In the Time We Lost Quotes

“Did someone have to always be the best at something in order for it to have worth? Was life that black and white? Could she merely be just okay at something, even good at a push, and be content with just telling stories that made people feel things, despite not winning awards left, right and centre or knowing her name as an author wouldn’t be remembered and revered for the rest of time?”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost

“Instead of giving him her real name, like an idiot she gives him a pseudonym because she's convinced herself she doesn't need anyone other than herself, that work is more important, that relationships only hurt you and that dying alone is the best option she has because it's better than getting hurt over and over and over and over and over...”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost

“To those haunted by what ifs: life's too short to spend it wondering what could have been. Go for it.”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost

“Luna didn’t comfort people. She wasn’t cold or hurtful but she certainly wasn’t warm and affectionate, despite never having written a character who didn’t have either of those traits. That was the sort of person she longed to be but didn’t quite know how. Taking charge of a situation felt uncomfortable and she worried far too much that she might be doing the wrong thing.”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost

“What’s your problem? Why can’t you just be happy for people instead of seeing the world through the haze of your own misery?”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost

“In moments when she had needed someone to turn to, she had found that the people she wanted the most weren’t there and so she’d just stopped turning at all. Luna had stopped looking for help when she needed it and had taken it upon herself to always fix her own problems, even when they were impossibly large for one small human to manage alone.”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost

“Life on this island is slim pickings if you have ambition.”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost

“So knuckle down. Get your book written. Get your life sorted.”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost

“It’s funny how the lack of something can feel so heavy. I haven’t felt the cool breeze of inspiration or the fire of creativity in so long and their absence weighs down on my shoulders.”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost

“Today was hers and hers along to enjoy her bath, eat her chips and watch a movie. Everything else, could simply wait for her and life would resume tomorrow.”
― Carrie Hope Fletcher, In the Time We Lost