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1 " It wasn't just that feeling of coming home - of being intrinsically attached to what was familiar - but more a case of being so in love with a part of the world that everything else paled in comparison. "
― Victoria Connelly , The Secret of You
2 " Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not just for entertaining us, although that would be enough. "
― Victoria Connelly , Mr. Darcy Forever (Austen Addicts #3)
3 " She couldn't help thinking that something was wrong with a person had more shoes than books in their home. "
― Victoria Connelly , Wish You Were Here
4 " Facebook "
― Victoria Connelly , A Dog Called Hope
5 " There was no Delete button to help you erase an awkward scene. You couldn’t hit Backspace to get rid of all the rubbishy bits. You had to live with the decisions you made. "
― Victoria Connelly , A Weekend with Mr. Darcy (Austen Addicts, #1)
6 " I wonder what it is about a certain novel that ticks the boxes for a reader. I mean, for me, a story can have the most fascinating plot in the world, but if the narrator's voice is dull, then the plot counts for nothing. For me, authorial charm is everything. "
― Victoria Connelly
7 " Why is life a constant disappointment?''Because we read fiction,' Mia said, and Shelley nodded, knowing it was true. "
8 " Did Jane Austen ruin lives by giving people false expectations about love? Were her heroes just too good to be true? Could a real man of flesh and blood ever hope to live up to such paragons? And were books with happy endings cruel? Did they give their readers a warped view of the world and what they could expect from it? "
9 " She needed a break from me. Well, real ones anyway. Fictional men were fine: they knew their place. You could just pick up a book, flick through to the right page, take your fill of your favorite hero and then return them to the shelf. Job done. "
10 " That’s the only problem with novels,’ Mia said. ‘They give readers such high hopes that the real world can often be a bit of a letdown. "
11 " Fictional men were fine: they knew their place. You could just pick up a book, flick through to the right page, take your fill of your favourite hero and then return him to the shelf. Job done. "
12 " Never give up. If you have a dream - no.matter what that dream is, whether it be to become a great actress ir to open your very own sweet shop- never stop.dreaming it, because if you do, life becomes one long nightmare "
13 " Hold on to the ones you love,’ Grandpa Joe told him now. ‘Hold on to them tightly and tell them that you love them at every opportunity because you just don’t know when you’ll be parted from them. "
― Victoria Connelly , The Book Lovers (The Book Lovers, #1)
14 " mist that had rolled "
― Victoria Connelly , The Rose Girls
15 " She was addicted to that and had often wondered if, perhaps, she’d be able to make a living from her photography. But maybe it wouldn’t be so much of a joy if it became a job. "
― Victoria Connelly , The Beauty of Broken Things
16 " Nobody was going to come up to her and offer her a more fulfilling life, were they? She had to go out and find it for herself. "
17 " Sarah often thought it funny how she would think of the characters as if they were real people who had really lived, occupying this very world with the same strength of mind and passion as their creator. "
18 " It’s a great day when you meet a new writer, isn’t it? It’s like an introduction to a best friend you didn’t know existed just hours before. "
19 " Very few modern men dressed well, she had to admit. "
20 " Darcy staring handsomely out from the shelves. Well, Colin Firth, really. ‘The face that launched a thousand bookmarks, "
― Victoria Connelly , Dreaming of Mr. Darcy (Austen Addicts #2)
