To the Moon and Back Quotes

“I haven't been able to stop thinking of you. One way or another you were always out of reach... I think I'm in love with you... Actually no, that's not true. I know I am.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“This not flirting and just-being-friends business was going to be bloody hard.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Oh my god, two days ago I fell in love with the girl of my dreams. Tonight I find out she's insane”
― Jill mansell, To the Moon and Back

“The thing is, I was so bursting for the loo that I thought my bladder was going to explode. I could hardly speak, let alone make it up your stairs. When you threw the key down and I had to bend over to pick it up, I thought that was it, I was going to flood the road! And I’m not even exaggerating. I’ve never been so desperate in my life.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“She’d got so used to not wanting to go out and be sociable that saying no had become her natural default setting. The moment anyone invited her anywhere, her brain began scrambling for plausible excuses as to why she couldn’t make it.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Whether or not this worked out, Ellie knew she would never regret it. Sometimes you just had to take the risk. Maybe it would be a brief but wonderful romance, maybe it would last a lifetime.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“But that was then. This was now. She was a different person these days.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Being scared wasn’t an emotion Zack was familiar with, but it had him in its grip now.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Everyone makes mistakes. But you stopped and did something about it. Most people don’t bother.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Honestly, you tried your best and sometimes everything worked out perfectly. Other times, it went all horribly wrong.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“I owe you, remember? How am I ever going to make things up to you if you won’t let me do stuff?”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“When it’s someone like that, someone important, you never forget them.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“She was determined to make amends. Her old life was behind her and the new one had begun.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“But this was just making her feel claustrophobic. They couldn’t carry on like this; she was going to have to do something about it.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Instinct told him that all he could do for the moment was stay cool and play the waiting game. It wouldn’t be easy but he’d manage it if it killed him.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Ellie closed her eyes and felt the aching loneliness well up inside her chest.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Why do men think they can get away with it? Because they’re men.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Sometimes you knew changes needed to be made but just couldn’t summon up the energy to make them.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Was it cathartic or a form of self-torture?”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Ellie wiped her eyes with the back of her hand; sometimes she didn't realize she'd been crying until the tears slid off her chin and dripped down her neck.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back

“Anyway, that was the thing about life and fate; it never was fair. Horrific things happened to good people and brilliant things happened to bad ones.”
― Jill Mansell, To the Moon and Back