Quotes from The One You Cannot Have

Preeti Shenoy ·  275 pages

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“Men are always complaining about how difficult it is to understand women but I think it is the other way round. Men clan up and do not express what they feel. Then they suddenly stop all communication with you and vanish. All you can do is wait. I wish men came with instruction manual.”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from The One You Cannot Have


“the person who cares less has more power in the relationship. As sad as it is, it is true. Right now,”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from The One You Cannot Have


“I want to tell her that love can also hurt and wound. It can make you ache. It can make you long for a person long after they are gone. It can leave you with a feeling so incomplete that you wonder if you will ever be whole again. It can shatter you, break you and make you a different person from what you were. But I say nothing. ‘Why are”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from The One You Cannot Have


“The harder one tries to get over that person, the deeper they seem to fall for them.”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from The One You Cannot Have


“It is funny what memories can do to you. How they can grip you by the throat, choke you, strangle you. And just when you thought you had it all sorted, too.”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from The One You Cannot Have



“Life never ceases to throw us googlies. It is how we handle them that makes all the difference. Sometimes you have to take control of it and, at other times, it is best to let go. And the wisest of persons is the one who knows which option to choose.”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from The One You Cannot Have


“Everything you love is illegal, immoral or fattening,’ she”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from The One You Cannot Have


“This love, it is a funny thing. It can elevate you to the highest peak and plunge you to a bottomless pit. I”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from The One You Cannot Have


“The path we plan for ourselves meanders in ways we can never imagine. Life never ceases to throw us googlies. It is how we handle them that makes all the difference. Sometimes you have to take control of it and, at other times, it is best to let go. And the wisest of persons is the one who knows which option to choose.”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from The One You Cannot Have


About the author

Preeti Shenoy
Born place: in India
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