I loved her more than she loved me, that was the problem. A basic imbalance. Relationships like that never last, however hard you try.

—Lisa Jewell in Vince and Joy

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About Lisa Jewell

Portrait of Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell (born 1968) is an English author of popular fiction. Her books include Ralph's Party (1999), Thirtynothing (2000), After The Party (2010), Then She Was Gone (2018), Watching You (2018), The Family Upstairs (2019), Invisible Girl (2020), None of This Is True (2023), and Don’t Let Him In (2025).

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It's the people who seem weak who are always surprisingly strong, and the ones who seem strong who are unexpectedly weak.

—Lisa Jewell in Ralph's Party

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Much sheer effort goes into avoiding the truth: left to itself, it sweeps in like the tide.

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I have not failed. I have found ten thousand ways that won't work.

—Thomas Edison

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When I was young, I observed that nine out of ten things I did were failures. So I did ten times more work.

—George Bernard Shaw

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There are no easy methods of learning difficult things; the method is to close your door, give out that you are not at home, and work.

—Joseph de Maistre

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A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King Jr. or Mahatma Gandhi to come back, but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.

—Marian Wright Edelman

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