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1 " The only talents he possessed were delusions of adequacy. "
― Jodi Taylor , The Nothing Girl (Frogmorton Farm, #1)
2 " He'll stand up for you and protect you and kill dragons for you, but he won't always know that sometimes, he's the dragon "
3 " Don’t stop believing. Ever. Without belief, there is no hope. And without hope, there is nothing. Always believe and then you’ll always have hope.’ I "
4 " Get out. Get out of our house. Both of you. It makes me sick just to have you here. You called me a nothing girl. Well, this nothing girl despises you. I’d rather be nothing and loved by Russell Checkland than anything else on earth. You would have ruined his life and he’s so much better than you. He’s kind and generous and passionate and everything you’re not. He will be a great painter one day. And – and he goes like a train. "
5 " We walked for a long time in silence. I wasn’t going to nag and I know from Aunt Julia that according to men, mentioning the same thing twice in one decade constitutes nagging, so I shut up. "
6 " If it’s any reassurance, after what he’s drunk today, I don’t think he could even raise a smile, let alone anything else. "
7 " Well, you don’t snore like bathwater going down the plughole.’ We listened some more. ‘It’s very – loud.’ ‘He certainly sleeps with enthusiasm. "
8 " Jenny, I’m so sorry. I think I may have encouraged you to marry a madman.’ ‘Yes, we’re going to be discussing this later. Oh. "
9 " Something writhed inside me and for a moment I was back in those long dark days when my world was so small I couldn’t even stand up in it. "