Quotes by Jane Green

“[Ms. Green, 37, has published six other books, which are targeted at female readers and have together sold more than a million copies, according to her publisher. She and her husband, bank executive David Burke, bought a 20-acre property for $4.5 million in nearby Litchfield County, Conn., which is their main home.] My dream has always been to raise my kids on a farm, ... Plus the peace and quiet enables me to be far more creative.”

“Were trying to debunk the myth that Orlando is just a teen heartthrob,”

“Were trying to debunk the myth that Orlando is just a teen heartthrob, ... We see this as the perfect blend of two of the biggest talents in the industry right now.”

“Were teachers, professionals, and were going to do our jobs regardless.”

... you dont have to wait for someone to treat you bad repeatedly. All it takes is once, and if they get away with it that once, if they know they can treat you like that, then it sets the pattern for the future.

If you want to talk about it with someone, then I`m happy to listen, or try and help, but you should only tell me if you want to.

Thats the problem with lying. You can never remember what youve said.

Forever feels a long time when youre eighteen. When youre away from home for the first time in your life, when you forge instant friendships that are so strong they are destined, surely, to be with you until the bitter end.

I am not a people pleaser. I am not a person who says things because she thinks it will make the other person happy, nor am I a person who offers things she cannot deliver because I want the other person to like me.

You must work to live, not live to work.

Thats the mark of true friends. That we might not see each other for a year but when we do its as if we were never apart.

Every time my dreams threaten to become reality, something always happens and I end up alone.

When people show you who they are, believe them.

Shock doesnt hit all at once. I have learned.

People show you who they are, not by what they say, but by what they do.

She would talk to him in the car, ask him something, then turn on the radio and find her question answered by the lyrics of a song; pick up a book and turn to a random page, to find the words that were exactly what she needed to hear. There is no such thing as coincidence, she would think, blowing a kiss of thanks to the heavens.

There is something magical about young love, when you still think that the world is your oyster and you have your whole life ahead of you.

Bad things always happen in three.

You discover something so awful, so life-changing, the only way you can cope is to jump straight into denial.

The fact is that blaming doesnt get you anywhere. It keeps you stuck. Blaming stops you from moving on with your life.