Postscript Quotes

“I hate goodbyes, but hating them is never a justification to stay.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“To look back, to go back, is not to be weak. It is not to reopen wounds. It takes strength, it takes courage. It takes a person who is more in control of who they are to cast a discerning, non-judgmental eye over who they once were.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“The cold, like the darkness, can become a deceptive comfort you never want to leave.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“I am just a chapter in your life, there will be many more.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“I've come to believe that at different times our lives we are drawn to certain people for various reasons, mainly because that version of ourselves is connected to that version of them at that particular time. If you stick at it, work at it, you can grow in different directions together. Sometimes you get pulled apart, but I believe there is the right person, the one, for all the different versions of yourself. Gabriel and I lived in the now. Gerry and I aimed for forever. We got a fraction of forever. And an enjoyable now and a fraction of forever is always better than doing nothing.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“I must stop feeling so deeply but I must not be numb; I must move on but I must not forget; I must be happy but not reject sadness; I must embrace but not cling; I must deal with but not dwell on; I must confront but not attack; I must eliminate but not annihilate; I must be gentle with myself but I must be strong.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“Shoot for the moon and even if you miss you’ll land among the stars.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“I found a new and surprising strength inside of me, I found it at the bottom of a dark and lonely place, but I found it. And unfortunately, that’s where we find most of life’s treasures. After digging, toiling in the darkness and dire, we finally hit something concrete. I learned that rock bottom can actually be a springboard.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“People can surprise you when you suffer through grief. It's not true that you discover who your friends are, but it's true to say that their characters are revealed.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“Inveniam viam - I shall either find a way or make one.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“You can't replace people, Paul, you'll never be replaced, but you can replace roles.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“We want to control our deaths, our goodbye to the world, and if we can't control is, we can at least control how we leave it behind.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“So many things to be and not be; I am nothing, but I'm everything, yet I must, I must, I must.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“We don’t often remember how we meet, we mostly remember how we part.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“I'm equally terrified by life and ecstatic to be living it at the same time.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“In one second, almost two and a half million emails are sent, the universe expands fifteen kilometres and thirty stars explode, a honey bee can flap its wings two hundred times, the fastest snail travels 1.3 centimetres, objects can fall sixteen feet, and ‘Will you marry me?’ can change a life.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“I prefer this version of me, yet I became this way because I lost him. If I ever had the power to undo everything, I wouldn't want to unravel who I've become.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“Moram se prisjetiti da je svako „zbogom“ imalo svoje „zdravo“. A nema ničega ljepšeg od toga „zdravo“.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“The beauty and challenge of long-term relationships is that you change and shift at different times in different directions, side by side under the same roof. Most often, these changes are subtle and you’re subconsciously adapting all the time to the constant but gentle shifting of another human being that you’re so connected to; like two shape-shifters battling to coincide, for better or worse. Remain who you are while they alter, or change with them. Inspire them to go in another direction, gently push, pull, mould, tear at, nurture. Wait.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“I experienced a great tragedy at a young age and I thought that was me done, I got it over and done with. In a world of infinite possibilities, I should have known there is no end to the loss that we can experience, but neither is there to the knowledge and growth that arises because of it and in spite of it.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“Humans possess insatiable longings for wealth, status, and power, but are hungry, most of all, for love.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“In one second,almost two and half million emails are sent,the universe expands fifteen kilometers and thirty stars explode,a honey bee can flap its wings two hundred times, the fastest snail travels 1.3 centimeters,objects can fail sixteen feet. and "Will you marry me?"can change a life .
Four babies are born.Two people die.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“Shoot for the moon; even if you fail, you´ll land among the stars.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“You can only lose what you cling to.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“He leaves the flat and I don’t see him for two days.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“Look, it’s fine with me. She’s your daughter, I’m happy for you that this is happening, I know it’s important to you. as long as you know what you’re getting yourself into.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“Love is a tenuous, rarefied thing. Something to be prized and cherished, displayed for all to see, not hidden away in a cupboard, or to feel ashamed of.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“Everyone seems to be afraid you’ll lose yourself, but you should consider it being him you lose as a result of doing it.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“People can surprise you when you suffer through grief. It’s not true that you discover who your friends are, but it’s true to say that their characters are revealed.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript

“When he died, a piece of me did die, but a part of me was born too.”
― Cecelia Ahern, Postscript