Sue Watson > Quotes

“That evening I glanced back at the TV as Bella poured half a bottle of the finest brandy into her bowl of cake batter, I waited for tinselly anticipation to land like snowflakes all around me, but I felt nothing. Even when she produced what she described as 'a winter landscape for European cheeses', sprigged with holly and a frosty snow scene, I failed to get my fix.
'Ooh, this is a juicy one,' she said, biting seductively at a maraschino cherry she'd earlier described as 'divinely kitsch'. She swallowed the cherry whole, giggled girlishly and raised a flute of champagne. 'Why have cava when Champagne is sooo much more bubbly? Cheers!' she said, taking a large sip of vintage Krug.”
― Sue Watson, Bella's Christmas Bake Off

“After sending Bella a Christmas card for years with no response, a few years before I'd decided to add something more personal- one of Mum's recipes. I had included various Christmas recipes each year since, from gingerbread to chocolate and cranberry brownies- Bella's favorite as a child. I saw these as a reminder of the good times we'd shared and hoped she'd feel the same. Just writing down those recipes reminded me of Mum in her kitchen- the soft, wobbly fold of flour into butter, the grit of sugar, the heady fragrance of chocolate, sweet vanilla and the warmth of ginger.”
― Sue Watson, Bella's Christmas Bake Off

“But who needs a man when you live somewhere as lovely as this?”
― Sue Watson, The Woman Next Door

“if a friend’s worth having she’ll accept you whatever.”
― Sue Watson, Our Little Lies

“said he was attracted to the way I lived my life, the way I’d dance easily, laugh loudly, fill a room with colour; but instead of sitting back and enjoying the butterfly, he caught it. He framed me like a butterfly, pinning me into his frame, but the pins that hold the butterfly in place are not easily visible, and no one can see I’m being held down. Over the years the butterfly has faded – he’s stripped me of everything that made me what I was, and now he’s left with this dull, colourless woman who’s scared to say what she really thinks. And I can’t dance any more. It’s hard to reconcile the person I once was with the woman I am now, standing helplessly in my beautiful bedroom with handmade oak wardrobes and gold silk eiderdown. The only reason I get out of bed in the morning is my children; they are my reason to live, and without them I don’t think I would survive. Things have never been perfect between Simon and I, but until Caroline, my life was bearable, but now I see her curling up on our king-sized bed. She’s lounging seductively on our sofa, arms around the boys, my boys, and she’s in my kitchen serving breakfast. This woman wants to take over my husband, but she’ll also take over my life,”
― Sue Watson, Our Little Lies

“Living and working alone with just a white Persian for company may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but to me it’s heaven. Because hell is other people.”
― Sue Watson, Wanting Daisy Dead

“We live these lives with such big emotions, oceans of love and turmoil go into our existence and yet we're so small. We are such a minuscule part of the bigger picture and it could be over in a moment, so we have to keep going, we must never stop chasing the light or gazing at the stars.”
― Sue Watson, We'll Always Have Paris

“Alex is sitting at the bar, having a drink.”
― Sue Watson, First Date

“Lying bitch.”
― Sue Watson, First Date

“some things cut so deep they scar you.”
― Sue Watson, The Wedding Day

“rooftop”
― Sue Watson, The Wedding Day

“say?’ Amber asked. Her face was like thunder,”
― Sue Watson, The Woman Next Door

“Don’t lose the wonderful thing you have by wishing for something even better, sometimes what you’re looking for is right under your nose.”
― Sue Watson, The Resort

“probably”
― Sue Watson, You, Me, Her

“It isn’t just the person you miss; it’s the plans you had, isn’t it?”
― Sue Watson, You, Me, Her

“woman”
― Sue Watson, The Resort

“In my view there is such a thing as fate and when people we love die they don’t leave us, they stick around and leave clues every day to guide us.”
― Sue Watson, Ella's Ice-Cream Summer

“I’m relieved and pathetically”
― Sue Watson, His First Wife

“I never realised how attractive I was back then. We never do, do we?”
― Sue Watson, You, Me, Her

“It was probably just puppy love, but when you’re in it, hormones raging, it can be the most intense thing you’ll ever feel in your life.”
― Sue Watson, Wife, Mother, Liar

“I’d forgotten about that, how he never really listened, or paid me any attention.”
― Sue Watson, The Forever Home

“Tom”
― Sue Watson, You, Me, Her

“I’m beginning to wonder if it isn’t Helen but you who’s the bloody weirdo, following me everywhere, and checking up on me!”
― Sue Watson, First Date

“I will put up with a lot of things, but I will not be shushed.”
― Sue Watson, Wanting Daisy Dead

“worry. I’d been the one to care for her”
― Sue Watson, The Empty Nest

“wonder fleetingly when Chloe saw that photo of me, and why she was in my bedroom.”
― Sue Watson, You, Me, Her

“Why do people see someone who doesn’t drink as a problem, shouldn’t it be the other way round?”
― Sue Watson, The Resort

“wonder if perhaps he’s been affected by lockdown in a flat with only his parents for the first eighteen months of his life.”
― Sue Watson, You, Me, Her

“I wouldn’t have chosen to fall for a married man with children. But love isn’t always about choice, is it?”
― Sue Watson, The Lodge

“come along to dress me in white lace and”
― Sue Watson, Our Little Lies