Because the greater the love, the more devastating the sense of betrayal.
Whenever a property was about to go on the market, Ronan’s advice to the owners was to declutter as much as they could cope with and remove all family photos from view. Potential buyers needed to be a...
Was it cathartic or a form of self-torture?
There was an element of risk - however small - in everything. You just had to accept that and get on with it.
If you marry for money, you end up earning every penny.
Hallie had had plenty of practice over the years at hiding her true feelings and presenting a brave face to the world.
Ellie wiped her eyes with the back of her hand; sometimes she didn't realize she'd been crying until the tears slid off her chin and dripped down her neck.
What if everything she most dreaded was happening now?
None of us knows how long any one of us has left. It could be fifty hours, could be fifty years. We’re just glad we’re here today. And we won’t forget those who aren’t.
Clemency marvelled, trying a purple eyeshadow shot with gold sparkly bits on the back of her hand
Being scared wasn’t an emotion Zack was familiar with, but it had him in its grip now.
Why do men think they can get away with it? Because they’re men.
Life might not work out as you'd want it to, but you just got on with it anyway.
Everyone makes mistakes. But you stopped and did something about it. Most people don’t bother.
Ellie closed her eyes and felt the aching loneliness well up inside her chest.
Anyway, that was the thing about life and fate; it never was fair. Horrific things happened to good people and brilliant things happened to bad ones.
You already know he's a pathetic excuse for a man and you deserve better.
This time, though, he was waiting for a reason. The process itself might be mind-crushingly boring, but if he stuck it out, the end result would hopefully be worth it.
Maybe when she'd been eighteen it was a quality she might have laughed at, but at twenty-eight, dependability had turned into something of an aphrodisiac.
It's miserable to feel unwanted for reasons beyond your control.