“You don't understand," she says. "It's my fault." "Darling, don't say that. Don't even think it." I try to reach my arm around her back, but she pulls away. She squeezes the bag to her chest. "It's true," she says. "I haven't been the perfect wife. I've done things I regret, I know that now. Stupid things. But I never thought it'd come to this." She grabs me by the arm. There's a mad kind of look that could lead to anything. "I blame myself, at least for part of it. I have to go after him. I'm not going to rot away, the way Mum did. I need him to see me. This is my last chance." So of course I find her keys, and her phone, and I think about what to tell the girls while she books her flight to Noosa.” HeartbreakBreakup Book:Our Tiny, Useless Hearts Source: Our Tiny, Useless Hearts
“And he is bewildered and beatific and so pretty, prettier than a hundred roses or a thousand stars, and it strikes me there is no one like him and there never will be. Not now, not if I live to be a hundred.” LoveRomanceRomantic Book:Our Tiny, Useless Hearts Source: Our Tiny, Useless Hearts
“People who work out are so gullible. They think they'll live longer. Well, good luck to them. It's a shame most of them aren't bright enough to realise that the extra time added to their life when they're eighty and too old to do anything productive with it is roughly equal to all the time wasted in the gym when they're young and capable of having fun.” HealthFitness Book:Nine Days Source: Nine Days
“Because when in doubt, resort to good manners.” LifeAdviceManners Book:Our Tiny, Useless Hearts Source: Our Tiny, Useless Hearts
“This isn't just a story. This is...a way to understand the world, passed down from person to person, and changing each one on the way. It's the smell, the touch. Books are art that talks to us.” Book LoversBook Lovers QuotesBook Lover Wisdom Book:The Fragments Source: The Fragments
“Books are time travel and space travel and mood-altering drugs. They are mind-melds and telepathy and past-life regression. How people can stand here and not sense the magic in them - it's inconceivable to her.” Book LoversBibliophilesBook Lovers Quotes Book:The Fragments Source: The Fragments
“To spend her days reading and growing things. Could there be any better life?” Book Lovers Quotes Book:The Fragments Source: The Fragments