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41 " He holds my face as if I'm precious and then pushes his fingers into my hair, cupping my head in his hands when I tip it back.This is the only time we will ever kiss each other. He knows it, I know it, and it's so achingly melancholy-sexy that I feel tears threaten again. "
― Josie Silver , One Day in December
42 " There's something about living in a different place that allows you to be whoever you want to be. "
43 " It’s a much more beautiful city than I’d imagined, soaring gray buildings and grand, imposing architecture. Perhaps it’s the fact that the streets glitter with frost and there are snowflakes blowing in the air, but there’s a magical edge to it. It’s Christmas in two days; revelers spill onto the cobbled pavements from the bars and pubs, and it’s wall-to-wall festive music on the cab radio. "
44 " Do you think we were always destined to know each other?' I say.In my head I'm cresting the Ferris wheel with Jack beside me, our heads tipped back to look at the stars. Perhaps it's the wine, but my stomach flips slowly as he laughs quietly against my ear.'I don't know if I believe in all that destiny stuff, Lu, but I'll always be glad you're in my life.'He looks down into my eyes and his mouth is so close I can feel his breath on my lips. I ache.'Me too,' I whisper. 'Even though being with you is hard on my heart sometimes. "
45 " He adjusts our hands, his fingers warm around mine.And then he looks down at me, and his eyes say all the things he cannot. His gaze holds mine as we dance slowly, and I silently tell him that I'll always carry him in my heart, and he silently tells me that in another place, another time, we'd have been pretty damn close to perfect.'For what it's worth'—his hand slips into my hair and he strokes his thumb along my jaw—'and because we're finally being honest with each other, you're just about my favourite person in the world, and it was the single most spectacular kiss of my whole life. "
46 " Sometimes you just meet the right person at the wrong time "
47 " I’m hemorrhaging the people I love and I don’t know how to stop it. Is this just a fact of life? You have to grow up and shed your old friends like papery snakeskin to make room for the new. "
48 " Who was St. Valentine anyway and what made him such an expert on romance? I’m willing to bet his full name is St. Smugbastard-three’s-a-crowd Valentine, and he probably lives on a candlelit island where everything comes in pairs, even bouts of thrush. "
49 " I nod again, glad for Sarah that he’s kind, sad for me that he’s Sarah’s, and mad at the world for being shitty enough to put me in this crap position in the first place. "
50 " That’s the thing about flowers, isn’t it? They’re lush and extravagant and demand your attention, and you think they’re the most exquisite thing, but then in the shortest time they’re not very lovely at all. They wilt and they turn the water brown, and soon you can’t hold on to them any longer. "
51 " Perhaps it’s time to learn how to stand on our own, rather than lean on each other. "
52 " I wanted to kiss you back there in the pub, Laurie, and I want to kiss you even more right now. You’re one of the loveliest people I’ve ever met in my whole life.” He looks away, down the length of the deserted street and then back at me again. “You’re beautiful and kind, and you make me laugh, and when you look at me like that with your summer hedgerow eyes…only a fucking saint wouldn’t kiss you. "
53 " I slump and close my eyes, wondering if there will ever be a time when it feels like all the pieces of my life were in the right place. "
54 " From now on, if anyone asks me if I've ever fallen in love at first sight, I shall say yes, for one glorious minute on December 21, 2008. "
55 " The important thing is the choices we make when we are tested. Being married isn’t just a legally binding contract, it’s a choice. It’s saying, I choose you, every single day, I wake up, and I choose you. "
56 " Mum and Dad are there too, of course. No one’s doing anything in particular, no schmaltzy dancing or profound speeches. We’re all just there, and it’s so heartwarming and perfect that I don’t want to open my eyes and see all the empty chairs around the table. "
57 " I imagine it’s the kind of dress Elizabeth Bennet would have worn when she married Mr Darcy. "
58 " to decide the right "
59 " He’s so very good to me; unstintingly generous and thoughtful. "
60 " across my tearful face. “Don’t you think I wanted to? Don’t you think I thought about it every day?” We stare at each other. “Two thousand nine,” she says, counting the years up on "