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1 " There is no happiness like that of being loved by your fellow creatures, and feeling that your presence is an addition to their comfort. "
― Milly Johnson , White Wedding
2 " She was a natural wallflower, most comfortable against the sidelines. "
― Milly Johnson , A Summer Fling
3 " De twee vrouwen namen een grote hap spaghetti en de ober koos precies dat moment uit om terug te wippen en te vragen of alles naar wens was, waarop ze beiden hevig knikten en oergeluiden maakten. "Dat leren ze op de oberschool," zei Stevie nadat ze doorgeslikt had. "Wachten tot iedereen de mond vol heeft gepropt en het dan vragen. Dat vinden ze gewéldig. Het hoogtepunt van hun werk. "
― Milly Johnson , The Birds & the Bees
4 " Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by another human being. Each of us owes deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this light. Albert Schweitzer "
― Milly Johnson , A Winter Flame
5 " It's never to late to have a happy ending' Harvey Hoyland "
― Milly Johnson , The Teashop on the Corner
6 " First wish it. Then think of yourself doing it. Then do it. "
― Milly Johnson , The Queen of Wishful Thinking
7 " Because underneath her ex-husband’s charming, shining veneer lay a dark soul heavily marinated in ‘miserable bastard’. "
― Milly Johnson , The Four Seasons Collection: A Spring Affair, A Summer Fling, An Autumn Crush, A Winter Flame
8 " The greater your storm, The brighter your rainbow. "
9 " Men, she thought to herself with a sigh, didn’t really have to perform grand expansive gestures to have a woman melt inside. A simple arm crooked for their use was the equivalent of at least a dozen bouquets. "
10 " La nata siempre flota, cariño. Han agitado la botella, pero tú date tiempo y verás cómo, antes de que te des cuenta, vuelves a estar en lo mas alto. "
11 " Life isn’t fair, is it?’ ‘No, and the sooner that’s an accepted universal fact, the happier everyone would be, "
― Milly Johnson , Afternoon Tea at the Sunflower Café
12 " Nunca es demasiado tarde para protagonizar un final feliz "
13 " Sometimes other people's rubbish held more answers for you than your own "
― Milly Johnson , A Spring Affair
14 " You could keep all the fancy flowers and cars wrapped up in bows and surprise helicopter trips that millionaires and film stars gave out to their paramours. Nothing could compete with this moment for either of them. This was love. "
― Milly Johnson , The Yorkshire Pudding Club
15 " Me too,’ nodded Molly. ‘I can never understand people who don’t like books. I derive so much pleasure from them. I can’t tell you how many times I have read Persuasion, yet it remains such a fresh, wonderful story. "
16 " The bracelet was made up of blue cord, silver beads, and seven tiny wooden blocks each bearing a letter: CMWYNAF. “Is that Welsh for Mary?” joked Robin. Mary smiled. “It stands for call me when you need a friend. "
― Milly Johnson , I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day
17 " direction of her en suite but he grabbed her arm, pulled her back. ‘So what if it is? Don’t you want to be the prime minister’s wife? Don’t you want to dine "
― Milly Johnson , The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew
18 " Low Joel couldn’t see beyond himself. A dark half of paranoia, sadness and self-loathing who tried to alienate Bonnie, pushing her buttons to prove the self-fulfilling prophecy that he was unlovable, "
19 " She’d thrown up the night before, had chronic diarrhoea in the morning. She was pretty sure, at least, that she wouldn’t vomit or mess herself during her address because there was nothing left in her system to expel. It was always good to find a positive, she thought. "
― Milly Johnson , The Perfectly Imperfect Woman
20 " Love – real love – is a privilege, not a right. "
― Milly Johnson , It's Raining Men
