Alexandra Potter Quotes & Sayings

Consider the implications. We think we know what we want, but we can never really know until we've got it. And sometimes when we have, we discover we never really wanted it in the first place - but then it's too late — Alexandra Potter

My chest tightens: seeing him so upset breaks my own heart. 'Don't you ever wish you could make that bit go away?" I say, feeling angry at the past. 'That you could erase those painful memories, forget they every happened, just remember the happy times you had together?'
'You must never say that,' he reprimands sternly.
'But why not?' I look at him in surprise.
'Because it's the bad memories that makes you appreciate the good ones. Don't ever wish them away. it's like your nan always used to say, "You need both the sun and the rain to make a rainbow". — Alexandra Potter

It was over before it had even begun — Alexandra Potter

I can't help feeling as if there's something missing in my life. But I don't know what it is. And the harder I look, the more I can't find it because there's just too much pressure and not enough time. — Alexandra Potter

When you decide you want to be with someone forever, you want forever to start right now. — Alexandra Potter

If you want a man who's commited, go look in a mental hospital. — Alexandra Potter

Life doesn't hang around, it keeps moving and if you don't keep up you can lose things. — Alexandra Potter

Men, Grace learned, seemed to think women were all frustrated nurses. — Alexandra Potter

Life can change in the blink of an eye. All you have is right now. So don't ever put off telling someone how you feel about them, don't assume that they know, because they might not and it might be too late. — Alexandra Potter

But I figure you're never too old to learn. That's when you become old, when you stop being fascinated by things, when you stop wanting to learn and explore ... — Alexandra Potter

Missing someone has to be one of the worst human emotions. All the other feelings like anger and fear and horror get some much more airplay, as if their intensity gives them more value, but whereas those emotions come in violent bursts and are gone again, the gnawing ache of loss has to be simply endured. It's like background noise, it's always there, it never goes away. You just have to try to block it out, distract yourself, hope that tomorrow the hole they left behind has grown a little smaller. — Alexandra Potter

Because you will meet somebody more exceptional than anyone you have ever know. Who will love you warmly as possible. And who will so completely attract you that you will feel you never really loved before. — Alexandra Potter

We are the sum total of our memories. Memories are the most precious things we have. Good or bad. That's what make us who we are. What would we be without them? — Alexandra Potter

I always thought falling in love was hard, but now I realize that was the easy bit. It's staying in love that's the hard part. — Alexandra Potter

When men see an attractive woman, they fantasize about sex. When women see an attractive man they fantasize about a relationship. — Alexandra Potter

Some incredible bit of magic got into my corner of the universe, and i have to trust in the universe that it's happening for a reason — Alexandra Potter

Why is it that when you discover you can't have something, you want it even more? — Alexandra Potter

We've told men for so long that we're equal, we can open our own doors, carry our own bags, pay our own way, that now they're afraid to offer in case we accuse them of sex discrimination. If you were a man would you buy a woman underwear? I wouldn't dare. What if she throws it back in your face and calls you a sexist pig? So they've tried to turn into new men, but that's no good either, because now we're telling them to be masculine. We don't just want them in a pair of Marigolds cleaning the oven, that's not good enough. We want them to take control, to whisk us off hotels, buy us dinner, and make mad passionate love to us all night. We want it all ways. We want them heroes and handy with the vacuum. No wonder the poor guys are confused — Alexandra Potter

They probably didn't care if it was the real thing or not. They wanted it to be. And by suspending their disbelief they could believe in the illusion. — Alexandra Potter

To you I shall say, as I have often said before, 'Do not be in a hurry, the right man will come at last '. - Jane Austen — Alexandra Potter

I never know what I'm going to want to curl up in bed with." I shrug.
"How about a man?" she retorts. — Alexandra Potter

Maybe I just don't want another rejection," he shrugs. "I've had enough of that in my so-called acting career."
Oh, so this is what it's all about.
"But you're not auditioning for a role," I try to persuade him.
"Aren't I?" he raises his eyebrows. — Alexandra Potter

just in case" is the curse of packing — Alexandra Potter

I BELIEVE IN DESTINY, IN FATE, IN THE MAGIC OF THE UNIVERSE.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER LOVE.
EITHER IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OR IT'S NOT.. — Alexandra Potter

Being single isn't a terminal disease."
"Try telling that to my mother. — Alexandra Potter

The first time I met you, I fell in love with you there and then, but you didn't notice me. Then you stood me up. And then I met you again and I hated you. Well, I tried to hated you, but then when you cleaned up after Welly ... I fell in love with you all over again. — Alexandra Potter

So they've tried to turn into new men, but that's no good either, because now we're telling them to be masculine. we don't just want them in a pair of marigolds cleaning the oven, that's not good enough. we want them to take control, to whisk us off to hotels, buy us dinner, and make mad, passionate love to us all night. we want it all ways. women want to be feminists and romantics. we want them to be heroes and handy with the vacuum. no wonder the poor guys are confused' -trudy — Alexandra Potter

But, you know, everytime your heart is broken, it gets stronger. — Alexandra Potter

Life isn't complicated. It's very simple, really. It's us who make it complicated. — Alexandra Potter

It's not getting what you want that's the hard part, it's deciding what you want. — Alexandra Potter

So what are you doing around here?" I ask, feeling all jittery, but this time it's in a good way.
"Oh, I was just in the area." he says vaguely. "I thought I'd take Welly for a walk ... " He trails off and stuffs his hands in his pockets.
Those butterflies are going crazy in there. — Alexandra Potter

And so taking the long way home through the market I slow my pace down. It doesn't come naturally. My legs are programmed to trot briskly and my arms to pump up and down like pistons, but I force myself to stroll past the stalls and pavement cafes. To enjoy just being somewhere, rather than rushing from somewhere, to somewhere. Inhaling deep lungfuls of air, instead of my usual shallow breaths. I take a moment to just stop and look around me. And smile to myself.
For the first time in a long time, I can, quite literally, smell the coffee. — Alexandra Potter

Forget men, I want to marry my MacBook. It's dependable, reliable and you can even go shopping with it. — Alexandra Potter

Everyone dreams of finding their soulmate. It's a universal quest. All over the world millions of people are looking for their true love, their amore thier ame soeur, that one special person with whom they will spend the rest of their life.
And I'm no different.
Except it doesn't happen for everyone. Some people spend their whole life looking and never find that person. It's the luck of the draw.
If, by some miracle, you're lucky enough to meet the ONE, whatever you do, don't let them go. Because you don't get another shot at it. Soulmates aren't like buses there's not going to be another one along in a minute. That's why they're called, "THE ONE". — Alexandra Potter

Their eyes met. It had begun. They had begun. — Alexandra Potter

OK, I confess. I Googled him once. Maybe twice. Oh, all right, so I've lost count over the years. But so what? Who hasn't gone home and Googled a man they're in love with? Hang on - did I just say the L word?
- Lucy — Alexandra Potter

And suddenly it hits me. Our roles have completely reversed.It's no longer me giving my younger self advice; it's her giving me advice. And I'm fast realising that actually I don't know better at all. About some things, yes - I glance at that terrible silver eyeshadow - but not about everything, far from it. — Alexandra Potter

Scooping up the dress, I slip it over my head, and as it cascades to the floor. I suck my stomach for all I'm worth. Forget staying in with a good book. This Cinderella is going to the ball. — Alexandra Potter

It is always the silly things that remind me — Alexandra Potter

It was the feeling she'd had when Sam had first kissed her in the pub. When he'd first put his lips against her. She didn't know if she'd imagined it or if it had just been the effects of the booze, but it had felt as if a thousand flash bulbs were going off in her brain. As if someone had turned on a very bright, very intense light. And she;d sure as hell never wanted to switch it off. — Alexandra Potter

If the worst is going to happen, it'll happen. Worrying can't protect you from that. And if it doesn't happen then you've missed out on all the time that when you could have been having fun — Alexandra Potter

One day you'll hear that song you both liked on the radio and it won't make you cry. You'll wake up one morning and they won't be the first thing you think about, or the last thing you think about when you're falling asleep at night. Their face won't be the one you see any more when you close your eyes, or in a crowd when you're walking down a street. And when something makes you laugh, or cry, they won't be the person you want to share it with. — Alexandra Potter

Time has a funny way of airbrushing relationships, removing all the things that were wrong so when you look back it looks much better than it really was. — Alexandra Potter

Too many people miss out on real love because they're too busy waiting for the ONE to show up — Alexandra Potter

She watched him in the glow of the lamplight, his broad shoulders hunched over the piano, his hair flopping over his face, and knew she couldn't fight her feelings for him any longer. Denying him wasn't going to make them go away. And looking at him right at this moment, she didn't want them to. — Alexandra Potter

And then, leaning slowly towards him, she did something she realised she'd been wanting to do for such a long time. She kissed him.
For a second he hesitated, before letting himself fall with her, and, pulling her close, he wrapped his arms around her, pressing her to him. Breathing her in. His lips against hers. Tongue against tongue. Eyes closed. Hearts thudding. Deep, long, hungry kisses born out of the lack of any feelings of self-consciousness or embarrassment. Just two people wanting each other. Holding each other. Kissing the life out of each other.
It had been a long time coming. — Alexandra Potter

No wonder everyone is keen to put their feet up and let Fate look after them. It's rather like your granddad. Or a very hands-on organised person, sort of your own personal PA.
Only in my experience Fate is no such thing, and the same goes for his little brother, Destiny. Quite frankly they've made a real mess of things where I'm concerned. So from now on they can bugger off and stop meddling. I'm taking charge of my own life, and when it comes to love, Fate can mind its own bloody business. — Alexandra Potter

If you love someone your heart will always remember them. Even if the mind doesn't, the heart never forgets. — Alexandra Potter

Are you saying being normal is being happy ? in that case , most people probably aren't normal — Alexandra Potter

With endings come new beginnings. — Alexandra Potter

For a split second they stared at each other. A fleeting, lasting moment. One person noticing another person out of a whole crowd of strangers. — Alexandra Potter

If only men were like New York taxi-cabs and had a light that they can switch on when they're interested and off when they're not available. Then you'd know exactly where you were and you wouldn't have to worry about getting it wrong and being horribly embarrassed.
Lucy — Alexandra Potter

He hadn't lost Grace. Because she'd never been his to lose in the first place. — Alexandra Potter

Not doing anything can be worse than doing the wrong thing. — Alexandra Potter

I pity you Juliet. You don't know what love is. You think it's Valentine's Day, and weekends in Italy. You think it's drinking champagne in some expensive restaurant and being bought stupid bloody underwear. But that's just the trimmings. The decoration. They're just gestures. Without trust, and respect, and kindness, they don't mean shit. I thought love was about caring about someone day in and day out, about being there when it's rucking amazing and still wanting to be there when it feels like crap, I thought it was about forever. — Alexandra Potter

And like a soprano shattering glass, Juliet heard something snap deep inside.
It was the sound of her heart breaking. — Alexandra Potter

She'd been in a hermetically sealed bubble. A " couple bubble" that made the rest of the male species invisible. — Alexandra Potter

Goodbye, Dr Goldstein.' I start to walk away, then stop and turn. 'Oh, and for the record my name's Charlotte.' And turning back, I keep on walking. Somehow I don't think that's a name he's going to forget in a hurry. — Alexandra Potter

Sounds incredible? Hell, it does. But perhaps we all need to believe something incredible once in a while. — Alexandra Potter

So, who is it?" Stella is persisting, somewhat suspiciously. "What's his name?"
But if I don't tell her the truth, what do I say? My mind draws a blank. I don't want to lie to her- "um ... " walking back to the bedroom, I notice the postcard Spike chose for me resting on my top of my dresser. I haven't written that one yet. Absently I pick it up and turn it over. On the back is written "Matthew Macfadyen as Fitzwilliam Darcy." "Fitzwilliam," I blurt. "No, what's his first name?" she asks. "That is his first name. — Alexandra Potter

I never stopped joking around long enough to realize you weren't laughing anymore. — Alexandra Potter

I don't understand it myself, really. It's like the idea of him is better than the him of him — Alexandra Potter

C'mon, you're gonna get upset sometimes. Breaking up is a shitty business. Someone always gets hurt. This time it happens to be you. — Alexandra Potter

I thought love was about caring about someone day in and day out, about being there when it's fucking amazing, and still wanting to be there when it feels like crap. i thought it was about for ever' -will, calling romeo — Alexandra Potter

Is that how you're supposed to find your soulmate and fall in love these days? By flirting in 140 character tweets and stalking each other's social media pages? — Alexandra Potter

I was in love with the idea of him. An ideal of him. Of who I thought he was. Of who he used to be. — Alexandra Potter

It wasn't just the big romantic gestures that made a relationship, it was all the little things. — Alexandra Potter

Juliet shook her head. The thought of eating anything made her feel nauseous. "No thanks, I'm not hungry."
"Oh yeah, the heartbreak diet," nodded Trudy sagely. "Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt. — Alexandra Potter

Books might be your passion but you can't fuck a paperback. — Alexandra Potter

You can't make yourself fall in love, just as you can't choose who you fall in love with. — Alexandra Potter