Giovanna Fletcher > Quotes

“Reading is reading - no matter what the material.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“Love makes life worth living, not money”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“I had become awkward and tried my best to avoid everyone. I hated attention, people asking me questions or putting me in the spotlight; I preferred to blend into the background unnoticed. I felt safer that way”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“I hope you're enjoying it, though, duck, and not wasting all your time and energy in a thankless job. You've got to make the most of life and not let these little opportunities pass you by. Before you know it you'll be old and wrinkly like me and wishing you'd done more. Just make sure you're happy.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“I’m not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“The fear of getting close to someone in case they leave me”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“Back at home I spent so much time on my own, but never once felt lonely. Here, even though I see hundreds more people each day, I've never felt lonelier.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“I love the arrival of a new season — each one bringing with it its own emotion: spring is full of hope; summer is freedom; autumn is a colourful release, and winter brings an enchanting peace. It's hard to pick which one I enjoy the most — each time the new one arrives, I remember its beauty and forget the previous one whose qualities have started to dim.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Christmas With Billy and Me

“There's only so long you can live in a fantasy world before the reality comes along to sharply put you back in your place.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, You're the One That I Want

“I think it’s funny how life can lead you down certain paths which you wouldn’t have taken otherwise.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“I wish I could bottle the feelings of love inside me and save them for a rainy day – to remind myself of their magnitude in those moments of doubt.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“It's funny to think that Christmas — a time known for its joyful togetherness — can be the loneliest time of the year for some.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Christmas With Billy and Me

“We never really know what others are going through or have been through. Sometimes even the hapiest of souls can be ones suffering the worst pain. We all have our difficulties, our struggles and heartache. They're part of our story. The have a part to play in the people we become, but they don't define who we are.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Some Kind of Wonderful

“Because school, no matter how insignificant and annoying it may seem as we get older and can't wait to get away, sets us on our life's path. It's plants ideas for us to thrive upon, teaches us where we want to go and who we want to be - feeding us the notion that our dreams are limitless, that we can do anything if we believe in it enough and truly set our minds to it. But, best of all, it encourages us to seek friendships of others, to learn to lean on them for support and to console them in return. After all, it's the people you meet along the way who really make a lasting impression and who will, if your lucky, stick with you for the rest of your life.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, You're the One That I Want

“There's no point worrying until we know what we're worrying about.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, You're the One That I Want

“forever only lasts for as long as it’s allowed to, until something else steps in and stops it from existing. Although”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Always With Love

“Everyone who comes into our lives leaves their mark. That's how we grow, mature and evolve as humans. There's nothing wrong with that.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Some Kind of Wonderful

“Nothing does have a sound. A very loud one that is unnervingly full of suspense for something to come along and fill it.”
― Giovanna Fletcher

“Loving someone is something you can do from afar, admiring someone and appreciationg their existence in your life - but in love's different. It's all-cosnuming to the point where being away from taht person seems unbearable. There's no stopping that feeling... ~ Ben”
― Giovanna Fletcher, You're the One That I Want

“People are meant to come into our lives and affect us. They're meant to challenged us and help us to grow. From the very first time you're cradled into your mother's bosom you're learning about human contact, love and devotion. Not every interaction will be quite as significant or powerful, but they'll push and pull you through life and help you grow and learn.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Some Kind of Wonderful

“I have for the first time found what I can truly love – I have found you. You are my sympathy – my better self – my good angel. I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wraps my existence about you, and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Billy and Me

“This isn't the end, Lizzy. It's the beginning of something new. Don't be scared of new. New can be wonderful.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Some Kind of Wonderful

“You are yours”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Eve of Man

“Honestly, you would have thought she'd be happy to have me, her premenstrual-screaming-raging-teenage-daughter-who-is-lovely-to-everyone-else-but-the-actual-devil-at-home, out of the house for a little bit. But it appeared not having me at home caused her just as much stress as having me there did.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, You're the One That I Want

“The only direction to go in life is forwards; staying put and pressing pause is simply not an option.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Some Kind of Wonderful

“With Maddy in my life I felt whole. She added a magical sparkle that I'd never want to live without. And so I told her, with those three little squeezes. I had no agenda, no hidden plan or desire for anything to change between us - my only thought was to relieve myself of those feelings by communicating them in the only way felt I could.
Three squeezes of love.
From me.
To her.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, You're the One That I Want

“I hoped with every ounce of my being that he would have the pleasure of knowing love and heartache in the way that I did. It might sound strange me wanting my five-year-old son to experience heartache, but without it I wouldn't have met his mother - a wonderful woman who taught me just how uncomplicated falling in love can be when it is with the right person, as well as highlighting the notion that timing is everything. If I had met her earlier in life I've no doubt that I'd have made a complete mess of the whole thing. I wouldn't have been ready to receive her love or to give the love I'd spent year accumulating.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, You're the One That I Want

“We never really know what others are going through or have been through. Sometimes even the happiest of souls can be the ones suffering the worst pain.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Some Kind of Wonderful

“All this stuff, stuff that I thought held so much sentimental value, means nothing to me any more. Now it symbolizes empty promises, broken hearts and me not being good enough. I thought this was us building strong foundations for the future; turns out we were playing with sandcastles.”
― Giovanna Fletcher, Some Kind of Wonderful