More from Jojo Moyes
I kissed him, trying to bring him back. I kissed him and let my lips rest against his so that our breath mingled and the tears from my eyes became salt on his skin, and I told myself that, somewhere, tiny particles of him would become tiny particles of me, ingested, swallowed, alive, perpetual.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes He smelt of the sun, as if it had seeped deep into his skin, and I found myself inhaling silently, as if he were something delicious.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes And then, just like that, my heart broke. My face crumpled, my composure went and I held him tightly and I stopped caring that he could feel the shudder of my sobbing body because grief swamped me.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes Just hold on. Just for a minute.” “Are you all right ?” I found my gaze dropping towards his chair, afraid some part of him was pinched, or trapped, that I had got something wrong.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes How could you live each day knowing that you were simply whiling away the days until your own death?
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes I will never, ever regret the things I’ve done. Because most days, all you have are places in your memory that you can go to.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes I held him close and said nothing, all the while telling him silently that he was loved. Oh, but he was loved.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes I hadn’t realized that music could unlock things in you, could transport you to somewhere even the composer hadn’t predicted. It left an imprint in the air around you, as if you carried its remnants with you when you went.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes I felt the music like a physical thing; it didn’t just sit in my ears, it flowed through me, around me, made my senses vibrate. It made my skin prickle and my palms dampen…It was the most beautiful thing I had ever heard.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes I am conscious that knowing me has caused you pain, and grief, and I hope that one day when you are less angry with me and less upset you will see not just that I could only have done the thing that I did, but also that this will help you live a really good life, a better life, than if you hadn’t met me.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes I was once told by someone wise that writing is perilous as you cannot always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit in which they were written.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes 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
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes I know there are all sorts of reasons I shouldn’t even be saying what I am. But I love you. I do. I knew it when I left Patrick. And I think you might even love me a little bit.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes 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?
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes It’s complicated.’ ‘So’s quantitative easing. But I still get that it means printing money.
Jojo MoyesJojo Moyes
Original quotes
From our community writers
Getting so deep in the process of creating the life I want for myself, so I’m turning out anything/ anyone that doesn’t align with my vision.
Dau VoireDau Voire I am finding the courage to breathe as I am.
Shelby EnsignShelby Ensign Sadness that is caused by the absence of love is deadly for the heart.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Always find a reason to love.
H. DcostaH. Dcosta You are healing yourself with poetry what could be more beautiful than that?
Aurora RaineAurora Raine Not everyone takes every opportunity that comes their way because it takes a lot of work.
Edgar DoucetEdgar Doucet I could never love her, the fear of losing would be too strong.
AtticusAtticus The lack of influence or power is more dangerous than worrying about things being reduced to nothingness.
Mwanandeke KindemboMwanandeke Kindembo
Meet the writers
More on hold
His hands are saying that he wants to hold her. His feet are saying that he wants to chase after her… He’s probably forgotten that I’m here, beside him
Ai YazawaAi Yazawa There is profound responsibility in being Love… more than the mind could imagine or hold up under. If most human beings truly realized the impact that they have on the whole, they’d be crushed by the realization of it.
AdyashantiAdyashanti There are an infinite number of patterns, some of which are known; those still unknown hold the key to unresolved enigmas and paradoxes.
Agnes DenesAgnes Denes In the heart of a human being, emptiness becomes love. When we touch that Source, instantly the love is present. Literally, the divine becomes human and the human becomes divine.
AdyashantiAdyashanti So the understructure should be underrated, but strong enough to hold the earth.
Agnes DenesAgnes Denes Find a heart that will love you at your worst, and arms that will hold you at your weakest.
AnonymousAnonymous Art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage.
Adrienne RichAdrienne Rich Britney Spears can’t hold a conversation. (mind controlled)
Adrienne BailonAdrienne Bailon
