Quotes from Anna Godbersen

The first stab of love is like a sunset, a blaze of color -- oranges, pearly pinks, vibrant purples...

Gossip is just a tool to distract people who have nothing better to do from feeling jealous of those few of us still remaining with noble hearts.

There was no pleasure like being envied on a mass scale.

He was a mystery to her, and every time she tried to solve him it caused her a little more pain. But when she tired to give him up he pursued her in her thoughts, stronger each time.

Don't go looking for boys in the dark They will say pretty things then leave you with scars. Do go looking for boys in the park For that is where the true gentlemen are.

Her life, she realized, had all the charm of a steel trap.

So this is how life was, she thought with a faint smile: It wore you down until you emerged at its wildest, most unexpected ends.

There was plenty of life left and if he had to he would use it all to get her back. The time had passed for making promises to her-all that was left for him was to act.

But in that moment she realized how false most smiles were and what a tremendous waste of time.

That was the way love was, she guessed-it left you always unsteady on your feet.

She was like a heroine in a novel that she herself was writing the character kept protesting that she was too strong for love and yet the narrator went on describing her desire.

Henry turned his hat in his hands but went on looking at Diana in a way that made her want to crawl into his arms and stay there forever.

You don't need to marry a man with millions. You only need to be your exquisite self.