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The No-Show QUOTES

The No-Show QUOTES

1 " It seems astonishing that she is still walking forwards, one foot in front of the other; the people around her look real, and her feet underneath her look real, but she feels a powerful, urgent need to ask someone, Am I here? Are you sure? Is this me? "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

2 " Is there anything better than sun on your face?’ he asks.
The way you smile when you clock me across the street>, Jane thinks. The feeling when our hands brush. The smell of you, cedarwood and lemon. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

3 " As a rule, she prefers plants and cats to humans these days. They’re both species with a much better track record. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

4 " Siobhan is only vegan when she’s in a good mood. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

5 " I don't want you to be perfect. Why would I want that? I want you. I want all the parts of you, the broken ones, the ones you've kept hidden away. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

6 " as Aggie reminded her this morning–being brave doesn’t have to mean she changes everything all at once. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

7 " No daydreaming about him. She must think of him only as a fellow book-lover, someone with whom she can talk about reading. Nothing more. These are the rules. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

8 " They click. He makes her forget herself, makes her laugh until she cries mascara down her cheeks, makes her feel like the world is infinitely brighter than she thought it was. The hours slip by and all the while she’s wishing them back, wishing she could just have another few minutes with him. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

9 " Being present is something Siobhan struggles with. But right now, she’s never felt more in a moment in her life. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

10 " Most people are shit, it reads. What are you going to do about it? "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

11 " Love Yourself First:Don't Wait for Him to Do It for You "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

12 " She said, I’m ninety-six, Colin. When you get to my age you don’t give enough of a shit about anything to have ‘objections.’  "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

13 " Being a human is messy, Jane, Aggie told her the other day. No amount of rules can fix that. Sometimes you just need to let yourself feel something, even if it's ugly. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

14 " Books are my happy place, "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

15 " The two of them have permanent access to one another’s phone locations, something they’d initially introduced as a safety measure, but that is in reality used to preempt drinks orders and snoop on the progress of one another’s dates. "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

16 " I know you read, because you've always got a book.
pg. 18 "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

17 " It has all the makings of a meet-cute. For a split second,
pg. 3 "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show

18 " Siobhan feels a pang of homesickness for her flat, though she's only been gone a day,
pg. 2 "

― Beth O'Leary , The No-Show