Dorothy Koomson Quotes

• 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.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Hurt, Heart, Emotional

  Dorothy Koomson (2008). “My best friend's girl”

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• It's the ones you love the most who can lift you in an instant, and destroy you without trying.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Trying, Instant, Lifts

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• I'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

  Ideas, Long, Trying

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• He just hijacks me. I love him. And I won't be able to give anyone a real chance until that's over.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Real, I Love Him, Giving

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• But feelings aren't like thoughts, they can't be changed at will.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Feelings, Changed

  Dorothy Koomson (2007). “Marshmallows for breakfast”

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• The 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

  Hurt, Sex, Men

  Dorothy Koomson (2008). “My best friend's girl”

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• Evil grows when good people do and say nothing.

  Dorothy Koomson

  People, Evil, Good People

  Dorothy Koomson (2007). “Marshmallows for breakfast”

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• To 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

  Girlfriend, Mistake, Temporary Insanity

  Dorothy Koomson (2007). “Marshmallows for breakfast”

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• I think what love is changes over time, as you grow older, learn more, do more.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Love Is, Thinking, Grows

  Dorothy Koomson (2011). “The Woman He Loved Before”, p.158, Hachette UK

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• Always regret the things you did do, never the things you didn't.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Regret

  Dorothy Koomson (2008). “The Cupid Effect”, p.68, Hachette UK

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

  Dorothy Koomson

  Believe, Sight, Like Love

  Dorothy Koomson (2006). “My Best Friend's Girl”, Bantam Discovery

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• When you love someone, them being hurt is worse than any pain that you could suffer.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Hurt, Pain, When You Love Someone

  Dorothy Koomson (2011). “The Woman He Loved Before”, p.308, Hachette UK

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

  Dorothy Koomson

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• I never trusted any man not to find someone else; to stay with me if he had another option. to not find something in me that would have him heading for the hills. that was the other reason for not thinking long-term- when someone walked out, as they invairiably did, it wasn't too big a shock. a disappointment but nothing, I hadn't been expecting.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Disappointment, Thinking, Long

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• 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 Bestfriend's Girl -

  Dorothy Koomson

  Girl, Resentment, Emotion

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• He seems to have become a part of my life and I'm disappointed if I don't see him. If I get to the end of the day without seeing someone who reminds me of him, I feel as if a dull shadow has fallen over me.

  Dorothy Koomson

  The End Of The Day, Shadow, Dull

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• I would rather have nothing than something that was only alright.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Alright

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• She believed that owning a lots of things made you a better person. She didn't know - possibly didn't want to know - that happiness comes from the inside.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Want, Better Person, Made

  Dorothy Koomson (2007). “Marshmallows for breakfast”

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• Share too much and someone can hurt you.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Relationship, Hurt, Too Much

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• I don't want to rely on something that could be taken away at some point.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Taken, Want, Rely

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• When you can't be honest with people, you can't ever relax with them.

  Dorothy Koomson

  People, Relax, Honest

  Dorothy Koomson (2006). “My Best Friend's Girl”, Bantam Discovery

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• Old pain doesn't completely die. Time may soothe it, stoke over it until it looks like it has healed, but it never dies properly. It stays with you, it lives in the cracks of your soul, waiting for moments when you feel true pain

  Dorothy Koomson

  Pain, Waiting, Soul

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• My belief in God is personal, I do not need to browbeat anyone into agreeing with me, because I believe what I believe and I try to live by it. My belief in God is about trying to be the best person I can be in this life.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Believe, Trying, Needs

  Dorothy Koomson (2008). “Goodnight, Beautiful”, p.377, Hachette UK

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• Love is a two-way street.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Love Is, Two, Way

  Dorothy Koomson (2008). “The Cupid Effect”, p.75, Hachette UK

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• I want him to know I love him. I want him to feel that we both tried, but this was way too big for us: we aren't going to survive this. Even if I hadn't done what I did with Mal, almost all the strings of our marriage have been severed; waiting together to say goodbye is the last one. Once it has been cut, only love will remain. And it takes more than love--no matter how fervent, deep and passionate--to keep two people together.

  Dorothy Koomson

  Love, Goodbye, Cutting

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