Rock Paper Scissors

by Alice Feeney

Time can change relationships like the sea reshapes the sand.

All people are addicts, and all addicts desire the same thing: an escape from reality. My job just happens to be my favourite drug.

Believing in someone is one of the greatest gifts you can give them, it’s free and the results can be priceless.

feelings don’t have to be mutual to be real.

I wish people were more like books. If you realise halfway through a novel that you aren’t enjoying it anymore, you can just stop and find something new to read. Same with films and TV dramas. There is no judgement, no guilt, nobody even needs to know unless you choose to tell them. But with people, you tend to have to see it through to the end, and sadly not everyone gets to live happily ever after.

Marriage is either a winning lottery ticket or a straitjacket.

You can’t unbreak an egg when you’ve already whisked it into an omelette.

I used to believe in love, but then, I used to believe in Father Christmas and the Tooth Fairy.

Secrets are only secrets for the people who don’t know them yet. They can morph into lies when shared, and like caterpillars turning into butterflies, beautiful lies can fly far, far away.

Trust can’t be borrowed, if you take it away you can’t give it back.

If you don’t let anyone get too close they can’t hurt

Sometimes the early bird eats too many worms and dies.

Silence cannot be misquoted.

all the money in the world cannot buy more time.

If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one.

Gossip is almost always jealousy’s love child.

I also think it’s possible to have a one-night stand that might be more profound than some marriages. It’s not about how long a relationship lasts, it’s about what it teaches you about each other and yourself.’

Maybe all marriages have secrets, and maybe the only way to stay married is to keep them.

I feel like I’m trapped inside a snow globe; one more shake and I’ll disappear completely.

It’s too easy to get blinded by man-made city lights, even though they could never shine as brightly as the stars in a cloudless sky, or white snow on a mountain, or sunbeams dancing on a loch.

‘People. Never. Change.’

Word of the year: schadenfreude noun pleasure, joy, or self-satisfaction derived by someone from another person’s misfortune.

Sometimes I think it’s the fear of falling down that makes people trip up. We’re not born afraid. When we’re young, we don’t hesitate to run, or climb, or jump, and we don’t worry about getting hurt or fret about failure. Rejection and real life teach us to fear, but if you want something badly enough, you have to take the leap.

I’m not saying everything is perfect, there’s no such thing. Marriage is hard work sometimes. It can also be heartbreaking, and sad, but any relationship worth having is worth fighting for.

Books can be mirrors for whoever holds them, and people don’t always like what they see.

The scariest haunted houses are always the ones in which you are the ghost.

how many firsts a person can have before life only offers them seconds.

Sometimes a lie is the kindest truth you can tell a person, including yourself.