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Just Haven't Met You Yet QUOTES

Just Haven't Met You Yet QUOTES

1 " Mum "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

2 " Someone once told me that growing up feeling loved allows you to go on to love other people. Maybe love is simply a huge chain letter, passed down through the generations. The details of the stories begin not to matter. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

3 " When tigers have something to say, do they work on a draft? Do they litter their message with niceties: “yours sincerely,” “thank you,” “please”? No. They do not. Women constantly undermine themselves with qualifying phrases like, “Sorry,” “I’m no expert but . . .” “I just wanted to check,” “I might have an idea.” Change the words you use, and you will change the way you are seen: I am not sorry, I am an expert, and I’m certainly not “yours,” sincerely or otherwise. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

4 " He who fears to suffer, suffers from fear. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

5 " maybe life’s more about carving out happy chapters than finding a single happy ending. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

6 " You have to believe in a little magic when it comes to matters of the heart. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

7 " I fall in love with myself, and I want someone to share it with me. I want someone to share me with me. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

8 " I have no illusions about happily ever afters—I know life will bring its challenges and nothing is forever—but I hope we might be happy today, and for as many todays as we are lucky enough to have. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

9 " I will sign off hoping that you, dear reader, have a spirit level for your soul—be it a person, a place, or simply a cup of tea and a good book. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

10 " Maybe the only real legacy any of us can hope to leave is to be a link in the chain that keeps love flowing through the generations. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

11 " The human heart is like a flowerbed, Laura. Once the first blooms die, there’s room enough for something else to grow, but it will never be quite the same as that first flower, the initial thrill of seeing what your heart is capable of. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

12 " But you do it anyway, even if you think you’ll never be as good as he was?” I ask Ilídio. He shrugs and takes a slug of his beer. “Most of us will never be the best at anything we do. It isn’t a reason not to do it. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

13 " The truth is boring. People want to buy a dream, not be reminded of reality.” “You’re wrong—I think all any of us want in this world is something real. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

14 " People like to fill in the gaps, to paint their own picture, but no one really knows the truth of someone else’s story. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

15 " It’s about having the right to choose—you can choose to put on a pinny and be a fifties housewife if you want, you can choose to travel to Peru and join a commune or enlist in the space program and be the first woman on Mars. You can live how you like; but the point is we should have the chance to choose, not get railroaded into a role society dictates for us. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

16 " Most of us will never be the best at anything we do. It isn’t a reason not to do it. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

17 " Because sometimes I feel conflicted; like I want to stand up to the patriarchy and everything, but I’d also quite like to be in love and have a boyfriend. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

18 " I quote: Do tigers worry about the volume of their roar? Do they play the pussycat so as not to offend? They do not. The patriarchy forces us to turn down the volume, but we must roar, and roar loudly, if we want to be heard. It’s the kind of language that makes me roll my eyes, but then I imagine turning to Money Belt Man and roaring at him to stop touching my leg, rather than cowering politely behind my headphones and a book. The thought brings a smile to my face. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

19 " Maude gives a small smile. “The human heart is like a flowerbed, Laura. Once the first blooms die, there’s room enough for something else to grow, but it will never be quite the same as that first flower, the initial thrill of seeing what your heart is capable of. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet

20 " Maybe it was easier to be happy for other people when I felt my own soulmate might be just around the corner, but I keep turning corners, and no one is ever there. "

― Sophie Cousens , Just Haven't Met You Yet