Quotes by Dorothy Koomson

Far too many people opened their hearts and lives at the drop of a hat. Why give someone that power over you? Why endow them with the ability to hurt you that much? Let someone in and you were asking for an emotional kicking some day.

Thats what came from having romance in your soul. You believe in things like love at first sight and perfect presents.

The thing I am most afraid of is love. When you say you love someone you are giving them license to hurt you.

Share too much and someone can hurt you.

To know other people thought hed made a mistake vindicated me. I wasnt a bad girlfriend, he was simply going through a period of temporary insanity and hed come to his senses soon.

Id spent so long trying to fit in,trying to be someone i wasnt,that i had no idea who i was any more.

Every second counts

Crying was an acceptable outlet, even if it made you feel raw and empty inside, it was still better than that build up of resentment that grew from not letting your emotions out.- My Bestfriends Girl -

The only thing for it is to use men for sex and never let any of them get so close they could hurt you.

But thats the thing about all of this, he says gently but urgently, we survive. After each known down, each earth shattering blow, we get up again. Even though we walk through hell, and it feels like all we do is walk through hell, we do eventually make it to the otherside. Scarred. Mostly broken. But we survive. And then we start to rebuild ourselves. Were never the same, but we do rebuild ourselves. Because something like this is just another way in which we change. We all have to change.

Putting everything on hold to achieve the one thing you think will make you happy will actually mean that youre miserable along the way to getting there, and when you get there, you might find that the thing wanted doesnt make you as happy as you thought it would. Or worse, youve completely forgotten how to be happy.

Just because were friends, doesnt mean I shouldnt have to say sorry. You deserve that respect.

If things go wrong, you dont have to accept you made a bum decision.

Evil grows when good people do and say nothing.

But feelings arent like thoughts, they cant be changed at will.

I hate him for what hes done, but I still love him for the man he was.

Are you always this honest?Almost never

Thats what I like about the modern world: choice. We all choose what we have to live with.

I was in charge. Of it all. All the time. For ever.

I dont have the type of ambition that will make me do anything at any cost to get what I want. I dont want to be beholden to people. I dont want to open a shop with your money because I dont want to be indebted to you.Im your husband; its our money.Morally, legally, maybe yes, but in here, she put a hand to her head and here, she lay the flat of her hand over her heart, its your money. You earned it or were given it way before you met me.