63 Quotes by Holly Bourne

Common dates in romance movies:Seats in a box at the opera or balletWalking around a beautiful foreign cityNight-time picnics in empty parksFinding some gorgeous abandoned house that the boy fills with candlesCommon dates in real life:Nando's...

I want you to promise me that you'll stop comparing yourself to everyone else.' 'What?' I broke off the hug, not understanding. 'You. Evelyn. You're always like, 'I wish I coulld be like this' or 'I wish I could be more like so-and-so'. You're obsessed with being normal, but that's well boring, and you're extraordinary, Evie. Promise me you'll stop trying to stop stop being you'.

Love isn't just a feeling. Love is a choice too. And you may not be able to help your feelings, but you are responsible for the choices you make about what to do with them.

All I'm saying is, love changes over time. No person is ever perfect for another person

No one ever tells you how much a heartbreak physically hurts. How it literally feels like you've been kicked down the stairs. How you can't swallow. How every muscle aches. How your heart lurches inside you like it's been poisoned. Nobody tells you that.

A mess. That's what I was, at this lonely number thirty-seven bus-stop. And here I am, still a mess.A mess with no messages on her phone. Let alone a message with three kisses.

Being interesting isn't important. But being happy is. As well as being a person you're proud of

Why love is never like the movies

Bad stuff happens, people are mean, there are no steps you can take that ensure the world leaves you alone. All you can do is try not to be one of those people who contributes to the bad.