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41 " We are both vulnerable people, and because of that, the membrane between sense and foolishness is very thin. "
― Milly Johnson , The Magnificent Mrs Mayhew
42 " Was it Abraham Lincoln who said that if you wanted to test a man’s character, give him power? "
43 " Was she going to make a total arse of herself in front of his whole family? ‘Oh, I’m sorry,’ said "
― Milly Johnson , A Spring Affair
44 " You get so good at saying you’re fine, trying to make people not feel awkward when they ask if you’re coping that no one realises if you’re struggling. You end up believing your own lies. Everything gets distorted. "
― Milly Johnson , My One True North
45 " Youth is like spring, an over-praised season more remarkable for biting winds than genial breezes. Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.’ Samuel Butler "
― Milly Johnson , The Four Seasons Collection: A Spring Affair, A Summer Fling, An Autumn Crush, A Winter Flame
46 " Oh, er…I had to borrow some of it.’ He wriggled a bit and looked more sheepish than a freezer full of mutton on an Australian farm. "
― Milly Johnson , The Birds & the Bees
47 " That was the trouble with Wuthering Heights, in her opinion: all the characters were too polarized. Edgar was so caring he was wimpy, Heathcliff was a total bastard and Cathy was a cow. Give her Jane Eyre any time, with her perfectly imperfect characters: the feisty, lovely heroine and the manly, passionate – but ultimately decent – Rochester. "
― Milly Johnson , White Wedding
48 " Eddie scratched his head. It was all harder to understand than a David Lynch film. "
49 " Debes concentrarte en la buena suerte que te depara el futuro y no en las cosas malas que dejas atrás. "
― Milly Johnson , The Teashop on the Corner
50 " People need to have someone to focus their anger on, Adam. It’s easier blaming outsiders than the ones you love. "
51 " Sometimes when we’re in pain, we’ll snatch at anything that promises to stop it. Hope makes us see what we want to see "
52 " The past was set in stone, it could not be undone "
― Milly Johnson , The Yorkshire Pudding Club
53 " La rabia posee la maravillosa capacidad de enmascarar el dolor del corazón; y es mucho más fácil vivir con ella. "
54 " Sophie liked old people. She enjoyed talking to them, hearing their stories, seeing the light in their eyes and imagining all that learning and wisdom behind them. It broke her heart sometimes to think of the still ones, to see the shells of the once young and lively waiting for nothing because even hope had deserted them. "
55 " A veces uno pierde la perspectiva de las cosas sin darse cuenta ─ respondió Leni ─. El tiempo y la distancia nos ayudan a recuperarla. "
56 " Every day she discovered another record depth to plunge to: another abyss for her spirits to sink down into. "
― Milly Johnson , A Summer Fling
57 " There was nothing to look forward to but more crap. "
58 " So if I say no, what are ye going to do? Refund me to death? "
59 " Every woman should have her moment of flowering. Everyone should have days to look back on when they could say, ‘I was at my most beautiful then. "
60 " The girl doesn’t have a lot of self-confidence. Funny how it was always the pretty, capable ones who didn’t. "