Emma Heatherington > Quotes

“Life is, most of all, about love - follow your heart, live out your dreams, smile, be happy, see the good in everyone you meet and rise above those who try to make you feel low. Fill your heart and fill your soul - love, no matter what, is always the answer.”
― Emma Heatherington, The Legacy of Lucy Harte

“Imagine someone loving you so much that they call you just to say goodnight.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“Life is about time. Spend more time than you do money on others. Give time more than any other gift. Also, take time when you need to. Take time for you when you need it. Sometimes time is all we have with the people we love the most. I ask you to slow down in life. To take your time, but don't waste it.”
― Emma Heatherington, The Legacy of Lucy Harte

“only I could stop myself from trying to fix everyone else, I just might find a way of fixing myself, which is what I came here for after all.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“I need to breathe in and live in the moment. I need to stop dwelling on what has already happened in my life, on what is going to happen, on what might happen and what might not. I need to spread my wings.”
― Emma Heatherington, The Legacy of Lucy Harte

“Thoughts are just thoughts. Once you learn to control your thoughts, they no longer control you.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“Love is what fills us up inside and what makes us feel like we belong on this planet,’ she says. ‘Love is a sense of purpose. To be in love and to love in return is the best gift you can ever give or receive.”
― Emma Heatherington, A Miracle on Hope Street

“face covered in chocolate sprinkles and you were laughing so hard at the little boy beside you that I thought you were going to choke. I thought I saw you a few years later, but this time you were a curly-”
― Emma Heatherington, The Legacy of Lucy Harte

“Life’s biggest lessons are learned by looking in the rear-view mirror,”
― Emma Heatherington, Maybe Next Christmas

“You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone. That’s my motto.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“Happy Christmas, Dad,’ I call as I quicken my pace to greet him. I fall into his hazy warmth, the scent of every ounce of my childhood filling me from head to toe.”
― Emma Heatherington, Maybe Next Christmas

“I think of Jack's words to me when we last discussed my job here. "Don't take anymore shit Charlotte. Not one more ounce of her nonsense. If that witch insults you again, stand up to her and tell her and tell her to shove her job where the sun doesn't shine. You're far too talented and smart to be treated like that. Don't take it ever again, not for one more single day.”
― Emma Heatherington, Rewrite the Stars

“twenties?”
― Emma Heatherington, All Over Again: Friendship, Family, and the Pursuit of Happiness in a World of Twists and Turns.

“know that deep inside I am my own lighthouse. I am hope. I am secure. I can weather any storm. I can stand tall and strong, no matter how the waves batter and crash against me, no matter how chaotic the world is around me, and no matter what challenges the changing elements of life bring my way.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“Imagine if all the time you spent wondering "what if" had been spent on looking at what you already have, instead of what you haven't”
― Emma Heatherington, Rewrite the Stars

“It’s like a sea of darkness, a strange stillness that reeks of anxiety and the sound of silence that deafens you from within.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“Sometimes time is all we have with the people we love the most. I ask you to slow down in life. To take your time, but don’t waste it…." THE LEGACY OF LUCY HARTE, out Jan 6th (Harper Impulse)”
― Emma Heatherington

“Fate is a funny old thing, isn’t it?”
― Emma Heatherington, A Miracle on Hope Street

“Christmas is about letting goodness shine from one heart to another. It’s about sharing what we have, even if we don’t feel we have much to give, sometimes. It’s about coming together, it’s about inviting others in from the cold and showing them they are still worthy, for whatever reason that may be. It’s about thinking outside of your own little bubble, it’s about seeing the bigger picture.”
― Emma Heatherington, A Miracle on Hope Street

“There are no rules, nor is there any rush on grief, my love. And just the same, there is no right or wrong time to smile again after we lose someone close. So, never be afraid to smile again, please remember that. If something or someone makes you smile, then mark it down as a very good day. You deserve many more good days, and you will find them. You’ll see.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“Loneliness, you see, is not always cured by simply being with another person like a lover or a friend, but is healed instead by a feeling and a sense of purpose that you are worthy and needed in this life, and that you are making a difference to others who need you. It’s a feeling that you are living your true worth and that you are making the most of your time here and not just existing and watching the world go by without you.”
― Emma Heatherington, A Miracle on Hope Street

“I know it doesn’t often feel this way, but we have control over our thoughts – we can choose how we speak to ourselves in our minds. Thoughts are just thoughts. Once you learn to control your thoughts, they no longer control you.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

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― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“And he left us both, me and you, with hearts so full of love that should always be shared,’ Evelyn says. ‘If you can find someone to love like that again, if you can find someone to keep sharing all the same laughter and happiness you gave to my boy, please don’t waste it.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“know that deep inside I am my own lighthouse. I am hope. I am secure. I can weather any storm. I can stand tall and strong, no matter how the waves batter and crash against me, no matter how chaotic the world is around me, and no matter what challenges the changing elements of life bring my way. I can dim my inner lanterns when I need to rest. I can shine brightly from within, and most of all I can beam my light for miles and miles to guide my own path and to help and protect others along their way. I am my own lighthouse.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“know that deep inside I am my own lighthouse.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“thirty short films, plays and musicals as well as seven novels for Poolbeg Press, two of which were written under the pseudonym Emma Louise Jordan. Her latest signing with HarperImpulse (HarperCollins) saw the re-release of Crazy For You in 2013. Emma loves spending time with her partner (the talented artist and singer/songwriter Jim McKee) all things Nashville, romantic comedy movies, singalong nights with friends and family, red”
― Emma Heatherington, The Legacy of Lucy Harte

“When you’re feeling all at sea, don’t ever underestimate the power of the simple things.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“When you’re feeling all at sea, don’t ever underestimate the power of the simple things, darling. Those are the things that can get us through the darkest days. Watch nature do her thing, listen to your favourite songs, talk to a kind friend, bake a delicious cake. These are the little things that will lift your spirits.”
― Emma Heatherington, This Christmas

“I've had my world totally tipped upside down - my whole present and future ripped apart, and I need to know that when I manage to tip it back up the right way again, I put everything back in the proper place this time, which is not necessarily going to be the same place.”
― Emma Heatherington, The Legacy of Lucy Harte