Quotes from Angels

Marian Keyes ·  448 pages

Rating: (29.1K votes)


“smarter than me. But here's the thing my life did get better. I made a decision to let go of my dreams, because they were killing me, and I stopped asking the impossible of myself. I changed my attitude and decided to focus on what I had rather than what i didn't have.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels


“That's the thing with relationships, I understood: it doesn't mean we don't hurt one another; how can we help it sometimes, we're only human. But if you love someone, you get hurt and you manage to forgive. And be forgiven.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels


“The stars are always there, even in the daytime. Sometimes we just can't see them.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels


“However, often when fatal things are happening, you don't know at the time that they're fatal. You get an inkling that they're Not Good, that they Haven't Helped, but only the passage of time will reveal just how bad they are.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels


“If it don't come back, it was never yours. If it comes back, it's yours to keep.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels



“Once the door to one disaster had opened, the possibilities for catastrophe seemed open-ended and I felt I'd no choice but to go along with my life as it unraveled.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels


“The stars are always there, even in the daylight. Sometimes we just can't see them.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels


“You don't have to sleep with someone, you can be unfaithful with your emotions.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels


“Im sorry, I thought it would be better that way. Less painful, to just let it all fade away.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels


“Isn't it strange that sometimes the memory of an act of kindness can cause more pain than the cruel stuff?”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels



“La corrente della vita mi spingeva in avanti, ma io resistevo. Preferivo il passato, non ancora convinta che con Shay fosse davvero finita. Quando lo avevo salutato sul traghetto non sapevo che sarebbero trascorsi quindici anni prima di rivederlo.”
― Marian Keyes, quote from Angels


About the author

Marian Keyes
Born place: in Limerick, Ireland
Born date September 10, 1963
See more on GoodReads

Popular quotes

“إنني و ماي أختان ، ولطالما تشاجرنا ، ولكننا تصالحنا أيضاً . فهذا ماتفعله الأخوات . سنتشاجر ، و ستنتقد إحدانا عيوب الأخرى و أخطائها ، و ستحكم إحدانا على الأخرى ، وسننفّس عن كل القلق الذي شعرنا به منذ الطفولة ثم نعود لنتصالح مجدداً إلى أن تحين المره القادمة .”
― Lisa See, quote from Shanghai Girls


“I had not laid a finger on the boy's head. I have never poked or prodded either a baby or a child, so why did I feel so dirty? Part of it was just my makeup, the deep-seated belief that I deserve a basement room, but a larger, uglier part had to do with the voices I hear on the talk radio, and my tendency, in spite of myself, to pay them heed. The man in the elevator had not thought twice about asking Michael personal questions or about laying a hand on the back of his head. Because he was neither a priest nor a homosexual, he hadn't felt the need to watch himself, worrying that every word or gesture might be misinterpreted. He could unthinkingly wander the halls with a strange boy, while for me it amounted to a political act - an insistence that I was as good as the next guy.”
― David Sedaris, quote from Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim


“The most beautiful thing about you is that you’re not a sock puppet.”
― Jesse Andrews, quote from Me and Earl and the Dying Girl


“Puzzle pieces don't always connect do they?”
― Ellen Hopkins, quote from Fallout


“To an American the whole purpose of living, the one constant confirmation of continued existence, is to cram as much as sensual pleasure as possible into one's mouth more or less continuously. Gratification, instant and lavish, is a birthright”
― Bill Bryson, quote from Notes from a Small Island


Interesting books

Heir of Novron
(31.2K)
Heir of Novron
by Michael J. Sullivan
The Cost of Discipleship
(25.8K)
The Cost of Disciple...
by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Brief Lives
(42.9K)
Brief Lives
by Neil Gaiman
Sugar Daddy
(34.9K)
Sugar Daddy
by Lisa Kleypas
Baltasar and Blimunda
(12.7K)
Baltasar and Blimund...
by José Saramago
Finding Sky
(15K)
Finding Sky
by Joss Stirling

About BookQuoters

BookQuoters is a community of passionate readers who enjoy sharing the most meaningful, memorable and interesting quotes from great books. As the world communicates more and more via texts, memes and sound bytes, short but profound quotes from books have become more relevant and important. For some of us a quote becomes a mantra, a goal or a philosophy by which we live. For all of us, quotes are a great way to remember a book and to carry with us the author’s best ideas.

We thoughtfully gather quotes from our favorite books, both classic and current, and choose the ones that are most thought-provoking. Each quote represents a book that is interesting, well written and has potential to enhance the reader’s life. We also accept submissions from our visitors and will select the quotes we feel are most appealing to the BookQuoters community.

Founded in 2023, BookQuoters has quickly become a large and vibrant community of people who share an affinity for books. Books are seen by some as a throwback to a previous world; conversely, gleaning the main ideas of a book via a quote or a quick summary is typical of the Information Age but is a habit disdained by some diehard readers. We feel that we have the best of both worlds at BookQuoters; we read books cover-to-cover but offer you some of the highlights. We hope you’ll join us.