Explore Quotes by Cecelia Ahern

Nobody can pretend to know what people want to read or hear or see. People rarely know it themselves; they only know it after the fact.

I guess when you’re trying to find all the parts of yourself, it’s difficult to be with someone who’s already fully intact.

But with your life you make a few bad decisions, get unlucky a few times, whatever, but you have to keep going, right?

I don't know why, but there's always the part of you, the part that hides in the shadows protecting the self-destruct button, that doesn't ever want to leave the dark behind.

Every small thing grows when you nurture it, Rosie. Love is just the same. But if that is making you miserable then, leave and find something else that brings you happiness you deserve to feel.

What seems tragic now won't even be an issue in a few years time.

Dreams should make you think, ‘If I had the guts to do it and I didn’t care what anybody thought, this I what I’d really do’.

I generally don’t become overexcited about things anyway, I’m just not one of those people. I’m not easily surprised by things either. I think it’s because I expect that anything can happen

We all make mistakes, some bigger than others, but none of us is perfect.

Some people say that you shouldn't operate from a place of fear but if there is no fear, how is there a challenge?

Her best friend was gone and nobody understood that no amount of makeup, fresh air or shopping was going to fill the hole in her heart.

Yes it's difficult. Yes it's horrible. Yes it's the worst thing that has ever happen in my whole life. But I just can't give up.

Holly smiled weakly. Gerry would know exactly how she was feeling, he would know exactly what to say and he would know exactly what to do. He would give her one of his famous hugs and all her problems would melt away. She grabbed a pillow from her bed and hugged it tight. She couldn't remember the last time she hugged someone, really hugged someone. And the depressing thing was that she couldn't imagine ever embracing anyone the same way again.

Age is just a number, not a state of mind or a reason for any type of particular behaviour.

You know, sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.' 'And yet it is still extremely funny.

Love can change us beyond recognition, we become love-sick, soft-eyed jelly-bellied fools.

Chin up, don’t smile, don’t cry, don’t fall, walk.

I think that most people go to bookshops and have no idea what they want to buy. Somehow the books sit there, almost magically willing people to pick them up. The right person for the right book. Its as though they know whose life they need to be a part of, how they can make a difference, how they can teach a lesson, put a smile on a face at just the right time.

Truth is, something that I thought was perfect was taken away from me, and I never wanted perfect again. I wanted middle of the road, stuff I didn’t care about so that I couldn’t lose anything I really loved ever again.

Love is not a theme. It's an atmosphere, a mood.

...all people needed was time and then they could figure most things out of themselves.