Flawed (Flawed, #1)

by Cecelia Ahern

Never trust a man who sits, uninvited, at the head of the table in another man’s home.

“The trouble with being punctual is that there’s nobody there to see it,”

“Punctual is acting or arriving exactly at the time appointed. You’re not punctual; you’re always ridiculously early.”

The rush of butterflies when I saw him, the silly smile that would appear on my face at the very thought of him, the nervous bubbles in my stomach, the jolt of electricity when his skin brushed mine. Suddenly I cared about what I wore, what I said, how I looked.

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.

but people are strong on self-preservation. And if something doesn’t directly affect them, they don’t get involved.

You know he said there are four principles to solving a problem. First, you have to understand the problem. After understanding it, you make a plan, then you carry out the plan, then you look back on your work. If this technique fails, which, of course, it often does, Pólya advised, if you can’t solve a problem, then there is an easier problem you can solve: you just have to find it.”

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

“If you can’t solve a problem, there is an easier problem you can solve: find it.”

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.