Jane Lovering > Quotes

“You know you're in for a bad day when the Devil eats your last HobNob.”
― Jane Lovering, Please Don't Stop the Music

“I know I have to give her that freedom. Otherwise I’ve just caged her, haven’t I? And what kind of love would it be, that only came from inside a box?”
― Jane Lovering, Please Don't Stop the Music

“Know me right through to my bones.”
― Jane Lovering, Please Don't Stop the Music

“The cold seemed less relentless now. The small circle of white light from my bedside lamp and its hint of the dawn to come seemed to drive the worst of the chill away and the hot tea did the rest, as I lay and read further into the life of the young woman in the bravado coat.”
― Jane Lovering, The Art of Christmas

“I did worry at one stage that all my stories seem to revolve around secrets, lies and self-deception, but then I realized that most of human life revolves around those things too, so obviously they were going to feature hugely in anything I wrote. I write about people, so my novels are going to be as different as people are, but with the same core desires, hopes and fears that we all share.”
― Jane Lovering

“I want to keep her, but I don’t want to tie her. I need her to be able to run, but not to want to. I need her to know
that. I need her to feel safe with me. Fuck it, I just need her.”
― Jane Lovering, Please Don't Stop the Music

“I don't usually like to stop women staring at my groin, but... you're a bit intense, I'm starting to worry.”
― Jane Lovering, Please Don't Stop the Music

“Life is random events. Books have to have some kind of arc and if only life followed that pattern it would be so much easier, wouldn’t it? If we all knew we had a purpose, or an end goal. A final chapter.”
― Jane Lovering, Happily Ever After

“So how do you know the character has changed? Well, they can stop and think about it – but that’s not very believable. Far better to show the change through what they say and do. Was there are scene somewhere near the start that highlighted their problem? Write a scene towards the end that echoes the opening, but shows how different the character’s responses are.”
― Jane Lovering, How to Write Romantic Comedy

“I waited until nobody was around, and then roared my indignation and anger at the blameless pigeons pecking blankly around the churchyard. ‘Fuckity fuck!’
A middle-aged couple rounded the bulk of the building and looked at me. ‘It’s just the wee witch,’ said the man, adjusting his shopping bag on his arm.
‘Oh, aye,’ said the woman, and they walked on by, unruffled, as though the local witch screaming at an ecclesiastical establishment was the least weird thing about a Saturday on Mainland.”
― Jane Lovering, The Island Cottage

“Okay, there was a goose in the larder and only one bed, but maybe we could rent it out for honeymooners? Honeymooning ornithologists?”
― Jane Lovering, The Island Cottage