Tilly has always thought of bookshops as a gathering place: all those books lined up neatly on the shelves like potential friends she just hasn’t met yet.
“Nobody's lives just fit together. Fitting together is something you work at. It's something you make happen - because you love each other.”
― Landline
― Landline
“I didn’t want to invade his
privacy; I didn’t want to fight with him; I didn’t want anyone else to ever hurt him. I just wanted
him to be a child forever.” She glanced up, crying harder now. “But you can’t do that, if you’re a
parent. Because part of your job is letting them grow up.”
― Nineteen Minutes
privacy; I didn’t want to fight with him; I didn’t want anyone else to ever hurt him. I just wanted
him to be a child forever.” She glanced up, crying harder now. “But you can’t do that, if you’re a
parent. Because part of your job is letting them grow up.”
― Nineteen Minutes
“I
knew that all the attributes he was teased for, at age five, were going to work in his favor by the
time he was thirty-five…but I couldn’t get him there overnight. You can’t fast-forward your child’s
life, no matter how much you want to.”
― Nineteen Minutes
knew that all the attributes he was teased for, at age five, were going to work in his favor by the
time he was thirty-five…but I couldn’t get him there overnight. You can’t fast-forward your child’s
life, no matter how much you want to.”
― Nineteen Minutes
“Wasn't that the point of life? To find someone to share it with?
And if you got that part right, how far wrong could you go? If you were standing next to the person you loved more than everything else, wasn't everything else just scenery?”
― Landline
And if you got that part right, how far wrong could you go? If you were standing next to the person you loved more than everything else, wasn't everything else just scenery?”
― Landline
“There comes a point where you have to make the choice to be happy, because being sad for too long is exhausting.”
― One Day in December
― One Day in December
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