Denise Ackley

“It's time to start living the life you've imagined.”
― Henry James

“I hope that's a good thing,' I said, thinking he might say I reminded him of a film star- then we'd actually have something in common. I was hoping for Anne Hathaway or Julia Roberts, and not the obvious Vivien Leigh. Even Angelina Jolie would have done, though I'd never quite forgiven her for stealing Brad's heart. Talking of Brad, was Sean starting to resemble him too? No, he could never be a Brad, a Matthew McConaughey maybe at a push, but never a Brad Pitt.”
― Ali McNamara, From Notting Hill with Love... Actually

“The best part of hiding is being found.”
― Emily P. Freeman, Grace for the Good Girl: Letting Go of the Try-Hard Life

“Oh God, my stomach must have won a medal- it's doing a lap of honour now.”
― Ali McNamara, From Notting Hill with Love... Actually