Jane Riley > Quotes

“I was hoping for third time lucky, three times over. You know, like three squared, because third time lucky the first time didn’t work.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“You know, Oliver, sometimes life has a strange way of showing us it cares. And the act of accepting this can be the hardest thing to do.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“When life gives you lemons, sell them and buy a pineapple.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“She let her hands rest peacefully on my shoulders and said, ‘You know, Oliver, sometimes life has a strange way of showing us it cares. And the act of accepting this can be the hardest thing to do.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“At the end of the night, I waited with her for a taxi and watched her drive off. She wound down the window, blew me a kiss and waved her right arm furiously. I began to panic, and started running after her. ‘Put your arm in!’ I shouted, waving my arm as well. But she paid no attention. ‘Your arm, Caroline, your arm, get it in!’ The car got smaller and smaller as I became more and more out of breath. I stopped running, pulled out my phone and wrote her a text. Please stop waving at me. It’s very nice of you but it’s also illegal to extend a limb from the window of a moving vehicle. I pushed send. Phew. At least now she knew.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock