Jojo Moyes Quotes

...I told him a story of two people. Two people who shouldn't have met, and who didn't like each other much when they did, but who found they were the only two people in the world who could possibly have understood each other.

And there it was. He knew it, and I knew it. There was nothing left for me to do. Do you know how hard it is to say nothing ? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite? I just tried to be, tried to absorb the man I loved through osmosis, tried to imprint what I had left of him on myself. I did not speak...

And because, most crazy of all, all that kindness, all that magnificence, was sitting there just because of his words

The thing about being catapulted into a whole new life-or at least, shoved up so hard against someone else's life that you might as well have your face pressed against their window-is that it forces you to rethink your idea of who you are. Or how you might seem to other people.

We were enjoying one of those rare summers of utter freedom – no financial responsibility, no debts, no time owing to anybody.

[...]de repente tive a sensação de ver o tempo passar e de perder grande parte dele nas pequenas idas e vindas pelo mesmo caminho.

Kind eyes under all the mascara.

So this is it. You are scored on my heart, Clark.

Live boldly. Push yourself. Don't settle.

Only you, Will Traynor, could tell a woman how to wear a bloody dress.

I liked the fact that I could be who I wanted to be without my sister's voice reminding me of who I had been.

Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you still had your mother or father at your back, you'd be okay.

Just live well. Just live

I want him to live if HE wants to live. If he doesn't, then by forcing him to carry on, you, me..... we become just another shitty bunch of people taking away his choices.

Marveling at the 180 degree swings of life in general.

Everyone I've ever met who was worth knowing was a bit different at school. You just need to find your people'
'Find my people?'
'Your tribe

The only thing Jess really cared about were those two children and letting them know they were okay. Because even if the whole world was throwing rocks at you, if you had your mother at your back, you'd be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved.

I worked out what would make me happy, and I worked out what I wanted to do, and I trained myself to do the job that would make those two things happen'
'You make it sound so simple.'
'It is simple,' he said. 'The thing is, it's also a lot of hard work. And people don't want to put in a lot of work.