Joy > Joy's Quotes

“Whatever time we have," he said, "it will be time enough.”
― Susanna Kearsley, The Rose Garden

“..the fields might fall to fallow and the birds might stop their song awhile; the growing things might die and lie in silence under snow, while through it all the cold sea wore its face of storms and death and sunken hopes...and yet unseen beneath the waves a warmer current ran that, in its time, would bring the spring.”
― Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

“Ye'll never best your fears until ye face them”
― Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

“Men who watch, and say little, very often are much wiser than the men they serve.”
― Susanna Kearsley, The Winter Sea

“Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow.”
― Anne Fortier, Juliet

“I’ll be back tomorrow,” he said, “at nine o’clock. Don’t open your door to anyone else.”
“Not even my balcony door?”
“Especially not your balcony door.”
― Anne Fortier, Juliet

“Don't underestimate the power of events that happened a long time ago. That is the tragic flaw of modern man.”
― Anne Fortier, Juliet

“Think about it. He drinks poison. What kind of man drinks poison? She is the one who stabs herself with his dagger. The manly way.”
― Anne Fortier, Juliet

“It's what we call a dolce pazzia... a sweet madness. Once you feel it, you will never want to leave it.”
― Anne Fortier, Juliet

“Just kidding' was exactly what people wrote when they meant every word.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“What are you going to do with your life?" In one way or another it seemed that people had been asking her this forever; teachers, her parents, friends at three in the morning, but the question had never seemed this pressing and still she was no nearer an answer... "Live each day as if it's your last', that was the conventional advice, but really, who had the energy for that? What if it rained or you felt a bit glandy? It just wasn't practical. Better by far to be good and courageous and bold and to make difference. Not change the world exactly, but the bit around you. Cherish your friends, stay true to your principles, live passionately and fully and well. Experience new things. Love and be loved, if you ever get the chance.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“He wanted to live life in such a way that if a photograph were taken at random, it would be a cool photograph.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“If you have to keep a secret it's because you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“And then some days you wake up and everything's perfect.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“You can live your whole life not realizing that what you're looking for is right in front of you.”
― David Nicholls, One Day

“So - whatever happened to you?'
'Life. Life happened.”
― David Nicholls, One Day