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" Rosie: No, Alex is not jealous of my relationship with Greg! Why should he be? He’s married to perfect pretty little Sally, happily might I add (at least according to Sally) and I have a lovely photograph of the two of them lying on the beach together looking very much in love just to prove it. I gave him a chance to be part of Katie’s life and mine and he chose to remain my friend, which is what I have now come to terms with. It’s fine. Now I am in a relationship with Greg, he’s wonderful and I no longer care about Alex in that way at all whatsoever! So that’s all I have to say about that thank you very much! I am over Alex, he is not interested in me and now I am in love with Greg! So there! Greg: Well… thank you for sharing all that with me Rosie, I can’t tell you enough how thrilled I am to hear that you are no longer in love with a man named Alex “at all whatsoever” as you so articulately put it… Rosie: Oh my god Ruby!! I just sent Greg the message that was supposed to be for you!! Fuck fuck FUCKETY FUCK! I TOLD HIM I LOVED HIM!!!! Greg: Em… that eh… went to me again Rosie… sorry… Rosie: Oh… Ruby: Oh what??
Ahern, Cecelia (2005-02-01). Love, Rosie (p. 85). Hachette Books. Kindle Edition. "
― Cecelia Ahern , Love, Rosie
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" Our life is made up of time; our days are measured in hours, our knowledge is measured by year's. We grab a few minutes in our busy day to have a coffee break. we rush back to our desks, we watch the clock, we live by appointments. And yet your time eventually runs out and you wonder in your heart of hearts if those seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, year's, and decades were being spent the best way they possibly could. In other words , if you could change anything would you? Everything is spinning around us, jobs, family, friends, lovers ... you just feels like screaming "STOP!"
Love Rosie by Cecelia Ahern "
― Cecelia Ahern , Love, Rosie
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" You deserve someone who loves you with every single beat of his heart, someone who thinks about you constantly, someone who spends every minute of every day just wondering what you're doing, where you are, who you're with, and if you're OK. You need someone who can help you reach your dreams and who can protect you from your fears. You need someone who will treat you with respect, love every part of you, especially your flaws. You should be with someone who can make you happy, really happy, dancing on air happy. "
― Cecelia Ahern , Love, Rosie
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" La nostra vita è regolata dal tempo.
I nostri giorni sono misurati in ore, il nostro stipendio è calcolato in base a quelle ore, il nostro sapere valutato in anni.
Rubiamo pochi minuti della nostra frenetica giornata per goderci una pausa per il caffè. Poi torniamo velocemente alla scrivania, consultiamo l’orologio, viviamo di appuntamenti. Ma alla fine il tempo passa, e nel fondo del cuore ti domandi se quei secoli, minuti, ore, giorni, settimane, mesi, anni e decenni siano spesi nel miglior modo possibile. Tutto quanto gira attorno a noi - il lavoro, la famiglia, gli amici, gli amanti - e tu avresti voglia di gridare “FERMI”, di guardarti intorno, di rimettere a posto alcune cose, per poi continuare. "
― Cecelia Ahern , Love, Rosie
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" Anyway, my point is (I know, I know, there is one), I don’t want to be
one of those easily forgotten people, so important at the time, so special, so
influential, and so treasured, yet years later just a vague face and a distant
memory. I want us to be best friends forever, Alex. "
― Cecelia Ahern , Love, Rosie