Quotes by Jane Green

They had always dreamed of a large family but have now realized that they would be equally blessed to have even one child.

I believed our touching to be more intense because of its very holding back. Belief is always a choice.

When a man only rings you late at night, when he only wants to see you late at night, when he doesnt take you out for dinner, or introduce you to his friends, or spend any time or attention on you, then this is not a relationship. This is sex.

Marriage should be about fun. Its about friendship, and laughter, and trust, and fun.

Its not what you think about that matters in life, its what you actually do about it.

Secrets become harder to keep the older you get. The things you think you can suppress, those idiosyncrasies and fantasies you hope no one will ever discover, become harder and harder to hide as the years advance. Partly it is maturity-the fear of discovery grows smaller, less significant, for you learn that none of us is perfect, that human nature is flawed, that life twists and turns in all sorts of unexpected ways and it is okay to end up in a different place to where you expected.

It doesnt matter how many years go by, how grown-up we think we are, how much we presume we have changed or evolved, when we are back in our childhood homes, we become exactly who we have always been.

All those years when Ronni thought she was sick, all those years convinced that every mole was melanoma, every cough was lung cancer, every case of heartburn was an oncoming heart attack, after all those years, when the gods finally stopped taking care of her she wasnt scared. What a pity, she thought after the doctor first diagnosed her. Then, when she refused to believe it, after the second, and the third, agreed, she thought again, what a pity I wasted all those years worrying about the worst. Somehow now that the worst was upon her, it was peaceful, calming, as if this was what she had always been waiting for. Now that it was here, it wasnt scary at all.

Im nothing but envious that youve been happily married for two years. Try hauling your cookies on a new blind date every Friday, only to have your, already extremely low, expectations dashed as you meet men who look like Quasimodo and have Homer Simpsons IQ. 

I dont think it matters who you love, just as long as you love. Who cares whether its a man or a woman? Why does that have anything more to do with the person inside than the color of someones skin? Personally, Im pretty fucking disappointed that I seem to be one hundred percent heterosexual.

I am beginning to realize, at the ripe old age of twenty-nine, that one of the problems I have in life is a tendency to completely romanticize how things will be in the future, which inevitably leads to disappointment because its pretty much never, never, what I expect

Thats how it is with relationships, its a part of life, and all the great love songs and poems and films have been written by people who were standing where I was that morning as Simon shut the door. Doesnt make it any easier though.

He turned and pulled her in, placed his hands on the sides of her face and gazed into her eyes, his head moving closer and closer----she still couldnt say anything, couldnt think of anything other than his mouth landing on hers.

As Carrie Fisher once said in a film, everyone thinks they have good taste and a sense of humour.

I have a business manager and a book-keeper who deals with our household bills. My husband and I sit down with her for a weekly report on how much money is going out, but Im not terribly interested, and I dont have the patience for it.

Chick lit was amazing, and I was thrilled to be part of it.

I think friendship is more important than love, but that love that grows out of friendship is the very best of all.

Going through an illness and then death of a close friend has changed my attitudes to friendship enormously.

I have a deep and passionate love of America. It is where I have always thought I would be happiest, and although I miss England desperately, I find that my heart definitely has its home over here.