7 Quotes & Sayings By Stephen Emond

Stephen Emond was born in London in 1965 and brought up in London and Glasgow. He read English at Cambridge University and has been a freelance writer since 1991. He has also worked as a teacher, a librarian, and a research assistant. His first novel, The Kensington Manuscript, was published in 2007 and his second novel, The Sun King, will be published in September 2011.

Do you think someone can change? Like maybe in a...
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Do you think someone can change? Like maybe in a year or two? Like, do you think if maybe two people aren't right for each other right now, maybe they could be later? Stephen Emond
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It was hope that was the problem. Hoping feelings wouldn't be hurt, hoping love would blossom, that was painful. But committing yourself to misery, that was just a dead feeling. It was pulling the Band-Aid and embracing the pain. Stephen Emond
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You're talking about the whole 'completing each other' thing, and I hate that. It's such Hollywood bullshit. We don't complete each other - no two people do. We just highlight what's missing. We're just two incomplete people. Stephen Emond
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I swear, with Chloe Bear once again as my witness.. That my problems and failures will not stop me, nor will they dictate who I am. That I will continue to be my own person. That life is too short, and I will live every day as the best person I can be. That I will grow and that I will change. That I will smile and hold my head high. That this is a new start and a new day. That I will allow myself to cry or sit by myself when I need to. That I will find things to really smile about. Stephen Emond
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I'm not exactly Miss Confidence. I busy myself with all kinds of activities and I do well in school and I try to look pretty but I still need someone to tell me I'm worthwhile. To show me attention. I don't like it. I don't like it at all... Stephen Emond
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I'm on the Internet. I stay informed. They let old people on the Internet, you know. Stephen Emond