33 Quotes by Jill Mansell

Sometimes wonderful things did happen, out of the blue and for no apparent reason. And what else could you do but go along with it and just be grateful that the person you loved more than anyone else in the world loved you too?

It might not be much. OK, it wasn’t much. But it was a start.

Maybe one day it would happen. Maybe one day her life would start going according to plan instead of spluttering and stalling like some clapped-out old banger.

Every day we do things that are capable of changing everything, and that’s what makes life exciting.

What if everything she most dreaded was happening now?

Last night. I couldn’t put that book down. I was awake till four this morning finishing it. I didn’t know reading could be like that, I had no idea.

Abbie wondered why she was even bothering to stay alive, when she was evidently so gullible and pathetic and pointless. The only thing that stopped her taking an overdose was, she couldn’t be bothered.

Well, this time you’re just going to have to stop yourself.” Straightening up, Rupert grinned. “We don’t want this to be spoiled, do we? Trust me, some secrets are better kept.

On the surface she might put on a good show, making fun of herself and her manless state, but inwardly it was hard sometimes not to wonder: Why me?