Flawed (Flawed, #1)

by Cecelia Ahern

FLAWED; faulty, defective, imperfect, blemished, damaged, distorted, unsound, weak, deficient, incomplete, invalid. (Of a person) having a weakness in character.

I am a girl of definitions, of logic, of black and white. Remember this.

I’ve learned that to be courageous is to feel fear within, every step of the way. Courage does not take over; it fights and struggles through every word you say and every step you take. It’s a battle or a dance as to whether to let it pervade. It takes courage to overcome, but it takes extreme fear to be courageous.

When the lows are so immense, the victories are small. But they are there despite it. You just have to know them when you see them, little pockets of light and hope hidden away in the darkness.

The most painful moment in my life also became the moment I showed the most strength and courage.

‘We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.’”

Ignorance is bliss. Knowledge is often a responsibility nobody wants.”

the packet, with arms and legs and smiling faces. Everything has been given a soul in advertising. Yet the soul is being taken from people. Humanising objects, dehumanising people.

none of us are perfect. Let us not pretend that we are. Let us not be afraid that we’re not. Let us not label others and pretend we are not the same. Let us all know that to be human is to be flawed, and let us learn from every mistake made so that we don’t make them again.