The Flatshare
Beth O'Leary
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Being nice is a good thing. You can be strong and nice. You don’t have to be one or the other.”
“Remind myself that there is no saving of people—people can only save themselves. The best you can do is help when they're ready.”
“My dad likes to say, ‘Life is never simple’. This is one of his favourite aphorisms. I actually think it’s incorrect. Life is often simple, but you don’t notice how simple it was until it gets incredibly complicated, like how you never feel grateful for being well until you’re ill, or how you never appreciate your tights drawer until you rip a pair and have no spares.”
“I wake with a jolt that sends a shock of pain through my ankle. Crying out, I look around me. Floral wallpaper. Am I at home? Who's that man in the chair by the door, reading .... "Twilight?" Leon blinks at me, putting the book down in his lap. 'You went from unconscious to judgemental very quickly there.”
“It was never home until you were there, Tiffy.”
“It’s weird how easily you can get to know someone from the traces they leave behind when they go.”
“Look,' he says, 'have you ever looked forward to reading a book so much you can't actually start it?' 'Oh totally. All the time - if I had a grain of self-restraint I never would've been able to read the last Harry Potter book. The anticipation was painful. You know like what if it does live up to the last ones? What if it's not what I hope it'll be?”
“Some people are beyond aromatherapeutic help”
“Have you ever looked forward to reading a book so much you can’t actually start it?”
“Your brain can do amazing stuff to protect itself from pain," Mo tells me. "But it'll struggle to keep secrets from the rest of you for long.”
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