About Dorothy Koomson: Dorothy Koomson is a contemporary English novelist.
Always regret the things you did do, never the things you didn't.
But that's the thing about all of this," he says gently but urgently, "we survive. After each known down, each earth shattering blow, we get up again. Even though we walk through hell, and it feels like all we do is walk through hell, we do eventuall...
Christmas is a time for families.
Everything, good or bad, was down to me.
If things go wrong, you don't have to accept you made a bum decision.
Far too many people opened their hearts and lives at the drop of a hat. Why give someone that power over you? Why endow them with the ability to hurt you that much? Let someone in and you were asking for an emotional kicking some day.
The only thing for it is to use men for sex and never let any of them get so close they could hurt you.
I was in charge. Of it all. All the time. For ever.
Share too much and someone can hurt you.
That's what came from having romance in your soul. You believe in things like love at first sight and perfect presents.
Evil grows when good people do and say nothing.
But feelings aren't like thoughts, they can't be changed at will.
Just because we're friends, doesn't mean I shouldn't have to say sorry. You deserve that respect.
If I had a girl, I’d want her to know that she can be anything she wants and that she doesn't have to rely on her looks or clothes or hair or make-up to define who she is or to get respect from other people. I’d want her to know she has a right t...
To know other people thought he'd made a mistake vindicated me. I wasn't a bad girlfriend, he was simply going through a period of temporary insanity and he'd come to his senses soon.
You can't stay here any more. My fears have been irrational and they've forced me to make unwise decisions and accept the unacceptable.
The thing I am most afraid of is love. When you say you love someone you are giving them license to hurt you.
I'd spent so long trying to fit in,trying to be someone i wasn't,that i had no idea who i was any more.
There is something I want to do. But it's something to work towards, not something that should be handed to me on a plate. What's the point of doing something if you know you've got someone to rescue you if you fail? I like to work hard at something ...
I don't have the type of ambition that will make me do anything at any cost to get what I want. I don't want to be beholden to people. I don't want to open a shop with your money because I don't want to be indebted to you." "I'm your husband; it's ou...
