Alexandra Potter Quotes

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

  Alexandra Potter

  Real, People, Waiting

  Alexandra Potter (2011). “You're (Not) the One: A Novel”, p.269, Penguin

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• ...when you decide you want to be with someone forever, you want forever to start right now.

  Alexandra Potter

  Forever, Want, Want To Be With Someone

  Alexandra Potter (2005). “Do You Come Here Often?”, p.369, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Figures, Fascinated

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• 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

  Coffee, Home, Past

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• 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

  Looks, Way, Airbrushing

  Alexandra Potter (2005). “Do You Come Here Often?”, p.261, Simon and Schuster

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

  Alexandra Potter

  Sex, Men, Attractive

  Alexandra Potter (2005). “Do You Come Here Often?”, p.191, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Eye, Too Late, How You Feel

  Alexandra Potter (2010). “You're the One that I don't want”, p.223, Hachette UK

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• 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

  Soulmate, Miracle, Lucky

  Alexandra Potter (2010). “You're the One that I don't want”, p.17, Hachette UK

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

  Alexandra Potter

  Moving, Keep Moving, Ifs

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• Oh yeah, the heartbreak diet.... Been there, done that, bought the T-shirt.

  Alexandra Potter

  Heart, Done, T Shirt

  Alexandra Potter (2004). “Calling Romeo”, p.310, Simon and Schuster

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

  Alexandra Potter

  Ideas

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

  Alexandra Potter

  Falling In Love, Fall

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• Not doing anything can be worse than doing the wrong thing.

  Alexandra Potter

  Wrong Things

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

  Alexandra Potter

  Long, Laughing, Joking Around

  Alexandra Potter (2004). “Calling Romeo”, p.344, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Love You, Exceptional, Feels

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

  Alexandra Potter

  Getting What You Want, Deciding What You Want, Hard

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• 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

  Memories, Rain, Heart

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• 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

  Fleeting, Crowds, Splits

  Alexandra Potter (2004). “Calling Romeo”, p.13, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Missing Someone, Block, Loss

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• 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

  Thinking, Too Late, Want

  Alexandra Potter (2009). “Be Careful What You Wish For”, p.86, Hachette UK

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• It is always the silly things that remind me

  Alexandra Potter

  Silly, Silly Things

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• Forget men, I want to marry my MacBook. It’s dependable, reliable and you can even go shopping with it.

  Alexandra Potter

  Men, Shopping, Want

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• Their eyes met. It had begun. They had begun.

  Alexandra Potter

  Eye, Mets

  Alexandra Potter (2004). “Calling Romeo”, p.113, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Done, Thanks, Juliet

  Alexandra Potter (2004). “Calling Romeo”, p.310, Simon and Schuster

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• 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

  Hurt, Upset, Sometimes

  Alexandra Potter (2012). “Going La La”, p.250, Hachette UK

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