The Mistake I Made Quotes

“This is what the brain does. It looks for a way out rather than face the appalling truth. It searches out rabbit holes it may have missed. Finds weak spots in reality. It goes back over events as though they are happening for the first time, as though it may actually alter the course of those events.”
― Paula Daly, The Mistake I Made

“I used to smoke. Right at that moment I missed it like never before. It was the first thing I used to do when faced with a problem, a situation I found difficult. Light up, stand outside the back door, take a few deep inhalations, and the problem didn’t seem quite so insurmountable.”
― Paula Daly, The Mistake I Made

“It’s what Malkovich says in his review that highlights the reason I read. He says everyone is so dull nowadays. Basically, everyone’s so frightened of upsetting other people, there are no characters left any more.”
― Paula Daly, The Mistake I Made

“Peculiar, isn’t it, how an elderly woman over-revving her Fiat Panda’s 900cc engine is mocked heartily by people but doing the exact same thing in a performance car commands general respect?”
― Paula Daly, The Mistake I Made

“I found that, with more time available, I did in fact spend less money. I was better prepared, and instead of life being one frantic whirlwind, meeting myself coming backwards, throwing cash at things just to get through, my days were more manageable. Peaceful. There was happiness to be found in doing the simple stuff.”
― Paula Daly, The Mistake I Made

“I’m not saying, “Hey, isn’t my life great, isn’t yours rubbish?” Just that I try to spend my days doing as many of the things that I enjoy and hardly any time doing the things I don’t.’ ‘Such as working,’ I said. ‘Yes,’ he said. ‘Such as that.”
― Paula Daly, The Mistake I Made