Joana > Joana's Quotes

“It struck me as pretty ridiculous to be called Mr. Darcy and to stand on your own looking snooty at a party. It's like being called Heathcliff and insisting on spending the entire evening in the garden, shouting "Cathy" and banging your head against a tree.”
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.”
― Helen Fielding, Bridget Jones’s Diary

“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
― Mark Twain

“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

“There are times in life when people must know when not to let go. Balloons are designed to teach small children this.”
― Terry Pratchett

“Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but of playing a poor hand well.”
― Robert Louis Stevenson

“He has a chronic condition. They found the stick up his ass when we were just kids and the doctors said we couldn't remove it without killing him. Naturally, we all tried as hard as we could to pull it out, but the stubborn bastard never gave us an inch. See, he's a tight-ass, too. It's tragic, really, when you think about it. Sometimes I lay awake at night trying to figure out which came first… The stick, or the tight ass.”
― Penelope Bloom, His Banana

“Shake the stick out of my ass and let loose... Words of wisdom from Candace. Maybe I’ll have them put that on your tombstone?” "Who says I'm dying first? I'm going to have them put, ‘here lies the world's oldest, saddest virgin. Maybe if she'd let a guy get six inches deep, she wouldn't have gone six feet under.”
― Penelope Bloom, Her Cherry

“This wasn’t the first fight she’d experienced with Gabby, but it was the biggest. She knew a lot of childhood friendships didn’t survive adulthood. But she couldn’t lose Gabby. She needed her.”
― Codi Hall, Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist

“Losing the people she loved was her biggest fear. Yet, she knew at times, she pushed them away. She should have been better to Gabby. But she was too caught up in her own grief at the time.”
― Codi Hall, Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist

“You shouldn’t cut yourself off from your past or limit your future.”
― Codi Hall, Nick and Noel's Christmas Playlist

“If I could manage a portfolio like he manages a kiss, I’d be a millionaire.”
― Karen Grey, What I'm Looking For

“We don’t fall in love with the perfect person; we fall in love despite a person’s imperfections.”
― Vi Keeland, We Shouldn't

“that’s a crock of shit. If you love someone and you set her free, she might come back with herpes.”
― Vi Keeland, We Shouldn't

“If you love someone, nothing else should matter. You should do everything you can to be with them as much as possible.”
― Melanie Harlow, Irresistible

“If we didn't want anything, we would never get anything, good or bad. I think our longings are natural, and if we act as nature prompts us we can't go far wrong.”
― L. Frank Baum, Tik-Tok of Oz

“You’re the one who has to live your life. Don’t apologize to other people for the decisions you make for yourself.”
― Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over

“Because sometimes people don’t know how to ask for what they really need. You needed a hug.” “No. I didn’t,” he rasped. He was quiet for a long moment, and I listened to his heartbeat. “I needed you.”
― Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over

“You’re allowed to have needs. You’re allowed to make mistakes. You’re allowed to make decisions- it’s your life. You’re beautiful, big-hearted, [and] intelligent”
― Lucy Score, Things We Never Got Over

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

“Sometimes it’s not the beginning that screams romance, but rather the journey.”
― Meghan Quinn, A Not So Meet Cute

“As Rachel Green would say, isn’t that just kick-you-in-the-crotch, spit-on-your-neck fantastic?”
― Meghan Quinn, A Not So Meet Cute

“I love humanity but I hate humans. —Albert Einstein”
― S.T. Abby, The Risk

“Hi, pot. It’s me, kettle,” Sophia snapped back.
“Hi kettle, you have about thirty seconds before this pot kicks your ass.”
― Alice Clayton, Wallbanger

“Being vulnerable doesn’t mean you’re weak. It means you trust yourself to be strong enough to handle the hurt. It’s actually the purest form of strength.”
― Lucy Score, Things We Hide from the Light

“This is where it all begins. Everything starts here, today.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“I think reality is overrated.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“Sometimes we think we want something until it’s time to live with the consequences”
― Rosie Danan, The Roommate

“Reading a book is just like opening your heart to someone. You won't know if you'll connect until you try.”
― Chloe Liese, With You Forever