20 Quotes & Sayings By Holly Smale

Holly Smale is a rising author who lives in London. Her first book, That Summer, was published by Harper Collins in October 2012 and reached number 3 on the UK bestseller list. She is also the author of The Best Little Girls and The Summer Before series. Holly is a regular contributor to the Guardian newspaper, and has appeared on television for ITV, Channel 4 and Sky News Read more

She is currently working on her next novel.

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1. You left a multipack of Mars Bars on top of your wardrobe. Can I have one? Dad x2. I had three. Hope that's OK. Dad x3. I'm just going to have one more. Dad x4. Harriet, your Dad's made himself sick on an entire multipack of Mars Bars again. Please don't leave sweets where we can find them. A x Holly Smale
The sad fact is, there are 7.220.400.641 people on the...
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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
Why do you always rescue me?
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Why do you always rescue me?" – "Every Cinderella needs a fairy godmother. But sometimes your fairy godmother needs you right back. Holly Smale
And this way, l'll leave everything behind before it gets...
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And this way, l'll leave everything behind before it gets the chance to do the same to me. Holly Smale
Love puts itself first, and makes its own plans. It...
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Love puts itself first, and makes its own plans. It maps you out instead. Maybe that's what makes it perfect Holly Smale
They say that life is just a blank chain, and...
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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
I can change my plans. But I can't change my...
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I can change my plans. But I can't change my family. Holly Smale
My Best Friend and I have spent plenty of time...
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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
Reason to move to New York: I don't to get...
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Reason to move to New York: I don't to get left behind Holly Smale
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Scientist say that music can change the speed of a heartbeat. They failed to add: so can a text message. Holly Smale
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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
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We each have our own language. Our own way of thinking, of talking to ourselves, of making sense of the world and putting it in order. A narration style that is ours and ours alone. That's why some of us connect and some of us don't. Because even though we can only live in our own heads, sometimes - every now and then - we meet a person we can talk to without speaking at all: whose story we can read, without even trying. Holly Smale
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I suddenly realise that it doesn't matter how far I go, or how lost I am, or how lonely I feel. I fit in here. I always will. That's how I know I'm home. Holly Smale
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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 out the things we can't. Holly Smale
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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
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...Our stories are drive by who we are and what we do, and not by the events that happens to us. Holly Smale
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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
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Nobody really metamorphoses. Cinderella is always Cinderella, just in a nicer dress. The Ugly Duckling was always a swan, just a smaller version. And I bet the tadpole and the caterpillar still feel the same, even when they're jumping and flying, swimming and floating. Just like I am now. Holly Smale
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I came to get you. I knew you'd freak Holly Smale