“For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain.”
― The Thorn Birds
― The Thorn Birds
“This made no sense to me, probably because I speak English and have never had a head injury.”
― Bossypants
― Bossypants
“So here I am. Twenty-eight years old, with thirty looming on the horizon. Drunk. Fat. Alone. Unloved. And, worst of all, a cliche, Ally McBeal and Bridget Jones put together, which was probably about how much I weighed...”
― Good in Bed
― Good in Bed
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that when one part of your life starts going okay, another falls spectacularly to pieces.”
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
― Bridget Jones’s Diary
“I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
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