“You have to let it go. You can’t control everything in life” — Gemma Burgess Control Copy Share Image
“Walked without a destination. Explored without a purpose.” — Gemma Burgess Explored Copy Share Image
“Suzanne: I’d rather be single than in an unfulfilling relationship.” — Gemma Burgess Relationship Copy Share Image
“That's what I didn't understand about her before: she wasn't boring. She was just bored.” — Gemma Burgess Bored Copy Share Image
“Maybe Plum was right. There are no good men. Only different degrees of bad ones.” — Gemma Burgess Good men Copy Share Image
“Is there anything worse than feeling alone when you're surrounded by your friends?” — gemma burgess Feeling Copy Share Image
“Plum smiles, sighs, and shakes her head. ‘No. You know, I thought Dan was a good guy. Maybe there are no good… — Gemma Burgess Good guy Copy Share Image
“Sorry. Did you know you giggle in your sleep, by the way?’ ‘Really? How adorable of me.” — Gemma Burgess Abigail Copy Share Image
“Your chest is surprisingly hairy.’ ‘I hope I can’t say the same thing about you.” — Gemma Burgess Abigail Copy Share Image
“That’s the spark I’ve been looking for. The spark is the feeling that you were born to be this happy. And that’s… — Gemma Burgess Happiness Copy Share Image
“They use the M as an anchor to get the doughnut and then there's an escalator to nowhere.” — Gemma Burgess Anchor Copy Share Image
“The French have the perfect word for it: 'flaneur'. It means to stroll around aimlessly but enjoyably, observing life and your surroundings.… — Gemma Burgess Life Copy Share Image
“He leans over and puts the radio on. It’s Jason Donovan’s ‘Sealed With A Kiss’. ‘I love the music they play up… — Gemma Burgess Eels Copy Share Image
“Am I meant to not reply to Josh From HR’s texts, do you think? Hell, maybe I am. Maybe he liked me… — Gemma Burgess Humor Copy Share Image
“Robert clears his throat. ‘So, ladies and gentlemen, if I may, I’d like to encourage you to turn to the one you… — Gemma Burgess Ladies and gentlemen Copy Share Image
“What are you doing here, anyway? You don’t strike me as the speed dating type.’ ‘I lost a bet with Alfie,’ he… — Gemma Burgess Gaze Copy Share Image
“Abigail,’ he says. ‘I thought it was you.’ ‘Hi!’ I say loudly. ‘Mark!’ ‘Who?’ says Robert. Fuck, he doesn’t know his real… — Gemma Burgess Breakfast in bed Copy Share Image
“I've discovered the secret to successful singledom. I'm acting like a man. And it's working.” — Gemma Burgess Success Copy Share Image
“The spark is the feeling that you´d rather be talking to him than any other person in the world.” — Gemma Burgess Feeling Copy Share Image
“Most things in life are only as difficult as you allow them to be.” — Gemma Burgess Allow Copy Share Image
“Churchill had a black dog. I have singledom,’ she says, exhaling theatrically. ‘I will die alone.” — Gemma Burgess Die Alone Copy Share Image
“Oh Abby...I want you to know...I am so full of shit. You should not listen to me. I know nothing.” — Gemma Burgess Communication Copy Share Image
“Whenever you break up with someone, you don’t just break up with one person. You break up with their family, their friends… — Gemma Burgess Break Copy Share Image
“Here's what I think...There is no unfucked up. People think there is, but there's not. We're all fucked up in different ways.… — Gemma Burgess Different ways Copy Share Image
“There´s nothing I have to do. And nowhere I have to be. With no destination, no map, and no agenda. I´m free… — Gemma Burgess Copy Share Image
“We kissed, and sparks went off in my chest. At the end of the night he said, ‘I know what you’re thinking.… — Gemma Burgess Dating Copy Share Image
“Do you know how to open a coconut?’ ‘“Open” a coconut?’ I repeat. ‘I’m making a tropical punch.’ ‘What a stunning idea,’… — Gemma Burgess Coconut Copy Share Image
“He replies (four minutes later): Anyone who throws a glass of wine in someone’s face has to expect to be talked about.… — Gemma Burgess Replies Copy Share Image
“The French have the perfect word for it: ‘ flâneur’. It means to strol around aimlessly but enjoyably, observing life and your… — Gemma Burgess Life Copy Share Image
“It was a “Come As Your Childhood Ambition” theme party. You know: vets, pilots, ballet dancers…I really did always want to be… — Gemma Burgess Ballet dance Copy Share Image
