Joycelyn Elliott

“People get too comfortable living with their own assumptions. I’m convinced most of us prefer to shun the truth for reasons of our own.”
― Minka Kent, When I Was You

“Oh God,” said Carmen. “I always do this. I just dive straight in and speak and get myself into so much trouble.” Oke smiled. “Have you ever thought about not doing that?” “All the time,” she said, looking up at him. The snowflakes were settling on his hair. “But usually it’s exactly five seconds after I just said the thing that got me into trouble.”
― Jenny Colgan, The Christmas Bookshop

“It seemed even in the darkest of situations, there was always some little bit of light if you looked hard enough to find it.”
― Kate Eastham, When the World Stood Still

“Hope that one has chanced upon the road back to the way things used to be is apparently a strong desire in those who’ve been locked outside their previous lives.”
― Richard Zimler, The Warsaw Anagrams