The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock Quotes

“sometimes life has a strange way of showing us it cares. And the act of accepting this can be the hardest thing to do.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Can you ‘get a life’ or does life find you?”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“She let her hands rest peacefully on my shoulders and said, ‘You know, Oliver, sometimes life has a strange way of showing us it cares. And the act of accepting this can be the hardest thing to do.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“At the end of the night, I waited with her for a taxi and watched her drive off. She wound down the window, blew me a kiss and waved her right arm furiously. I began to panic, and started running after her. ‘Put your arm in!’ I shouted, waving my arm as well. But she paid no attention. ‘Your arm, Caroline, your arm, get it in!’ The car got smaller and smaller as I became more and more out of breath. I stopped running, pulled out my phone and wrote her a text. Please stop waving at me. It’s very nice of you but it’s also illegal to extend a limb from the window of a moving vehicle. I pushed send. Phew. At least now she knew.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“You know, Oliver, sometimes life has a strange way of showing us it cares. And the act of accepting this can be the hardest thing to do.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“I was hoping for third time lucky, three times over. You know, like three squared, because third time lucky the first time didn’t work.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“When life gives you lemons, sell them and buy a pineapple.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Except it made us look as if we were about to break out into song – a duet by Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers. Edie burst out laughing. Before I could stop myself, I started singing ‘Islands in the Stream’.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Thou shalt not sacrifice your own happiness for someone else’s.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Thou shalt not let others decide things for you.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Do not berate yourself for the clouds, do not worry if they hang around, do not fret if they bring storms; let them. Let them wash you, cleanse you, refresh you.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“You’ve got to accept all the different cloud formations that come and go and may do so for some time yet.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Thou shalt be messy: I must refrain from excessive tidiness.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Herman Munster from The Addams Family.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Thou shalt not grow too large to fit comfortably into a standard-size coffin: I must start exercising.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“She was adept at building a doorless igloo around her heart. No one was getting in, least of all herself.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“Grief takes many forms. It’s like the sky: one minute rolling with angry thunderclouds and rain, the next lightly sprinkled with cumulonimbus . . .”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“I had to grieve on my own in private and hide the full extent of my grief in public. For unrequited love and grief make awkward bedfellows.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“You’ve got to accept all the different cloud formations that come and go and may do so for some time yet. They’re all part of the process, Oliver. Do not berate yourself for the clouds, do not worry if they hang around, do not fret if they bring storms; let them. Let them wash you, cleanse you, refresh you.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“I imagined a sea of clothed bottoms mooning me in my discreet spot at the back of the class. I imagined my own bottom adorned in sweat-absorbing sports shorts the likes of which I’d not worn since high school. I decided to go for a stroll instead.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock

“I also think that new habits are born easily when you live on your own. Like talking to yourself.”
― Jane Riley, The Likely Resolutions of Oliver Clock