“Happy endings are reserved strictly for the fiction shelves of bookstores”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“The true test of life isn't how you cope when everything is going in your favour; it's how you deal with things that could destroy you, if you let them.”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“Of course, you're always a cynic before you fall in love yourself...”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“I've never seen anyone get so excited by breakfast before."
"Are you serious? It's the most important meal of the day. Sometimes, at bedtime, I plan what I'm going to make for breakfast and then get so excited I can't sleep.”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“Another round later and I was undeniably drunk. I could feel my head swimming and was yelling "INK INK THAT'S THE NOISE A SQUID MAKES", while laughing hysterically at myself.”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“The true test of life isn't how you cope when everything is going in your favor;it's how you deal with things that could destroy you,if you let them.”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“Most of the time, life is all “What’s next?” “Who’s next?” “Where the HELL am I going, please?” But on anniversaries, you take the time to stop and look back and it’s like watching a play of your past dance across your memory. At”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“Learning anything interesting?"
"Not really. Psychology sounds a lot more interesting than it actually is."
Dad looked at me over the paper. "I'm afraid that's the same with most things in life.”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“There are the times when the only appropriate thing to do is stop crying, let it go, with light and love in your heart, and to continue living your life to the best of your ability.”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“I can't, guys," I said. "Tonight I'm making a cherry pie from scratch.”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“Nobody really likes coffee. They just pretend to because drinking coffee makes them feel like a proper adult.”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
“Isn't [Caffe Nero] a bit 'commercial' for an anti-establishment rock star like yourself?"
He dropped my hand and dug into his pocket. "But I've got a loyalty card," he protested. "And I've got enough stamps to get you a free coffee.”
― Holly Bourne, quote from Soulmates
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“Six foot eight and all asshole.”
― Lauren Beukes, quote from The Shining Girls
“I thought that if I accomplished enough, that somehow I would be let off the hook in the future. Like I didn’t have to keep striving and achieving because I had done that already, and it would add up to being enough.”
― Portia de Rossi, quote from Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain
“...at the restaurant of her choice, she taught me the lesson of “proximity.” “You don’t have to throw people away,” she said. “You just have to decide how close you want them. Not every person in your life needs to be your best friend: some can be friends or just friendly acquaintances.”
― Jane Lynch, quote from Happy Accidents
“it is not the institution, ultimately it is you and you alone who can change your life by hard work.’ Probably he was not aware that he was following the philosophy of the Bhagavad Gita: ‘Your best friend is yourself and your worst enemy is yourself.”
― Sudha Murty, quote from How I Taught My Grandmother to Read and Other Stories
“She chafed against the invisible restraints he had placed on her and his protective urges but it would only irritate him more if she fought with him. Braith”
― Erica Stevens, quote from Renegade
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