Beth Moran > Quotes

“It’s not about a few grand gestures, but the millions of tiny ones, every single day.”
― Beth Moran, Take a Chance on Me

“It’s not about a few grand gestures, but the millions of tiny ones, every single day. It’s making a choice, even the days you’re knackered or feeling a bit selfish or lazy,”
― Beth Moran, Take a Chance on Me

“I will make a thousand mistakes, I will take many wrong turns, and I may well fail spectacularly, along with every other person who ever lived. And when these things happen, I will shake it off and get back up again – maybe accepting a helping hand, if I need it – and I will keep on going.”
― Beth Moran, Just the Way You Are

“yourself you are strong, capable and confident. Because underneath all that wibblin’ and waverin’, you are. And I will tell you this. Life is too short and too sweet to waste any of it puttin’ things off. Why would you think so little of yourself that you would let another day – another hour – pass by with the big ugly shadow of a spider hangin’ over your head? I can promise you that whatever it is, it is better done so you can get dealin’ with the consequences than frettin’ about what they might be. Pull up your socks, take a deep breath, and just do it.”
― Beth Moran, ‎ Because You Loved Me

“That’s why I prefer books, because they make more sense.”
― Beth Moran, Just the Way You Are

“Snowflakes faded as suddenly as they’d begun, and we all stopped, transfixed. A beam of sunlight broke through the canopy, turning the forest into a shimmering wonderland. I gasped, Beckett grinned, and for one perfect moment, everything felt possible again.”
― Beth Moran, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

“I’m just explaining that my challenge was to, well, find a home. But it’s changed. It’s now to make a home. To make the most of where I’ve ended up, even with all the mess and the broken stuff and the questions and the mistakes. To make a story of my life I can be proud of. It’s tough, but it’s making me stronger.”
― Beth Moran, Christmas Every Day

“The rumour around the airport was that she’d once worn so much metallic eyeshadow, the metal detector had gone off when she’d walked through Security.”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“Had we known then what New Year would bring, would we have been determined to laugh more? Would we have paused more often to wonder, gaze at the stars, make each moment of her last December sacred? Or would every greeting and farewell, each frosty breath, have been coloured bittersweet, tainted with aching yearning for what could not be? Is it better to know? To have the opportunity to live your final winter certain it will be your last? Or is there blessing in a swift goodbye?”
― Beth Moran, ‎ Because You Loved Me

“Sunny”
― Beth Moran, ‎ Because You Loved Me

“I took a quick look around at the garden, then tipped my head up at the sky. Another clear night. Without a pane of glass between us, the stars were so bright, they held me spellbound. If I had climbed next door’s chestnut tree, I could have stretched up and caught one.”
― Beth Moran, How Not to Be a Loser

“Images of my new life flashed in front of me like the trailer to the best film ever, with me in the leading role.”
― Beth Moran, Just the Way You Are

“Shay and Kieran had spent a long time convincing me that my dysfunctional family was not my fault. I’d been the child”
― Beth Moran, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

“You literally can’t fart some days without the entire population smelling it.’ ‘Maybe your stinky farts!”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“The thrill of being entirely surrounded by the forest – this forest – wrapped itself around me. I could have been the only person alive. It was fabulous. The trees rustled and rasped with the wisdom of a thousand years, and it seemed as if every other creature kept silence in honour of their age and beauty. I soared through dozens of miniature spotlights, where the sun’s rays flickered through chinks in the verdant roof above my head, illuminating the insects in their dance shows, warming my skin with an ancient blessing. Nothing mattered for those two miles. My messy life unravelled like a snagged jumper behind me as I pedalled on, swallowed up by the mystery and”
― Beth Moran, ‎ Because You Loved Me

“Besides, I wanted to try writing something down. Words spoken can blow off on the wind and be forgotten. If this is the start of forever, whatever I say deserves to last. And after that rambling introduction – what can I say? Except that yesterday was almost perfect. I say almost, because at the end of it, we had to say goodbye, which was harder than I could have imagined a week ago. With every passing minute, I grow more convinced that this is that indescribable, mysterious force which others name ‘true love’. You’ll have noticed I’m not one for grand words, but I understand now why good men will abandon their duty, cast off all common sense and attempt the foolhardiest of feats for a mere woman. Because to them, there is nothing mere about her. She is everything. You, Nellie, are everything, now. I find myself aching for some daring quest to not only prove my love, but that I might earn your love in return.”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“sit with Mammaw.”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“but for thirty years, I also believed I wasn’t made for marriage. I’m wondering if that’s because I was made for you.”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“What if I can’t live with myself, forcing you to make that choice, when I can live without you? When you’re my easy option, not the dream I could have had if I’d only dared to believe it.”
― Beth Moran, Let It Snow

“What lasts, what matters, are the people you get to share your adventures with, talk and laugh about them with. The people who will remind you of the beautiful moments when your bones are screaming and your throat is raw and you are so tired and frustrated and blooming well peed-off you can’t bear another second in your own body.”
― Beth Moran, Christmas Every Day

“in”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“Please tell me you are joking because I thought you said that your brother makes his wife and children leave their lovely, comfortable, safe house with a television and a kettle and a toilet so they can lie in the dirt amongst the bugs for fun!’ Trev”
― Beth Moran, Just the Way You Are

“Why focus on the one small thing that’s not perfect, when the rest is so good?”
― Beth Moran, Let It Snow

“it’s the value of authenticity. Being true to yourself and what you believe to be important in the small things as well as the big ones.”
― Beth Moran, Let It Snow

“Daniel?’ The woman turned to her partner. ‘Don’t worry, darling, I’ll call us an Uber.”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“But I hadn’t thought about you feeling uncomfortable going for a walk with me if it gets dark… We could see if anyone else wants to come?’ ‘No, it’s fine,’ I replied, quickly. Any nervousness at being alone in the deepening dusk with Pip had nothing to do with feeling unsafe. ‘As long as I don’t accidentally step off the edge of the cliff and drown.’ ‘Nah,’ Pip said, with a playful grin. ‘You’d smash to bits on the rocks before you had a chance to drown.’ ‘That’s okay, then.’ His smile softened. ‘I’ll keep you safe, don’t worry.”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“be”
― Beth Moran, Take a Chance on Me

“Sometimes, the tiniest thing can kickstart a chain of events that changes everything.”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“crooked smile.”
― Beth Moran, Have I Told You Lately

“wrestle you”
― Beth Moran, How Not to Be a Loser