Rock Paper Scissors

by Alice Feeney

Time can change relationships like the sea reshapes the sand.

We still finish each other’s sentences but these days we get them wrong.

I am in love with the Scottish Highlands. If there is a more beautiful place on Earth, I have yet to find it.

Life is all about choices, and learning how to put ourselves back together when we fall apart.

All people are addicts, and all addicts desire the same thing: an escape from reality.

If we play the same characters for too long in a marriage, isn’t it inevitable that we’ll get bored of the story and give up, or switch off before we reach the end?

Affection is like playing the piano and you can forget how to do it without practice.

spending more time together isn’t always the same as spending less time apart.

Enjoy the stories of other people’s lives, but don’t forget to live your own.

People should be more careful what they wish for.

But not everything that gets broken can be repaired.

Life makes other plans when people forget to live. Weeks turned into months, and months turned into years, and when what happened, happened, she knew she couldn’t leave.

I wonder if all writers are ego maniacs with low self-esteem?

‘We don’t all want to rule the world, some of us just want to make it a better place.’

And books are good at hiding all kinds of things, especially closed books, just like closed people.

But memories don’t take orders; they come and go as they please.

That’s the biggest problem with people nowadays: they don’t appreciate what they have, they always want more. They don’t want to work for it. They don’t want to earn it. And they bitch and moan like spoilt brats when they don’t get their own way. Too many people think the world owes them something, and blame others for their own poor life choices. And everyone thinks they can just run away if things don’t go according to their plans.

Sometimes home is more of a memory than a place.

‘It is said that the Seine is the only river in the world that runs between two bookshelves,’ you said, and you held my hand.

It seems that genuine friends are even harder to come by when you’re famous.

One bad decision often leads to another and then, before you know it, there is no way back to where you were.

Silence cannot be misquoted.

She didn’t understand back then, but not everyone wants to be set free.

Feeling needed isn’t the same as feeling loved, but it’s close enough to remind me of who we used to be.

It’s hard when the highlight of someone’s career comes right at the beginning of it. Sometimes it’s best to start small – give yourself room to grow.

Is disinterest a form of neglect? Robin thinks so.

The only good thing about losing everything, is the freedom that comes from having nothing left to lose.

Changing love into hate is a much easier trick than turning water into wine.

Atonement is like that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow that nobody ever really finds.

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