Rosamunde Pilcher Quotes

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• She thought of the last couple of years: the boredom, the narrowness of existence, the dearth of anything to look forward to. Yet now, in…
• It was better not to get too close to another person. The closer you got, the more likely you were to get hurt.
• I'm getting too elderly to travel the length of the country for a free hangover.
• Life is so extraordinary. Wonderful surprises are just around the most unexpected corners.
• The greatest gift a parent can leave a child is that parent's own independence.
• Writing is work, but it's also a compulsion, and once you get your characters on paper, you can't abandon them. You have to respond to…
• She put out her hand and touched his forearm, as she would have touched some piece of porcelain or sculpture, just for the sheer animal…
• She believed, of course ... because without something to believe in, life would be intolerable.
• She remembered him smiling, and realized that time, that great old healer, had finally accomplished its work, and now, across the years, the face of…
• It was good and nothing good is ever lost.
• Things happen they way they're meant to. There's a pattern and a shape to everything...Nothing happens without a reason...Nothing is impossible...(Page 180).
• It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive. Arrival often brings nothing but a sense of desolation and disappointment.
• It was good, and nothing good is truly lost. It stays part of a person, becomes part of their character. So part of you goes…
• I wasn't good enough. I had a little talent but not enough. There is nothing more discouraging than having just a little talent.
• Grief is a funny thing because you don't have to carry it with you for the rest of your life. After a bit you set…
• Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you've got.
• Other people's houses were always fascinating. As soon as you went through the door for the first time, you got the feel of the atmosphere,…
• Beyond the pain, life continues to be sweet. The basics are still there. Beauty, food and friendship, reservoirs of love and understanding. Later, possibly not…
• And the wicked thing is, that when we're really upset, we always take it out on the people who are closest and whom we love…
• Grief was like a terrible burden, but at least you could lay it down by the side of the road and walk away from it.…

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