01UndatedFar 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.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
02UndatedThat's what came from having romance in your soul. You believe in things like love at first sight and perfect presents.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
03UndatedThe thing I am most afraid of is love. When you say you love someone you are giving them license to hurt you.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
05UndatedTo know other people thought he'd made a mistake vindicated me. I wasn't a bad girlfriend, he was simply going through a period of temporary insanity and he'd come to his senses soon.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
06UndatedI'd spent so long trying to fit in,trying to be someone i wasn't,that i had no idea who i was any more.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
08UndatedCrying 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 Bestfriend's Girl -Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
09UndatedThe only thing for it is to use men for sex and never let any of them get so close they could hurt you.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
10UndatedBut that's 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. We're 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.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
11UndatedPutting everything on hold to achieve the one thing you think will make you happy will actually mean that you're miserable along the way to getting there, and when you get there, you might find that the thing wanted doesn't make you as happy as you thought it would. Or worse, you've completely forgotten how to be happy.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
12UndatedJust because we're friends, doesn't mean I shouldn't have to say sorry. You deserve that respect.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
13UndatedIf things go wrong, you don't have to accept you made a bum decision.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
16UndatedI hate him for what he's done, but I still love him for the man he was.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
18UndatedThat's what I like about the modern world: choice. We all choose what we have to live with.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
20UndatedI don't have the type of ambition that will make me do anything at any cost to get what I want. I don't want to be beholden to people. I don't want to open a shop with your money because I don't want to be indebted to you.""I'm your husband; it's 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, "it's your money. You earned it or were given it way before you met me.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
21UndatedThere is something I want to do. But it's something to work towards, not something that should be handed to me on a plate. What's the point of doing something if you know you've got someone to rescue you if you fail? I like to work hard at something and then to reap the rewards. I take pride in what I do. What's the point if I know my rich husband will bail me out if I mess up?Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
23UndatedI liked him, there was no doubt about that. But I wasn't sure if he was good for me or not. I didn't always stick to things that were good for me - positively railed against it sometimes - but he was a different type of not good for me. He did things to my mind and body that I hadn't ever experienced before.But it wasn't as if I could get him out of my head either: every moment I had free would suddenly be crammed with thoughts of him. His soft lips, the gentle urgency with which they'd kissed me. The intoxicating smell of his skin. His moss-green eyes that would follow everything I said, then would meet my eyes so we could share a smile. It was driving me slowly and pleasurably insane.Dorothy Koomson / quote ↗
