Miranda Dickinson > Quotes

“There are people you know all your life who never really make a difference to who you are; others arrive for a short time and change everything.”
― Miranda Dickinson, Fairytale of New York

“To dreams. And believing they're possible.”
― Miranda Dickinson, It Started With A Kiss

“Hurt and confusion mixing with anger to form a dangerously flammable cocktail.”
― Miranda Dickinson, It Started With A Kiss

“There's this moment, just before it happens, when everything around you goes still. It's like that moment you get just before it snows - like nature is holding its breath ... And in that moment, anything is possible, and everything you know is called into question.”
― Miranda Dickinson

“We sat down and I could feel my breathing quicken as the butterflies returned to dance in my stomach.”
― Miranda Dickinson, It Started With A Kiss

“After all, when you're both striped of your dignity. circumspection seems pretty pointless.”
― Miranda Dickinson, It Started With A Kiss

“Blue cloudless skies presided over comfortably warm days, kissed by bright sunlight and soothed with cool breezes.”
― Miranda Dickinson, It Started With A Kiss

“I replayed the moment over and over, drawing a blank every time.”
― Miranda Dickinson, It Started With A Kiss

“The way I see it, you have two choices: what’s new and what you know. It’s a bit like when you’re looking for software for your PC or Mac. There will always be the latest program or app or gadget that promises all manner of new and shiny things for you. You don’t know it because you haven’t worked with it before — but that’s exciting because you don’t know what to expect. Compared to this, anything familiar seems dull. But sometimes what you know is the best option: Sure, it might not be as shiny or fancy as the new thing, but you’ve taken the time to get to know it, you know what to expect from it and you can trust it to do what you need it to. You’re frowning. Is this making any sense to you at all?”
― Miranda Dickinson , It Started With A Kiss

“You can´t control how anyone else lives. You can love them, but that´s the only power you have. You can´t make somebody love you.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Day We Meet Again

“Maybe being scared isn’t always a bad thing. I’ve thought a lot about that today. I used to be able to channel fear into action. People assume that, being a serving soldier, I was never scared, that I’d had that impulse pummelled out of me by my army years. But the truth is, you just learn which box to shove it in to deal with later. Except the boxes get stacked on top of each other, towering cardboard skyscrapers in the dusty recesses of your mind. And you never deal with them at all because where would you even start?”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“Life isn’t perfect, is it? You’d be nuts to think it should be. It’s messy and frustrating, beautiful and unjust.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“Non pensare mai di poter rimandare gli affari del cuore. Forse avrai tutto il tempo del mondo, ma non sai mai cosa c'è dietro l'angolo per la persona che ami.”
― Miranda Dickinson, I'll Take New York

“I can't remember the last time anyone asked me how my day was. It's such a simple question, but when nobody ever asks itm it becomes a gift.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“The most important words you’ll ever say to someone are the last ones you voice before you leave the room.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“In the moment when you feel it - whatever it is - that emotion is valid and has worth. If you acknowledge that, nothing has the power to silence you.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Day We Meet Again

“Throw the flowers at her and run?”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“One tiny point of human contact lost the moment you're on your own.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something

“every day, I look for something positive. Some days I can only find the smallesr thing - like thar pebble. So I hang onto it. Carry it with me. See it as a promise of bigger treasure up ahead.”
― Miranda Dickinson, The Start of Something