Holly's theory about the army," Sharon explained. And what is it?" Denise asked, intrigued. Oh, that fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. Cecelia Ahern More Quotes by Cecelia Ahern More Quotes From Cecelia Ahern How else do you think life happens? A series of coincidences and occurrences have to happen somehow. Our lives all crash and collide and you think there's no reason or rhyme to it? If there wasn't any reason for it all, what would be the point? Why do you think anything happens at all? There is an outcome, repercussions and occurrences to everybody you meet and everything you say. Cecelia Ahern outcomes would-be thinking As the rain falls and the sun shines, they grow, grow, grow; minds so open, they go through life aware and accepting, seeing light where there's dark, seeing possibility in dead ends, tasting victory as others spit out failure, questioning where others accept. Just a little less jaded, a little less cynical. Cecelia Ahern dark rain fall Our life is made up of time; our days are measured in hours, our pay measured by those hours, our knowledge is measured by years. We grab a few quick minutes in our busy day to have a coffee break. We rush back to our desks, we watch the clock, we live by appointments. And yet your time eventually runs out and you wonder in your heart of hearts if those seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years and decades were being spent the best way they possibly could. In other words, if you could change anything, would you? Cecelia Ahern coffee running life what a luxury it was for people to hold their loved ones whenever they wanted Cecelia Ahern luxury romance people We're so arrogant, aren't we? So afraid of age, we do everything we can to prevent it. We don't realize what a privilege it is to grow old with someone. Someone who doesn't drive you to commit murder or doesn't humiliate you beyond repair. Cecelia Ahern i-love-you arrogant age Sometimes wrong numbers are the right numbers Cecelia Ahern wrong-number numbers sometimes It's funny how people mark their lives, the benchmarks they choose to decide when the moment is more of a moment than any other. For life is made of them. I like to think the best ones of all are in my mind, that they run through my blood in their own memory bank for no one else but me to see. Cecelia Ahern running memories thinking If invisible people eat invisible food does invisible wind blow invisible trees? Cecelia Ahern blow wind people the important thing is not what we (look) like,but the role we play in our best friend's life. Cecelia Ahern roles important play Perhaps I’ve been rushing my whole entire life, jumping into things headfirst without thinking them through. Running through the days without noticing the minutes. Cecelia Ahern jumping running thinking You never forget about things you've done that you know you shouldn't have done. They hang around your mind, linger like a thief casing a joint for a future job. You see them there, dramatically lurking nearby in striped monochrome, leaping behind postboxes as soon as your head whips around to confront them. Or it's a familiar face in a crowd that you glimpse but then lose sight of. An annoying Where's Wally? forever locked away and hidden in every thought in your conscience. The bad thing that you did, always there to let you know. Cecelia Ahern sight forever jobs Close your eyes and stare into the dark. Cecelia Ahern staring eye dark Deep down, underneath all his layers of stupidity, he’s a really good man. He may act out far too many selfish thoughts, says all the wrong things at all the wrong times, but behind closed doors he’s a best friend. I understand that he has idiotic tendencies and I can still love him for it. He may not be someone that you feel comfortable sitting next to at a dinner party but for me, he’s someone that I feel comfortable sharing my life with. Cecelia Ahern selfish party men Time cannot be packaged and ribboned and left under trees for christmas morning.Time can't be given.But it can be shared Cecelia Ahern generosity tree morning I was the life and she was the soul of every party. Cecelia Ahern party soul Love can change us beyond recognition, we become love-sick, soft-eyed jelly-bellied fools. Cecelia Ahern jelly fool sick People tell stories and it's up to those who listen whether to believe or not." "Shouldn't the storyteller believe it." "The storyteller should tell it. Cecelia Ahern stories believe people She wanted to be irresponsible, she wanted to be looked after, to be told that she didn't have to worry about a thing and that someone else would take care of everything. How easy life would be without having grown-up problems to worry about. And then she could grow up all over again. Cecelia Ahern growing-up would-be worry I love it here in Boston and I love studying medicine. But it’s not home. Dublin is home. Being back with you felt like home. I miss my best friend. I’ve met some great guys here, but I didn’t grow up with any of them playing cops and robbers in my back garden. I don’t feel like they are real friends. I haven’t kicked them in the shins, stayed up all night on Santa watch with them, hung from trees pretending to be monkeys, played hotel, or laughed my heart out as their stomachs were pumped. It’s kind of hard to beat that. Cecelia Ahern growing-up real home Imagining and fantasizing did nothing but break her heart. Cecelia Ahern break heart