01UndatedHe said that we belonged together because he was born with a flower and I was born with a butterfly and that flowers and butterflies need each other for survival.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
02UndatedBecause no one needs to live for ever. I think that sometimes you can outstay your welcome.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
03UndatedI love you Anna Covey,' he said, his voice barely audible. And slowly, clumsily, he leant forward, and his lips found hers, and Anna felt him kiss her awkwardly, she knew that she wasn't a Surplus any more. And nor was Peter.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
04UndatedSurplus meant unnecessary. Not required.You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were needed by someone else. You couldn’t be a Surplus if you were loved.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
05UndatedBefore he'd met Anna, he'd thought he'd known what love was, thought he'd understood about friendship, romance, all o fit, but he hadn't - not at all. Until he'd held Anna in his arms, until he'd let her see his soul, until he'd heard her cry gently when he made love to her for the first time, he'd known nothing.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
07UndatedYou are a leader. It is time to lead. You must inspire, you must plan, you must make the world a better place.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
08UndatedReality wasn't as important as people made it out to be; to Jude it was simply the physical state in which he found himself, an environment he had limited control over.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
09UndatedBetter to find your own way than to blindly trust the words of others, whoever they are.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
10UndatedYou mustn't let your emotions get the better of you. There is a great deal to be angry about, but anger doesn't change things.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
14UndatedThere was always an opportunity in crisis, however desperate things seemed.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
16UndatedYou are on the side of angels. But even angels fall, sometimes. We all make mistakes; without them we would learn nothing.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
19UndatedShe knew that each emotion came and went, knew that she could cope with whatever life threw at her.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
20UndatedSecrets were never good. They were supposed to protect people, but they never did. They always made things worse.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
21UndatedBut sometimes they all craved a little bit of danger, of excitement, of meaning, even if only to reinforce how very comfortable and secure their lives really were.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
23UndatedIt was his eyes, so challenging and with a piercing look about them. They were eyes that trusted in nothing and they made her uncomfortable around him, self-conscious.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
24UndatedI am just a leaf. Just a leaf falling from the tree so that a new bud may grow.Gemma Malley / quote ↗
