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The No-Show

Beth O'Leary

Top 10 Best Quotes

“I don't want you to be perfect. Why would I want that? I want you. I want all the parts of you, the broken ones, the ones you've kept hidden away.”

“As a rule, she prefers plants and cats to humans these days. They’re both species with a much better track record.”

“It seems astonishing that she is still walking forwards, one foot in front of the other; the people around her look real, and her feet underneath her look real, but she feels a powerful, urgent need to ask someone, Am I here? Are you sure? Is this me?”

“That sort of kindness, it gets into your bones. Once you’ve felt it, you can’t help but look for ways to pass the feeling on.”

“Most people are shit, it reads. What are you going to do about it?”

“as Aggie reminded her this morning–being brave doesn’t have to mean she changes everything all at once.”

“Love Yourself First:Don't Wait for Him to Do It for You”

“She said, I’m ninety-six, Colin. When you get to my age you don’t give enough of a shit about anything to have ‘objections.’ ”

“Perhaps I am not so hard to like, Jane thinks fiercely as she meets Aggie’s eyes. Perhaps I am not so peculiar, so awkward, so difficult. Perhaps he was wrong about all that, too. “Good, eh?” Aggie says. “Yes,” Jane says, and she smiles. To her immense surprise, she’s happy. It’s one of those feelings, happiness. One of the ones you don’t really notice is gone until it comes back.”

“Most people are shit, what are you going to do about it? And she thinks, I’m going to notice all the ones who are doing their very best not to be.”

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inspirational, romance

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