137 Quotes by Alice Feeney

There are residents in our lives, the ones who stay for years, and then there are the tourists just passing through. Sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference. We can’t, and don’t, and shouldn’t try to hold on to everyone that we meet, and I’ve met a lot of tourists in my life, people I should have kept at a safe distance. If you don’t let anyone get too close, they can’t hurt you.

You can’t allow the past to steal your present, but if you siphon off just the right amount, it can help fuel your future.

Even if I could remember my way back to normal, I don’t think I’d recognise myself when I got there.

Patience is the answer to so many of life’s questions.

Sometimes saying nothing says too much, but the words won’t come.

The sad truth about our present always punctuates my happy memories of our past with full stops.

I’m starting to think that life is little more than a series of doors; every day we have to choose which ones to open, which to walk through, and which to close behind us, leaving them forever locked.

I want people to like me, so being myself is never an option.

I’ve hidden memories in boxes inside my head before. Sometimes it’s the only way to deal with things.