Madeleine Wickham > Quotes

“Knowing a person isn't like knowing a string of facts. It's more like...a feeling.”
― Madeleine Wickham, The Wedding Girl

“A tree falls in the forest, thought Roxanne, staring bleakly out of the window. A man tells a woman he loves her. But if no-one is present to hear it does he really make a sound? Did it really happen?”
― Madeleine Wickham, Cocktails for Three

“The first rule of winning is to believe you're capable of winning.”
― Madeleine Wickham, 40 Love

“How can we be able to live our lives if we deny the one who we truly love?”
― Madeleine Wickham, The Wedding Girl

“I understand what you're doing, and I know what it means for me. You're trying to escape. You're trying to discard me. Don't give up something that could be wonderful, just because you're scared.”
― Madeleine Wickham, The Wedding Girl

“I'll never stop wondering, you know. What could have been. If we'd stayed together, all those years ago. We might have come here to this villa, as husband and wife. With Sam. I might have had Sam as my son."
"You might."
"We might have had six children together."
"Six! I'm not sure about that."
"The worst things is... The worst thing is, we probably would have become discontented. After a few years. We probably would have lain here in the sun, feeling a little bored, wondering if we did the right thing in marrying each other. Not realizing how bloody lucky we were..."
"It's late. We should get some rest."
"We make so many decisions over a lifetime. Some turn out to be unimportant...and some turn out to be the key to everything. If only we knew their significance at the time. If only we knew what we were throwing away.”
― Madeleine Wickham, Sleeping Arrangements

“You want to bask in your perfect marriage, with your perfect wife and kids, and gloat at the rest of the world! Dont you? And now you've found a flaw, you cant stand it. Well, stand it, Simon! Stand it! Because the world is full of flaws.”
― Madeleine Wickham, The Wedding Girl

“la brezza della sera arruffava gli alberi e le accarezzava i capelli, calda e dolce”
― Madeleine Wickham

“She watched, smiling to herself, as he bleeped open the door of his car, got in and, without pausing, zoomed off down the street. Simon was always in a hurry. Always rushing off to do; to achieve. Like a puppy, he had to be out every day, either doing something constructive or determinedly enjoying himself.”
― Madeleine Wickham, The Wedding Girl

“It’s extremely difficult to get things in perspective when you rub up against them every day.”
― Madeleine Wickham, Swimming Pool Sunday

“Heaps of presents. People are so”
― Madeleine Wickham, Cocktails For Three

“they”
― Madeleine Wickham, The Gatecrasher

“But sometimes,’ he said, forcing himself to speak, ‘sometimes just loving each other isn’t enough.”
― Madeleine Wickham, Swimming Pool Sunday