Jane Riley > Quotes

“Can you ‘get a life’ or does life find you?”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“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

“You’ve got to accept all the different cloud formations that come and go and may do so for some time yet.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Herman Munster from The Addams Family.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Thou shalt not grow too large to fit comfortably into a standard-size coffin: I must start exercising.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Do not berate yourself for the clouds, do not worry if they hang around, do not fret if they bring storms; let them. Let them wash you, cleanse you, refresh you.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Thou shalt be messy: I must refrain from excessive tidiness.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“You’ve got to accept all the different cloud formations that come and go and may do so for some time yet. They’re all part of the process, Oliver. Do not berate yourself for the clouds, do not worry if they hang around, do not fret if they bring storms; let them. Let them wash you, cleanse you, refresh you.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“I imagined a sea of clothed bottoms mooning me in my discreet spot at the back of the class. I imagined my own bottom adorned in sweat-absorbing sports shorts the likes of which I’d not worn since high school. I decided to go for a stroll instead.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Thou shalt not sacrifice your own happiness for someone else’s.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Thou shalt not let others decide things for you.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Except it made us look as if we were about to break out into song – a duet by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Edie burst out laughing. Before I could stop myself, I started singing ‘Islands in the Stream’.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“I had to grieve on my own in private and hide the full extent of my grief in public. For unrequited love and grief make awkward bedfellows.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Grief takes many forms. It’s like the sky: one minute rolling with angry thunderclouds and rain, the next lightly sprinkled with cumulonimbus . . .”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“I also think that new habits are born easily when you live on your own. Like talking to yourself.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“She was adept at building a doorless igloo around her heart. No one was getting in, least of all herself.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock