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101 " That’s the problem with following in someone else’s footsteps; if you leave a bigger mark than they did they tend to get upset. "
― Alice Feeney , Rock Paper Scissors
102 " she was an orphan before she was born. "
103 " Being shy and being unfriendly are not the same thing, but sadly most people cannot tell the difference. "
104 " If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. "
105 " If you are prepared to open your eyes, and look far enough back, you can normally see the instant you made a poor choice, said something you shouldn’t, or did something you lived to regret. One bad decision often leads to another and then, before you know it, there is no way back to where you were. "
106 " but you are easily fooled see all authors through rose-tinted reading glasses. The ability to write a good book doesn’t make someone a good person. "
107 " Sometimes you just know a person is bad news as soon as you meet them, because they’re rotten, inside and out, and instinct tells you to stay away. "
108 " Even the trees look cold. "
109 " But behind closed doors, things have been wrong with Mr and Mrs Wright for a long time. "
110 " biblioklept noun. A person who steals stories. A book thief. "
111 " The woman wore her bitterness like a badge; the kind of person who writes one-star book reviews "
112 " The best lessons are often the ones we don’t realize we’re being taught. "
113 " I immediately regret saying it, but words don’t come with gift receipts and you can’t take them back. "
114 " Life makes other plans when people forget to live. "
115 " Word of the year:monachopsis noun the subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place. Unable to recognize your intended habitat, never feeling as though you are at home. "
116 " Words are only of value if we remember how to feel what they mean. "
117 " We need to stop taking each other for granted. That’s another thing nobody tells you about marriage; sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad, doesn’t mean it’s over. Perhaps this is as good or as bad as it gets? So, although our house stopped feeling like a home, I’m going to try to fix that, and I’m going to try and fix us. Even if that means counseling, or compromises, or perhaps some time away, just you and me … "
118 " It reminded me of school a little … being shunned by the cool kids because I didn’t own the latest must-have accessory. I changed schools more than once growing up. I was always the new girl and everyone else had already known each other for years. I didn’t fit—I never do—but teenage girls can be cruel. I tried to make friends, and I succeeded for a while, but I was always on the outer solar system of those childhood relationships. Like a smaller, quieter planet, distantly orbiting the brighter, more beautiful, and popular ones. "
119 " why people only learn to live in the moment when the moment has passed. "
120 " always on the outer solar system of those childhood relationships. Like a smaller, quieter planet, distantly orbiting the brighter, more beautiful and popular ones. "