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41 " Yes, that dream ultimately failed, but I learned so much. Mostly tiny things, but it only takes a spark to light a fire. All those tiny things accumulated to make me who I am. If none of it had happened, I could have lived a far worse lie than I did. That's why, despite all the heartbreak, the failure and the secrets, if I was given the chance to go back in time and change things, I wouldn't. Not even a second. "
― Carrie Hope Fletcher , On the Other Side
42 " You can't have rainbows without rain. "
― Carrie Hope Fletcher , All That She Can See
43 " By the end of our lives, we're covered in battle scars and shrapnel. "
― Carrie Hope Fletcher , All I Know Now: Wonderings and Reflections on Growing Up Gracefully
44 " As she placed her stil-beating heart in the hole she'd dug, there on it's surface another golden fleck swirled into existence. It was then that she knew she was doing the right thing. Keeping her own heart when she'd already decided who it belonged to felt wrong, as if she was holding stolen possessions. No. Her heart was no longer hers, couldn't be Vincent's, and sadly, was never to be Jim's. "
45 " Do you think bad people feel remorse for the things they do? No. We feel bad even when we haven’t done anything wrong! We feel shame and we feel lonely. And we try to be better because we don’t want the world to think we’re terrible people because deep down, we know we’re not. "
46 " It's the future, love, it's always changing. "
47 " We ignore our bad feelings and inner demons because it’s easier, which leaves these beings free to pull on the puppet strings. "
48 " Did someone have to always be the best at something in order for it to have worth? Was life that black and white? Could she merely be just okay at something, even good at a push, and be content with just telling stories that made people feel things, despite not winning awards left, right and centre or knowing her name as an author wouldn’t be remembered and revered for the rest of time? "
― Carrie Hope Fletcher , In the Time We Lost
49 " There were rules that told him he was supposed to wait three days before he called her again after tonight, and that he was supposed to seem uninterested to make her want him more, but he had never liked playing games that involved manipulating how people felt. Feelings were confusing enough without people toying with them to make them fit their own needs. "
50 " Theatres have a certain kind of magic. "
― Carrie Hope Fletcher , When the Curtain Falls
51 " You show me a girl who would be okay with a guy who treats her exactly like she’s his girlfriend but won’t actually call her his girlfriend? It’s madness. It makes no sense. "
52 " I wasn't very good with people either until recently ... Turns out I just wasn't very good with myself "
53 " I had as much influence over Loneliness as it had over me! I can see that now. No one can help how they feel so I was stuck with Loneliness. But I had a choice. I could let Loneliness consume me for the rest of my life, give in to it and let it control me like a puppet… or I could fight back. When it would whisper in my ear and tell me to lash out at those I loved, to push them away, I’d say no. When it tried to keep me lonely I would hold it at arm’s length and… it would listen. "
54 " We welcome that kind of shrapnel so that when it twinges in our souls we're filled with that glowing feeling that comfort us in our darkest hours and whispers from somewhere inside that our own happiness isn't impossible nor is it entirely lost. "
55 " It’s the people who have no idea what it’s like to truly be different who do scream about it. If they really knew what it was like, to feel so isolated because of that difference, they wouldn’t wish it upon themselves. "
56 " I mean . . . it's not really breaking the law if you're helping people, right? Surely that's a flaw in the law, not with me. "
57 " Today was hers and hers along to enjoy her bath, eat her chips and watch a movie. Everything else, could simply wait for her and life would resume tomorrow. "
58 " It’s funny how the lack of something can feel so heavy. I haven’t felt the cool breeze of inspiration or the fire of creativity in so long and their absence weighs down on my shoulders. "
59 " Marigold wasn’t quiet because something was wrong. She was quiet because so much was right. She was quiet because she was stocking up on information and inspiration so that one day she could turn it into something magical to unleash on the world. "
― Carrie Hope Fletcher , Into the Spotlight
60 " If, and only IF, what you write is terrible, then you keep writing until it is actually quite good. Then you keep putting your pen to that paper and you write and write and write until you’re ninety-two, you’ve written three hundred books, and the whole world knows not only your name but your stories, too. "
― Carrie Hope Fletcher