Ali McNamara > Quotes

“There’s something very comforting about watching a Hugh Grant movie. You know no one’s head will be blown off in the first three minutes, no one will be tortured, and the worst thing that might happen is seeing a lanky Welshman eating mayonnaise in his underpants”
― Ali McNamara, From Notting Hill with Love... Actually

“Oh God, my stomach must have won a medal- it's doing a lap of honour now.”
― Ali McNamara, From Notting Hill with Love... Actually

“Sometimes we think we know what we want, but we don't actually know what we need until we find it.”
― Ali McNamara, Step Back In Time

“I hope that's a good thing,' I said, thinking he might say I reminded him of a film star- then we'd actually have something in common. I was hoping for Anne Hathaway or Julia Roberts, and not the obvious Vivien Leigh. Even Angelina Jolie would have done, though I'd never quite forgiven her for stealing Brad's heart. Talking of Brad, was Sean starting to resemble him too? No, he could never be a Brad, a Matthew McConaughey maybe at a push, but never a Brad Pitt.”
― Ali McNamara, From Notting Hill with Love... Actually

“Up on the stage people appeared to be dying left right and centre, and for most of the performance I had quite felt like leaping up there and joining them.”
― Ali McNamara, From Notting Hill with Love... Actually

“Love each other as if each day is your last. Because you never know if it might be.”
― Ali McNamara, A Secret Cornish Wish

“Magic? Scarlett, successful relationships require give and take, love and understanding, not special somethings and a magic wand.”
― Ali McNamara, From Notting Hill with Love... Actually

“Quando sei venuta a Tara la prima volta, eri nascosta dietro uno spesso strato di make-up, con quelle sciocche unghie, i capelli biondi tinti e i vestiti firmati. Era la Darcy che volevi mostrare al mondo, la tua versione di Darcy. Quella che non poteva mai farsi male. Ma da quando sei qui ho potuto conoscere la vera Darcy, quella dietro la maschera, ed è molto più bella così, senza tutti quei travestimenti.”
― Ali McNamara, Breakfast at Darcy's

“Alfred Wallis,”
― Ali McNamara, Kate and Clara's Curious Cornish Craft Shop

“Make the most of every opportunity because you never know when it may be your last.”
― Ali McNamara, A Secret Cornish Wish

“So, it looks like I'm all on my own again.
But isn't that how I'm supposed to prefer it?”
― Ali McNamara, Step Back In Time