“It's pathetic, I knew I did from that first moment we met. It was...not love at first sight exactly, but - familiarity. Like: oh, hello, it's you. It's going to be you. Game over."
-Ben”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions. You either make them or they're made for you, but you can't avoid them.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“I was right I couldn't fall in love with you. Because i never fell out of love with you."
-Ben”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“University's like this little world, a bubble of time separate from everything before and everything after.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Isn't it weird how we make big decisions in life based on the strangest, most random things?”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“I wanted him to be happy and it was also going to be the thing that hurt the most”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“His sadness was almost palpable, like moisture in the air before it rains. Although this was Manchester, it was probably about to rain anyway.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Being with the wrong person is lonelier than being on your own. Or it’s as lonely, in a different way,”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Seems once was enough to infect me. From then on you've been lying dormant, like a virus. Or an incurable chronic condition that flares up from time to time.'
A long pause, where life transforms from black-and-white to colour.
'I'm eczema?'
Ben beams. 'Eczema of the heart. That's it. Psoriasis of the soul.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“I thought it would all fall into place. I've changed my mind. Do nothing, and nothing happens. Life is about decisions. You either make them or they’re made for you, but you can’t avoid them.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“...the life with him you feel like you lost out on, it’s perfect because it’s a fantasy and it’s a fantasy because it’s perfect.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“It's pathetic, I knew I did from that first moment we met. It was...not love at first sight exactly, but - familiarity. Like: oh, hello, it's you. It's going to be you. Game over.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“I don't expect to be happy ever after. Just happier.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“I like the city late at night, the blasts of music and the splashes of light cast from bars that are still open, shoals of brightly-dressed clubber, the beeping taxis and the greasy, savoury smell of meat and onions from the burger vans.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Funny how, when one part of your life falls away, the other bits that are left start looking rather feeble.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“...I think you’re bound to feel guilty, and you’re going to feel sad. You have to simply feel it. Don’t hate yourself. It is what it is.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Refusal to listen isn’t enough of a response.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“... when you love someone, you want their happiness even when it's not going to involve you. Even when it depends on your lack of involvement.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“«Porque la simple idea de que me hayas olvidado, como si fuera un archivo inservible, y me hayas arrastrado hasta el icono de papelera de reciclaje de tu cerebro, hace que tenga pesadillas que me producen la misma ansiedad que soñar que estoy desnuda en medio de la calle con todo el mundo mirándome.»”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“I’m a lawyer, Rachel. We keep going until we get an answer we believe.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“My point is, the life with him you feel like you lost out on, it’s perfect because it’s a fantasy and it’s a fantasy because it’s perfect.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Being single means getting used to your own company and not inventing excuses to keep people around you, None of which makes me feel any less bereft. The latest revelation: you have to relearn being your own again!”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Pensaba que todo pasaría cuando tuviera que pasar. He cambiado de opinión. Si no haces nada, no ocurre nada. La vida es cuestión de decisiones. O las tomas, o alguien las toma por ti, pero no puedes evitarlas.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Estar con la persona equivocada puede hacer que te sientas más sola que si no estuvieras con nadie. O provoca otro tipo de soledad, pero soledad al fin y al cabo.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“that special Manchester rain that manages to be both vertical and horizontal at the same time.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“law that stated you didn't advertise any event you hadn't attended, any place you'd never been, or any band you didn't really listen to.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Present company excepted is such an elegantly insulting term, I think, given it clearly means present company especially. It's up there with with all due respect, meaning with no respect whatsoever.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“La esperanza me ha abandonado. Ha sido como si se filtrara a través de mi cuerpo, se convirtiera en un charco a mis pies y se evaporara a través del techo de la biblioteca.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“Es una combinación extraña; por un lado, el ilícito placer que me ha producido el volver a verlo —¡y él quiere repetir!—, y por otro, la desazón de comprobar que su vida va viento en popa y la mía no.”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
“A veces pienso que me hace falta llevar un GPS para la vida amarrado al cinturón que me dé órdenes con voz autoritaria. «A la primera oportunidad, cambie de sentido.»”
― Mhairi McFarlane, quote from You Had Me At Hello
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“BEWARE OF THOSE
Beware of those who are bitter,
For they will never allow you
To enjoy your fruit.
Beware of those who criticize you
When you deserve some praise for an achievement,
For they secretly desire to be worshiped.
Beware of those who are needy or stingy,
For they would rather sting you
Than give you anything.
Beware of those who are always hungry,
For they will feed you to the wolves
Just to get paid.
Beware of those who speak negatively
About everything and everybody,
For a negative person will never say
A positive thing about you.
Beware of those who are bored
And not passionate about life,
For they will bore you with reasons
For not living.
Beware of those who are too focused with
Polishing and beautifying their outer shells,
For they lack true substance to understand
That genuine beauty is in the heart
That resides inside.
Beware of those who step in the path of your dreams,
For they only dream to have the ability
To take half your steps.
Beware of those who steer you away
From your heart’s true happiness,
For it would make them happy to see you
Steer yourself next to them,
Sitting with both your hearts bitter.
Those who are critical don’t like being criticized,
And those who are insensitive have a deficiency in their senses.
And finally,
Beware of those who tell you to BEWARE.
They are too aware of everything –
And live alone, scared.
Poetry by Suzy Kassem”
― quote from Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
“People learn when they are ready to learn.
Are you ready?”
― Lorii Myers, quote from Targeting Success, Develop the Right Business Attitude to be Successful in the Workplace
“Oh, what fun it was to vex him. He made it so easy to do. Hunting and fishing were all well and good, but truly, Jemmy-baiting had always been her favorite autumn sport. Lucy viewed his staid countenance as an unending challenge. A smooth, thick-shelled egg that begged to be cracked. Any rearrangement of his features constituted a victory, be it a wince, a scowl, or that rarest of expressions—a smile. A smile that showed teeth counted double. Last”
― Tessa Dare, quote from Goddess of the Hunt
“Imagine not being frightened by any feeling. Imagine knowing that nothing will destroy you. That you are beyond any feeling, an state. Bigger than. Vaster than. That there is no reason to use drugs because anything a drug could do would pale in comparison to knowing who you are. To what you can understand, live, be, just by being with that presents itself to you in the form of the feelings you have...”
― Geneen Roth, quote from Women, Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything
“God gave the requirement for the death penalty in Genesis 9:6 at the beginning of human society after the flood, when methods of collecting evidence and the certainty of proof were far less reliable than they are today. Yet God still gave the command to fallible human beings, not requiring that they be omniscient to carry it out, but only expecting that they act responsibly and seek to avoid further injustice as they carried it out. Among the people of Israel, a failure to carry out the death penalty when God had commanded it was to “pollute the land” and “defile” it before God, for justice had not been done (see Num. 35:32–34).”
― Wayne A. Grudem, quote from Politics - According to the Bible: A Comprehensive Resource for Understanding Modern Political Issues in Light of Scripture
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