Take a Chance on Me Quotes

“Sometimes dreams trick you into believing they're real. And then there are other times when, completely out of the blue, life suddenly becomes surreal that you wonder if perhaps you're dreaming after all.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“Because the greater the love, the more devastating the sense of betrayal.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“... because this was what happened when you loved someone too much and they didn't love you back. They grew stronger and you grew weaker and more helpless. They humiliated you and you let them do it. And you ended up with no self-respect, not even caring that other people were pointing and laughing at you ...”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“She was tired, her back was aching, and her life was.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“It might not be much. OK, it wasn’t much. But it was a start.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“Was this rock bottom? Had he finally hit it?”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“Just because it’s normal doesn’t make it any easier.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“And just because she was crossing her fingers didn’t mean her wish would come true.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“I just needed to hear someone else say it. I do deserve better.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“Having to pretend nothing was wrong, when everything was wrong, was excruciating.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“Ah, the old don't-need-a-man thing. I love that line. I mean it sounds great, and girls love to say that stuff because it makes them sound all strong and independent. But it's not actually true, is it? Deep down they're panicking, getting more and more desperate, and the next thing you know, they're hurling themselves into a new relationship.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“Abbie wondered why she was even bothering to stay alive, when she was evidently so gullible and pathetic and pointless. The only thing that stopped her taking an overdose was, she couldn't be bothered.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“Now she knew, and she couldn't un-know. Life would never be the same again.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“What if everything she most dreaded was happening now?”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“The strain of pretending everything was normal had been agonizing. How was she going to keep this up for the next week… month… year?”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“Maybe he should kill himself and put them all out of their misery.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“I'm trying my best, but I feel like such a spare part.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me

“This was the next phase of her life and from now on, she wasn't going to take any rubbish from anyone. From now on she was going to decide what she wanted and go for it.”
― Jill Mansell, Take a Chance on Me