Jane Corry > Quotes

“Love is close to hate when it comes to sisters. You're as close as two humans can be. You came from the same womb. The same background. Even if you're poles apart, mentally. That's why it hurts so much when your sister is unkind. It's as though part of you is turning against yourself.”
― Jane Corry

“The fact that you no longer have a right to grieve for someone you once shared your life with makes the pain even worse.  •”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“When you’re constantly prepared for things to go wrong, it’s a shock when they go right.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“There are times when you’ll find yourself swearing that blue is black. You’ll truly believe it yourself. We all do it. It’s not that lawyers lie. It’s that they twist the real facts to make another world that everyone else believes in, too. And who’s to say that won’t be a better world?”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“Did you know that the average person produces enough saliva to fill two swimming pools during their life?”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“Sometimes you have to do something wrong before you can make things right.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“really a”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“Well, we all want something better from time to time, Carla. But if we stopped to appreciate what we’ve got, the world might be a better place.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“It occurred to me then, as it occurs to me frequently, that one never really knows a person properly. Especially ourselves.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“What we want and what we need in life are two very different things. But it takes death to put those two contenders into perspective. Right now, there’s only one thing I really want. To live.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“It's the cuts we hide inside that really do the damage. They rub and they niggle and they bruise and they bleed. And as the pain and anxiety grow in your head, they become far more dangerous than an visible open wound. Until eventually, you have to do something.”
― Jane Corry

“Marriages go through all kinds of ups and downs. But you can make them work.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“But that’s the problem with lies. As I said at the beginning, they start small. And then they multiply. So that the white lies become as black as the real thing.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“It’s an exhilarating feeling when someone gives you permission to break all rules—especially when that person is yourself.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“How is it possible to care for someone who had hurt you so badly?”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“the past is only a second ago. The present merely exists for a brief second before becoming history itself.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“So many questions without answers! But we all have layers of good and bad inside us. Of truth and deceit. However much we deny it.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“Coincidences are one of those things that sound contrived until they happen in real life.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“Love? What is love? Surely I’m the last person to answer that one.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“And that, despite everything, a real sister was more important than a blood sister.”
― Jane Corry

“Just them and two witnesses off the street.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“thought”
― Jane Corry, Blood Sisters

“Live each day as if it were your last” The words of the hymn reach outs to me. It’s a salutary reminder that the past is only a second ago. The present merely exists for a brief second before becoming history itself.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“Love each day as if it were your last”
The words of the gym reach out to me. It’s a salutary reminder that the past is only a second ago.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“People show emotion in different ways. Who’s to say that the person who wails loudest is the most distressed?”
― Jane Corry , My Husband's Wife

“Who knows where blame really lies? It’s never as simple as it seems.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“I heard you were back for a bit.”
― Jane Corry, We All Have Our Secrets

“Or maybe we could be a pair of tourists staying at one of the hotels on the promenade, taking a stroll before breakfast.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“I couldn’t help thinking how ironic it was that wedding presents could long outlast the marriage itself.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife

“But that’s the problem with lies. They start small. And the. They multiply. So that the white lies become as black as the real thing.”
― Jane Corry, My Husband's Wife