“I loved all of this boy: the good bits and the bad. And I knew that, when it came, I would love… — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
“I’m slowly beginning to realise how ironic it is that I’m so good at learning lessons inside school, and so terrible at… — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
“Your daughter is adorable. I've never seen such an alien duck in my entire life.” — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
“It's 4:40am and i'm standing in the middle of a Quentin Tarantino version of Finding Nemo” — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
Because here's the thing about a book: when you pick up a story, you put down your own. — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
“Well?" Nat says after a few seconds. "I'm surprised you're here again, Harriet. I thought you'd be busy auditioning for A Midsummer Night's Dream… — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
“That's the beauty of the summer holidays. It's as if life is just a big Etch-a-Sketch, and once a year you get to shake it vigorously up and down and start again.” — Holly Smale Copy Share
“The chances of winning the lottery are approximately one in fourteen million,” — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
That's the thing about love. You can plan it, and schedule it, and map it out. You can tell it how you want it to be, and where you want it to go, and what it's supposed to do. You can try to make it fit you. But it won't listen to any of it. Love puts itself first, and… — Holly Smale Copy Share
“Nick? Any idea?" Nick coughs too. "Nope. No idea at all." Wilbur gives him a stern look. "So what was the point in doing… — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
“The orchestral music is glorious but I wish they'd stop playing for a minute: it's very hard to eavesdrop properly over a grand piano… — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
“I didn't need to transform after all. My name is Harriet Manners and I am a geek. And maybe that's not so bad after… — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
