Anna Maxted > Quotes

“...When I look back on my life's greatest traumas...I see that each one has something in common. No matter how life-shattering they felt at the time, there was an end to them.”
― Anna Maxted, Getting Over It

“You can hate a person with your whole body, but love is a stubborn thing, it clings on in your heart.”
― Anna Maxted, Being Committed

“When you're right there in the crisi, you'll do anything to make yourself feel better, distract yourself from the misery, deny reality, not matter how stupid.”
― Anna Maxted, A Tale of Two Sisters

“Jack had the power to make my heart fly. He also had the power to shoot it out of the sky. Because, let’s not forget, love isn’t just about the flying.”
― Anna Maxted, Being Committed

“Curiosity was a mild irritant, but nothing in the face of fear like this. By doing nothing, I determined that nothing would change, and it didn't. People moan about being in limbo, but actually, I found limbo the safest place to be.”
― Anna Maxted, A Tale of Two Sisters

“Come on, Lizbet, that man adores you, he worships your body with his eyes.”
― Anna Maxted, A Tale of Two Sisters

“I knew I wasn't second best for Tim (just as I knew that in real life, Jolene's flaming locks and eyes of emerald green stood no change against the aces of spades that was Dolly Parton's chest), but it took some believing, because I'd been second best to my sister for most of my life. That shakes your faith in yourself.”
― Anna Maxted, A Tale of Two Sisters

“Her cupboards are crammed with Cappuccino mix. No one needs Cappuccino mix. It's not diginified. She watched 'Super Size Me' and went straight to McDonald's. She did the Atkins Diet, "but with potatoes.”
― Anna Maxted, A Tale of Two Sisters