Cecelia Ahern

That's the thing about lessons, you always learn them when you don't expect them or want them.

Truth is, something that I thought was perfect was taken away from me, and I never wanted perfect again. I wanted middle of the road, stuff I didn’t care about so that I couldn’t lose anything I really loved ever again.

Memories were fine but you couldn't touch them, smell them or hold them. They were never exactly as the moment was, and they faded with time.

Yesterday was a closed book, tomorrow, however, was another story.

Shoot for the moon, even if you fail, you'll land among the stars

Time is more precious than gold, more precious than diamonds, more precious than oil or any valuable treasures. It is time that we do not have enough of; it is time that causes the war within our hearts, and so we must spend it wisely.

She had been given a wonderful gift: life. Sometimes it was cruelly taken away too soon, but it's what you did with it that counted, not how long it lasted.

what a luxury it was for people to hold their loved ones whenever they wanted