Freya North

how can he love me then not? He went,he ran. And I cannot bring him back. Yet I left the door metaphorically…

— Freya North

“In life, time can't stand still and it's unrealistic to attempt to create a state where it does. There again, time passes…

— Freya North

That's the beauty about love. It's not about give-and-take - it's about feeling safe in one's needs - wanting to be looked…

— Freya North

“You do NOT fear your OWN ability to COMMIT. Just think about your unwavering dedication to your career, your notion of sisterhood…

— Freya North

“I hope it's that she simply doesn't figure large enough in his life to be worth mentioning, Vita thought. And then she…

— Freya North

Am I falling in love? She thought, is it safe to do so with this man? She thought, I don't need to…

— Freya North

“It wasn't about opening her mind, it was about closing down the racket of thoughts and opening up her body. She was…

— Freya North

“For the first time in her life, she read voraciously. Anything that was on Joe's bookshelves she considered to have a worthy…

— Freya North

She liked him. She liked the feeling of liking him. She felt light and smiley and too full of excitement to think…

— Freya North

“It's chemical, fancying him is purely chemical. It's intoxicating - the frisson, the attraction - it's intoxicating because it's purely chemical. But…

— Freya North

“Currently she was midway through a bittersweet David Nicholls novel that any other time might well have made her self-indulgently reflective.”

— Freya North

Tell me that you refuse to allow me to be so stupid. Tell me that you will not tolerate this relationship being…

— Freya North

It's just the world seems a very spacious place without him.

— Freya North

I was clinging to all that had been and, in an ideal world, all that we had hoped for. He, he wanted…

— Freya North

“I am a terrible judge of character' "I don't think so. You just need to take note of FACTS from the outset,…

— Freya North

His version of 'real' love isn't sufficient for me, I don't think anyone should settle for so little. It wasn't love -…

— Freya North

It's not a persons mistakes which define them - it's the way they make amends.

— Freya North

She didn't want to be reminded of her past or how different her present was from the future she'd taken for granted.

— Freya North

“They did the whole lingering gaze thing, following it with the glancing-away, smiling-knowingly routine. She felt vivacious, a feeling she remembered, she…

— Freya North

“In life we have to size up the chances and calculate the possible risks and our ability to deal with them and…

— Freya North

“She's finding it hard to cope - her hopes have been dashed, the future she dreamed about has gone and she's scared…

— Freya North

“She was tired of people saying things they thought she wanted to hear almost as much as she dreaded them saying the…

— Freya North