“You need to decide what works for you. But ultimately, hold out for adoration and respect” — Catherine Sanderson Decide Copy Share Image
Music from my iPod was setting my life to a dramatic soundtrack that only I could hear. — Catherine Sanderson Dramatic Copy Share Image
“I think I'd convinced myself that all long-term relationships end up that way; I really thought I had no right to expect… — Catherine Sanderson Settling-for-second-best Copy Share Image
“Life has a habit of making the easy desperately difficult, and the hardest choices so easy as to be no choice at… — Catherine Sanderson Choice Copy Share Image
“Oh yes, We've all danced to this particular tune at one time in our lives. In my experience, the majority of women… — Catherine Sanderson Danced Copy Share Image
“By writing this, knowing that there was a chance he'd read it, i was up to my old tricks. Was I not… — Catherine Sanderson Copy Share Image
“I needed reassurance from the doubts that were beginning to surface in my mind since I'd first given voice to them in… — Catherine Sanderson Communication Copy Share Image
Our break-up had been a resounding anti-climax. I wanted to be wept over, bitterly. I wanted to be fought for. Mourned, or… — Catherine Sanderson Break Copy Share Image
“We were supposed to be having a serious conversation about where we were headed - or indeed why we were headed nowhere… — Catherine Sanderson Banter Copy Share Image
“I realised I was tiring of our games, fed up with trying to second guess his motives, weary of trying to hold… — Catherine Sanderson Tiring Copy Share Image
“I know he isn't a serious candidate for anything long-term. Or even medium-term. But maybe that's precisely why he's so attractive to… — Catherine Sanderson Attractive Copy Share Image
“Much of that afternoon remains an intense blur: Maybe extremes of pleasure and pain are just too much for the memory to… — Catherine Sanderson Forget Copy Share Image
“I decided however fleeting, however short lived these sensations might be, I was determined to savor them while they lasted, without pushing… — Catherine Sanderson Fleeting Copy Share Image
“Love' was a word I had cheapened with overuse over the years, bleeding it dry of meaning by saying it purely from… — Catherine Sanderson Habits Copy Share Image
“The reason for my discomfort was simple. Our story - however romantic I could make it sound in my head - sometimes… — Catherine Sanderson Affairs Copy Share Image
“Everywhere was filled with painful, jarring reminders of what I'd lost: an elderly couple sitting on a bench, gnarly, arthritic fingers interlaced;… — Catherine Sanderson Marriage Copy Share Image
I want to build you a house with my bare hands and carry you over the threshold. I want too cook for… — Catherine Sanderson Beach Copy Share Image
“I couldn't remember the last time I'd felt so wrapped up in someone that I saw only him, caring not a jot… — Catherine Sanderson Feel Copy Share Image
“Isn't this more about how two people can read a situation in two completely different ways? I've been resisting the urge to… — Catherine Sanderson Different ways Copy Share Image
“I wondered then if there could ever be trust in a relationship based from the outset upon deceiving other people.” — Catherine Sanderson Deceiving Copy Share Image
I do still love you. I don't love you enough to be able to give you the things we dreamed about and… — Catherine Sanderson Able Copy Share Image
“Monochrome contentment or technicolor roller-coaster? No contest, is it?” — Catherine Sanderson Happiness Copy Share Image
“One unforeseen advantage of having a child was that it gave me the excuse to talk to myself to my heart's content… — Catherine Sanderson Benefit Copy Share Image
“Any new French female acquaintance would most likely have held herself aloof, eyeing you suspiciously until she had assessed your character and… — Catherine Sanderson Posed Threat Copy Share Image
“It stung this new rejection, but it was also a relief to put an end to the ambiguity and incertitude. I had… — Catherine Sanderson Ambiguity Copy Share Image
“I choose my outfit, my undergarments with care, because I know from experience that a drink, with him, will lead to much,… — Catherine Sanderson Feel Copy Share Image
“I tumbled into the taxi alone, closing the door closed with a dull thud before I could possibly change my mind. Not… — Catherine Sanderson Crossroads Copy Share Image
“When tadpole was born, I spent a sleepless night on the maternity ward gazing intently into her inky, newborn eyes, grappling to… — Catherine Sanderson Birth Copy Share Image
