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21 " I think loss isolates a person. Everybody is far too nervous to ask you how you feel, in case you have a breakdown in front of them. It’s much easier not to say anything and hope the pain goes away quickly and quietly. "
― Victoria Connelly , Mr. Darcy Forever (Austen Addicts #3)
22 " Just as you had to heal yourself your way,’ Bill said. ‘The way I see it, there’s no right or wrong way. There are as many different ways to go through an experience as there are people in the world, "
― Victoria Connelly , The Beauty of Broken Things
23 " Wasn’t life extraordinary? One made plans, but then fate came along and said, ‘Actually, this is going to happen today. "
― Victoria Connelly , A Weekend with Mr. Darcy (Austen Addicts, #1)
24 " a lady’s imagination is very rapid "
― Victoria Connelly , Happy Birthday, Mr Darcy (Austen Addicts, #5)
25 " Stories survive not just because of empathetic characters that we can still identify with but because the author has something to say to us and they have the ability to communicate that to the reader in a clear and often amusing way. Jane Austen knows how to hook a reader with her endearing and often infuriating characters but she also keeps us hooked by her wit, her observations, and her unique use of language. Lots of other writers had books published at the same time as Jane Austen and yet they’ve been lost to us. Austen has survived because she has a unique voice. But the themes she explores are also important. "
26 " Every person has to make their own decisions in life. It’s virtually impossible to learn from somebody else’s mistakes; there are too many variables. "
27 " But life doesn’t always turn out the way you think it will,’ Robyn said, ‘and that can be rather wonderful. "
― Victoria Connelly , At Home with Mr. Darcy (Austen Addicts, #6)
28 " Best safety lies in fear. "
― Victoria Connelly , Christmas with Mr Darcy (Austen Addicts #4)
29 " her healthier. If she’d never got cancer, she might easily have overloaded her body with all sorts of sugars, fats and chemicals and got diabetes. She truly believed that. Her new diet had saved her in so many ways and had allowed her to have a certain amount of control over her body. It was a positive focus on the good that she could do herself. So much of having cancer was out of your control, but her diet was something she alone was in charge of and she’d embraced her new regime with a vigour she didn’t know she had. It might not save her life, but it was at least going part way to saving her sanity. ‘I’m not sure I’ll be able to cope for six weeks with a health freak to my left and a meditating Buddhist on my right,’ Audrey said. "
― Victoria Connelly , One Last Summer
30 " Why couldn’t love be rational like everything else? What right did it have to bulldoze through your reasoning and leave you spinning? "
31 " She said it’s easy to love something that’s shiny and new, but it takes someone special to love the old, neglected things. "
32 " She left the world with a smile, "
33 " Perhaps that was part of what had held her there for so long – the fear of letting something safe go and leaping into the unknown. Fear, he thought, could be a pretty powerful jailer. "
34 " So many lifetimes can be lead within the covers of books, "
― Victoria Connelly , The Book Lovers (The Book Lovers, #1)
35 " we can’t control anything in this world. But we can control our response to it. "
36 " I feel that my time here is done now but I so want to leave something behind – my story. Will you write it for me? You said you would. It would be my way of living just a little longer "
― Victoria Connelly , The Secret of You
37 " Sometimes, something as simple as putting a kettle on and finding mugs was calming. It was a familiar ritual that grounded a person, bringing order to a chaotic day. One might not be able to control the world, but one could at least control a cup of tea. "
38 " Never give up. If you have a dream - no matter what that dream is, whether it be to become a great actress or to open your very own sweet shop- never stop dreaming it, because if you do, life becomes one long nightmare "
― Victoria Connelly
39 " You know what? I’ve always wanted to make a mosaic. Do you think that could work? To make something beautiful out of all these broken pieces?’ Luke looked at her in admiration, marvelling at the resilience of his friend. ‘Absolutely,’ he told her. ‘You could definitely make that work. "
40 " Jenna. "
― Victoria Connelly , Love in an English Garden