Erica James > Quotes

“It was the apparent isolation of the place that touched her; it was somewhere she felt she could be separated from the rest of the world.”
― Erica James, Tell It to the Skies

“So now I bid you and my story adieu and finish with the words: if you love someone who lights up your world, do all in your power to make yourself worthy of that person’s love. Do not make the mistake I constantly made: do not keep doubting yourself, or the object of your heart. If you find yourself focusing on your shortcomings, find a remedy to overcome them. Be brave and do the thing you fear the most. Take as many risks as you can, let yourself be happy – and believe in the impossible.”
― Erica James, The Dandelion Years

“Writers are not the sanest lunatics in the asylum...”
― Erica James, Hidden Talents

“Pick yourself up and fight another day" is as good a motto as any, in my experience.”
― Erica James, Song of the Skylark

“Forgive an old lady preaching to you, but I want you to believe what I do, that you have so much more to offer the world than you give yourself credit for. Yes, you have encountered a run of bad luck and made mistakes in the past, but so have we all, so please do not make the bigger mistake and allow yourself to be defined by these things. 'Pick yourself up and fight another day' is as good a motto as any in my experience.”
― Erica James, Song of the Skylark

“part of her didn’t want her wounds to be healed. Not yet. She wasn’t ready. She still needed to kick against the hurt of her grief. The”
― Erica James, Act of Faith

“It was standard procedure in most households and most fathers went along with it, treating these strange, surly beings as an alien life form temporarily exchanged for their precious little darlings. They knew that they had no choice but to go along with the derision and the tantrums and that, before long, if they played their part accordingly, their loving, sweet-natured daughters would be returned”
― Erica James, Act of Faith

“she really could hear, like Edmund says”
― Erica James, Letters From the Past

“Ghiberti’s”
― Erica James, Summer at the Lake

“They is no place for me in this world , I am surround by many people but still feel alone.”
― Erica James, A Sense of Belonging

“Life isn’t the orderly black-and-white business we’d prefer it to be. It’s messy and complicated and horribly blurred around the edges. All we can ever do is make the best of it. And maybe grab at those fleeting chances of happiness.’ ‘But never at the expense of anyone else’s”
― Erica James, Gardens of Delight

“when it comes to love there is nothing so cowardly as a safe compromise. Life should be an adventure. There should be thrills. Risks.”
― Erica James, Gardens of Delight

“cuckoo”
― Erica James, Coming Home to Island House

“her”
― Erica James, Hidden Talents

“After all, sisters didn't die, did they?”
― Erica James, Love and Devotion

“able”
― Erica James, Mothers and Daughters

“hesitated,”
― Erica James, Song of the Skylark

“Haven't you ever thought how futile and ludicrous life is sometimes, and that if you don't take refuge in laughter you'll end up in a far worse place?”
― Erica James, The Queen of New Beginnings

“conservatory, grabbed the bouquet and took it out to the garden. She threw it on the ground and stamped”
― Erica James, It's The Little Things

“stop what he was doing as judging by the serious”
― Erica James, An Ideal Husband

“Hunter had been hopelessly at sea with the situation.”
― Erica James, Gardens of Delight

“The land girls from Shillingbury Farm looked the most altered”
― Erica James, Song of the Skylark

“him”
― Erica James, Hidden Talents