The Marble Collector Quotes

“When it comes to my memory there are three categories: things I want to forget, things I can't forget, and things I'd forgotten until I remember them.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“People don't know that they do that to people when they do the things they shouldn't. Hurtful things are roots,they spread ,branch out, creep under the surface touching other parts of the lives of those they hurt. It's never one mistake, it's never one moment, it becomes a series of moments, each moment growing roots and spurting in different directions. And over time, they become muddled like an old twisted tree, strangling itself and tying itself up in knots.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“When a member of the family leaves or dies, it changes the dynamics of a family. People move and shift, take up places they either wanted to have or are forced into roles they never wanted. It happens without anybody noticing, but it's shifting all the time.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“My mother says that I have a knack for remembering what others forget. Sometimes it's a curse; nobody likes it when there's somebody to remember what they've tried so hard to bury.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“Sometimes I have to remind myself to breathe. You would think it would be an innate human instinct but no, i inhale and forget to exhale and so I find my body rigid, all tensed up, heart pounding , chest tight with an anxious head wondering what's wrong.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“Some things are better left the way they are”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“When a member of the family leaves or dies, it changes the dynamics of a family. People move and shift, take up places they either wanted to have or are forced into roles they never wanted. It happens without anybody noticing, but it’s shifting all the time.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“In this place, fun and laughing makes them angry. We are not here to be leaders, we are here to serve.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“Sometimes I wonder if love is enough, or if there are levels of love. And sometimes I wonder if he can see me, even when he’s looking right at me.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“The moon made me do it.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“I know it's scary, changes can be scary.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“Sometimes I wonder if love is enough, or if there are levels of love.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“I could float and drift and not have to speak to anybody, explain anything, just swim beneath the surface. It was always my escape. It still is now.

Family, life, love, search, Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“chest”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“Remember" I feel a lump in my throat, "just always remember to be you.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“So many secrets, so many things I didn't know. What else don't I know?”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“Doesn't it strike you that the one person I save every day is a person who doesn't even want to live? Doesn't it make you feel completely redundant?”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“Allies. I like that. Even with me locked in this room on my own, I have allies. It makes me feel like a soldier. A prisoner of war.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector

“When it comes to my memory there are three categories; things I want to forget, things I can't forget, and things I'd forgot I'd forgotten until I remember them.”
― Cecelia Ahern, The Marble Collector