipation was painful. You know like what if it does live up to the last ones? What if it's not what I hope it'll be?”

Reading Books Anticipation Harry Potter Expectation

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“It all seems too good, like we can’t possibly deserve it, like we’re taking too much happiness and not leaving enough for everyone else.”

Love Happiness

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“The last time I was on a cruise it was through the Greek islands with Justin, and I was positively glowing with love and post-sex hormones. Now, huddled in a corner with three Aldi bags of knitting needles, crochet hooks and wool, accompanied by an ex-hippy and a sardine sandwich, I can no longer deny the fact that my life has taken a turn for the worse.”

Humour Humourous Situations Downward Spiral Crochet Cruise Ship

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“Some people are beyond aromatherapeutic help”

Friendship Candles Aromatherapy Flatmates

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“The next thing I notice is the sheer quantity of crap in my living room...It's like a terrible episode of Changing Rooms. Flat has been redecorated to look immeasurably worse. Can only conclude that she was doing it on purpose - nobody could be this tasteless accidentally.”

Flatmates Lava Lamp

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“We're so overdressed for a daytime event about crochet.”

Humor Party Crochet Book Launch

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“I'm just conveying the brutality of the market to you, Katherin,' I say. That's one of my favourite lines. Good old market, always there to be blamed. "The people don't want history in their crochet books. They want cute pictures and easy instructions.”

Humour Publishing Books Crafting Crochet

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“I think you should know,' he says. 'I like you. Like I shouldn't. That sort of like.”

Love Relationships

Book:The Switch

Source: The Switch

“I stop dead in my tracks. Someone behind me walks into me and swears (stopping abruptly in central London is a heinous crime, and immediately gives the people around you permission to kick you).”

Walking London Pedestrians London City

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

“I wake with a jolt that sends a shock of pain through my ankle. Crying out, I look around me. Floral wallpaper. Am I at home? Who's that man in the chair by the door, reading .... "Twilight?" Leon blinks at me, putting the book down in his lap. 'You went from unconscious to judgemental very quickly there.”

Friendship Patient Twilight Saga Flatmates

Book:The Flatshare

Source: The Flatshare

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