One Good Thing Quotes

“That’s the thing about later, though. It never really comes, does it? Instead you always seem to skip right past it without noticing and then, before you know it, it’s not later – it’s too late.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“Just some small, random act of kindness – something seemingly inconsequential. Like a smile from a stranger, or a song on the radio, or a beautiful sunset . . . or the barista giving you a love heart on your coffee.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“All you need is one good thing to turn life around and make it worth living again.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“We all need help sometimes; the hardest part is accepting it.' (p. 206)”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“How I'm finally beginning to realize that you can't save someone by loving them, or fix a relationship that doesn't want to be fixed.' (p. 153”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“I [...] think about how hard relationships can be to navigate as we get older. Not only the ones we have with our partners; but the ones we have with our friends and parents and siblings. Or is it us that makes them harder, with our layers of stuff that we accumulate? Like old clothes that we haven't worn for years and no longer have any use for, but which we drag around with us in heavy suitcases. The boyfriend who dumped you, the dad who criticised you, the kids at school who bullied you, the mum who abandoned you -- all the ghosts of our pasts. The memories. The traumas. The triggers. Those feelings weigh heavy, and we pack them away out of sight, but never truly out of mind; they're always with us, wherever we go and whomever we meet. If only we could clear out those emotional suitcases, like we clear out our wardrobes. Get rid of all that stuff that doesn't fit us anymore. Make space for the exciting new things in the future.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“All you need is one good thing to turn your life around and make it worth living again. Like a smile from a stranger, a hug from a friend or some small, random act of kindness. Or an old, scruffy dog with no name. Just one good thing can change the course of everything. It has the power to heal your heart, inspire courage and joy and create true friendships that can bring whole community together. It can every save someone's life.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“And maybe some relationships don’t even start. Maybe they’re only a spark and, if you don’t catch it quickly enough, it goes out.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“I needed to protect myself, so my world would never collapse again, like it did when my mum died.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“I was scared of being trapped. Making a mistake. Needing someone. Scared of letting someone in, in case they let me down. In case they broke my heart.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“Like all these years I thought it was the men who were the commitment-phobes. But actually it was me all along.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“Loss and grief don’t magically disappear; they just find a different outlet. You have to find a way to deal with it, and we dealt with it in different ways.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“How could she simply disappear from our lives like that and not come back? It’s been two years, and I know she’s not coming back. I still have conversations with her in my head, though.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“It’s forced me to slow down, to stop rushing about, to look and listen. To really notice things. And I’ve realized that actually the countryside is far more alive and invigorating than any city. I mean, just look at that landscape.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“I wanted to run away from everything, I say simply. I wanted to disappear. To leave it all behind and make a new life for myself.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“Now no one greets me. When I close the front door there’s no one to talk to or share things with.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“It would be like a stranger coming up to you and giving you a kiss”, Dr Khan had explained.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“But here’s the thing: shock and disbelief don’t simply disappear overnight. Worse still, you don’t want to disappoint or burden anyone by admitting you’re still not over it. That last weekend you weren’t really busy; you just couldn’t face getting dressed. That the future, which used to seem so secure, now scares the living daylights out of you.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“She was just so annoying; the way she was going on at you, trying to get gossip under the guise of being concerned.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“All you need is one good thing to turn your life around and make it worth living again.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“Because you know what’s more terrifying? The thought of never feeling happy again.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“Sometimes not getting what you want can be a wonderful stroke of luck, because you end up with something so much better.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“People keep asking me how I feel about turning fifty. Bloody lucky that’s how I feel. Ageing is a privilege.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“Often, when things are such a mess, you can’t imagine they can improve. Deep in the thick of it, it’s so easy to feel as if you’re taking two steps forward, only to take two steps backwards; that everything is so uncertain and nothing will ever change. Yet ironically change is the one thing we can be certain of - nothing can ever stay the same.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“who ever knows what’s going on in someone else’s life.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“Live in the moment! Today’s a new day! Don’t look back!”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“…there are two brothers called Darren and Paul, ….listening to them constantly yelling instructions at each other, they appear to go by the names of “Fetch Me” and “Carry Me”.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“But there’s no point looking back. You’re not going that way.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing

“he’s not angry or bitter about what happened in the past. It’s in the past.”
― Alexandra Potter, One Good Thing