Twice we stood beside each other at the altar, Rosie. Twice. And twice we got it wrong. I needed you to be there for my wedding day but I was too stupid to see that I needed you to be the reason for my wedding day. But we got it all wrong. Cecelia Ahern More Quotes by Cecelia Ahern More Quotes From Cecelia Ahern More often than not, the easy decisions are the wrong decisions, and sometimes we feel like we're going backward when we're actually moving forward. Cecelia Ahern decision ease moving I never grew up thinking the goal in life was to be a millionaire. All the way through college, I had a part-time job. I worked hard to get the things that you need at that age. Cecelia Ahern college jobs thinking I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing. Cecelia Ahern stories writing people We haven't lost everything, if we haven't lost our hope. Cecelia Ahern lost-everything havens lost She was tired of hugging pillows, counting on blankets for warmth, and reliving romantic moments only in her dreams. She was tired of hoping that every day would hurry so she could get on to the next. Hoping that it would be a better day, an easier day. But it never was. Worked, paid the bills, and went to bed but never slept. Each morning the weight on her shoulders got heavier and heavier and each morning she wished for night to fall quickly so she could return to her bed to hug her pillows and wrap herself in the warmth of her blankets. Cecelia Ahern dream morning love Whenever I go to Germany I find that my readers have T-shirts with my book covers printed on them. They come to all the events, they have gifts and they come with their families. They are always very open to sharing their personal stories. Cecelia Ahern germany events book Tonight I'm happy. I will worry about tomorrow when tomorrow comes. But I'm getting there. Cecelia Ahern tonight tomorrow worry Being the best was as equal to being in the middle, which was equal to being the worst. All were merely a state of being. It was how a person felt in that state and why they were in that state that was the important thing. Cecelia Ahern being-the-best states important Seeming and being are not one and the same. Cecelia Ahern seeming Don't mind all those people who say that you should be back to normal in a month or two. Grieving is all part of helping yourself anyway. Cecelia Ahern grieving two people Alone because love was one of those feelings that you could never have control of. And she needed to be in control. She had loved before, had been loved, had tasted what it was to dream, and had felt what it was to dance on air. She had also learned what it was to cruelly land back on the earth with a thud. Cecelia Ahern land air dream I can’t even think about what life “could have been” like in Boston, without crying. It’s like deja-vu, I don’t think me and Boston were ever meant to be. Cecelia Ahern boston cry thinking they worry about my sanity i join with them on that Cecelia Ahern sanity worry Children need close friends to help them grow up, to discover things about themselves and about life. They also need close friends to keep them sane Cecelia Ahern growing-up children needs There were hundreds of them spread across the floor, each telling its own tale of triumph or sadness, each letter representing a phase in her life. She had kept them all. Cecelia Ahern phases triumph sadness Our minds do unusual things sometimes, Tamara. When we’re looking for things it takes it upon itself to go down its own route. All we can do is follow Cecelia Ahern unusual-things mind sometimes His entired life bundled into wenty refuse sacks. His and her memories bundle away in Holly's mind. Each item unearthed dust, tears, laughter and memories. She bagged the items, cleared the dust, wiped her eyes and filed away the memories. Cecelia Ahern laughter eye memories My box bedroom can only fit a bed and a wardrobe but it was my whole world. My only personal space to think and dream, to cry and laugh and wait until I became old enough to do all the things I wasn't allowed to do. Cecelia Ahern space dream thinking Life is funny isn’t it? Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, just when you finally begin to plan something, get excited about something, and feel like you know what direction you’re heading in, the paths change, the signs change, the wind blows the other way, north is suddenly south, and east is west, and you’re lost. It is so easy to lose your way, to lose direction. And that’s with following all the signposts Cecelia Ahern change blow thinking So many objects, so many memories. Each was being labelled and packed away in bags just as it was in her mind. To be stored in an area that would sometime be called upon to teach and help in future life. Cecelia Ahern bags mind memories