Geek Girl Holly Smale Quotes & Sayings

Apparently humans share fifty per cent of their DNA with bananas. My father is a constant reminder of that. — Holly Smale

Also," Bunty adds cheerfully, "how many cats did you have when you left?"
"One," Annabel says, putting her hand over her face.
"You have three now." Bunty swings hrt bag over her shoulder. "See you at Christmas, lovelies!"
And my grandmother disappears as abruptly as she arrived. — Holly Smale

Reason to move to New York: I don't to get left behind — Holly Smale

They say that life is just a blank chain, and precious moments are the beads we hang off it to make it beautiful. — Holly Smale

The sad fact is, there are 7.220.400.641 people on the planet, but right now I haven't got a single one to talk to. — Holly Smale

Your daughter is adorable. I've never seen such an alien duck in my entire life. — Holly Smale

My Best Friend and I have spent plenty of time together, despite me being in my First Ever Relationship. This is because friends should always come first. — Holly Smale

I can change my plans. But I can't change my family. — Holly Smale

Because that's the truth about people with obsessively organised plans: we're not trying to control everything in our lives. We're trying to block everything we can't. — Holly Smale

Scientist say that music can change the speed of a heartbeat. They failed to add: so can a text message. — Holly Smale

Why do you always rescue me?" - "Every Cinderella needs a fairy godmother. But sometimes your fairy godmother needs you right back. — Holly Smale

My name," I tell Wilbur in the most dignified voice I can find, "Was inspired by Harriet Quimby, the first female American pilot and the first woman ever to cross the Channel in an aeroplane. My mother chose it to represent freedom and bravery and independence, and she gave it to me just before she died."
There's a short pause while Wilbur looks appropriately moved. Then Dad says, "Who told you that?"
"Annabel did."
"Well, it's not true at all. You were named after Harriet the tortoise, the second longest living tortoise in the world."
There's a silence while I stare at Dad and Annabel puts her head in her hands so abruptly that the pen starts to leak into her collar. "Richard," she moans quietly.
"A tortoise?" I repeat in dismay. "I'm named after a tortoise? What the hell is a tortoise supposed to represent?"
"Longevity? — Holly Smale

And this way, l'll leave everything behind before it gets the chance to do the same to me. — Holly Smale

Our stories are drive by who we are and what we do, and not by the events that happens to us. — Holly Smale

Gary nips my finger and starts clawing his way up my shoulder, hissing like an angry kettle. It's just not natural for something so cute and fluffy to be so nasty.
I look at Nick in distress. "Why is he spitting at me?"
"Maybe he thinks he's a llama. — Holly Smale

You need to stop caring what people who don't matter think of you. Be who you are and let everybody else be who they are. Differences are a good thing. — Holly Smale

Does a caterpillar sit on the same leaf when it's a butterfly? No! It goes for a little fly and sees something of the world. Does the tadpole stay in the same pond once it's a frog? No! It stretches its legs, goes for a jump, explores other waters. Did Cinderella go back cleaning hearths once she married the prince? ... Transformation means moving forward. If a butterfly stays on the same leaf and a frog stays in the same pond, then they may as well have stayed a caterpillar or a tadpole. There was no point in metamorphosing. — Holly Smale