Courtney Walsh > Quotes

“You don't forgive people for their benefit. You do it for yours. Because if you don't, it'll eat you alive. Jealousy, envy, holding a grudge- they rot you from the inside out.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“If I'm not willing to feel the pain of life, how can I ever expect to feel the joy”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“Maybe these simple, little, ordinary things are the big things I’m meant to accomplish with my life.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“Do you know how much you’re missing in the moment by always wishing you were somewhere else?”
― Courtney Walsh, A Cross-Country Christmas

“We all have our stuff. We all have holes, and we all have scars. And we all have things we’d rather keep hidden, because we think it’s easier not to burden someone else with our baggage.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“Happiness isn't that hard to find, you know. It's everywhere. It's all around us. But it's not something that happens to us. It's something we seek. It's something we pursue.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“Some things are true, regardless of who you are. Saying something kind and from the heart is never a bad idea, and it’s never the wrong thing to do.”
― Courtney Walsh, My Phony Valentine

“Life is beautiful and horrible and wonderful and awful all at the same time”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“Please, Lauren,” Will said. “You know you’re not the kind of girl you date.” “Ouch.” He leveled her gaze. “You’re the kind of girl you marry.”
― Courtney Walsh, A Cross-Country Christmas

“People don’t always let us become who we are. They try to keep us in the box of who we were.”
― Courtney Walsh, My Phony Valentine

“Fictional men are always better than the real ones. Always. Probably because they’re written by women.”
― Courtney Walsh, Can't Help Falling

“Maybe happiness isn’t about what you do, Isadora. Maybe it’s about who you do it with. Or simply about accepting who you are.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“Replacing the girl reading the book on the porch was this beautiful, closed-off, honest, waiting-to-be-cracked open woman who challenged his contentment simply by living her life. He didn’t want to be challenged. He was just fine with the status quo. Why did she have to go around inspiring him? It was not what he’d signed up for.”
― Courtney Walsh, A Cross-Country Christmas

“Happiness isn’t that hard to find, you know. It’s everywhere. It’s all around us. But it’s not something that happens to us. It’s something we seek. It’s something we pursue. And you’ll never find it if you never let anyone in.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“Is it possible that the happy days and the sad days, I don’t know, need each other somehow? As if the two things have to coexist for either to matter at all?”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“You have to feel the pain in order to heal.”
― Courtney Walsh, My Lucky Charm

“One thing was for sure: time didn’t heal all wounds. Some were still every bit as fresh as the day they were inflicted.”
― Courtney Walsh, Things Left Unsaid

“Mom always says when you think something good about someone, you should say it out loud,”
― Courtney Walsh, My Lucky Charm

“Lane closed her eyes and pressed her lips together at the sound of the nickname, a thousand memories whirling through her mind. He hadn’t meant it to hurt her, but even the smallest nick could reopen old wounds.”
― Courtney Walsh, Just Look Up

“He stilled. He knew she was leaving—this wasn’t a surprise—but how did he tell her he didn’t want her to go? That he wanted to know all the things that made her sad, all the things that made her laugh? That he wanted to reach over and wipe those tears away?”
― Courtney Walsh, Just Look Up

“Life is beautiful and horrible and wonderful and awful all at the same time’?” He looks at me then. “And that is the adventure.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“People could not be trusted. They always let you down, and Will Sinclair had already proven that to her, hadn’t he?”
― Courtney Walsh, A Cross-Country Christmas

“Because times change. People change. ‘Life moves pretty fast. And if you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Summer of Yes

“She supposed that’s what grace was—a second chance that isn’t deserved.”
― Courtney Walsh, A Cross-Country Christmas

“Don’t let the precious moments pass you by, Cam. Take snapshots in your mind. Seal them in good and tight. These are the things you’ll carry with you. These are the moments that will keep you young.”
― Courtney Walsh, A Sweethaven Summer

“Flirts flirt. Players play. Charmers charm.
And girls like Lauren? They get their heart broken because they always
seem to try and give it to the wrong people.”
― Courtney Walsh, A Cross-Country Christmas

“Mornings are the best time of day, Isadora. A clean slate. A chance to do better than you did yesterday.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley

“So it’s not what you thought it was going to be—that doesn’t mean it can’t still be something amazing.”
― Courtney Walsh, A Cross-Country Christmas

“Dot, the truth is, we aren’t a couple.” Dot gasped, and brought her hand to her chest. “No!” “It’s true,” he continued. Will then reached across the table and took Lauren’s hand. “But if the stars align and things work out, the first time I kiss this woman is going to be because I want to—not because some tradition told me I had to.” Lauren froze in place, as if Will’s hand on hers shocked her body rigid. Dot let out a squeal. “Well, that was the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard!”
― Courtney Walsh, A Cross-Country Christmas

“I want to belong to someone. I want to be safe. I want to be lifted up. I want to have a spot, I want to share unspoken secrets with a look, and I want the wind to make me soar.”
― Courtney Walsh, The Happy Life of Isadora Bentley