Mandy

“People wonder how they are ever going to change their lives, but really it is frighteningly easy.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee

“I just want to be normal, like everybody else."
"Are you sure that being like everybody else will make you happy?”
― Lauren Oliver, Delirium

“Life had stopped. Life would have to go on. Life went on, and in time the unbelievable began to happen; pleasure and happiness came back, and even joy. But love? Not again. I said it very firmly. Not again.”
― Mary Stewart, Rose Cottage

“Even for a girl like me, then, there comes a day when she can stop surviving and start living. To survive, you have to look good or talk good. But to end your story well-- here is the truth-- you have to talk yourself out of it.”
― Chris Cleave, Little Bee