Beth J Shaffer

“At one point he brushed my hand and there was electricity, but I think that was the combination of the deep carpet outside the restaurant and my new cardigan.”
― Richard Osman, The Bullet That Missed

“People say that love is rare. I am not so sure. What is rare is something even more desirable. Understanding. There is no point in being loved if you are not understood. They are simply loving an idea of you they have in their mind. They are in love with love. They are in love with their loving. To be understood. And not only that, but to be understood and appreciated once understood. That”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

“Joint pain was like grief. The more you thought about it, the more it hurt, but you couldn’t not think about it because it bloody hurt. Vicious circle.”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible

“I have never believed in magic, and I still don’t. But sometimes what looks like magic is simply a part of life we don’t understand yet.”
― Matt Haig, The Life Impossible