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 MOYESThere 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 MOYESI told him I loved him,” she said, her voice dropping to a whisper. “And he just said it wasn’t enough.” Her eyes were wide and bleak . “How am I supposed to live with that?
JOJO MOYESI thought, briefly, that I would never feel as intensely connected to the world, to another human being, as I did at that moment.
JOJO MOYESOnly you, Will Traynor, could tell a woman how to wear a bloody dress.
JOJO MOYESSometimes when you get hammered till the small hours you feel pretty good in the morning, but really it’s just because you’re still a bit drunk.
JOJO MOYESKnowing you still have possibilities is a luxury. Knowing I might have given them to you has alleviated something for me.
JOJO MOYESYou, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.
JOJO MOYESI see all this talent, all this…this energy and brightness and…potential. Yes. Potential. And I cannot for the life of me see how you can be content to live this tiny life.
JOJO MOYESI 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 MOYESI just… want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress. Just for a few minutes more.
JOJO MOYESMuch to my own surprise, I got through it. And life…well, gradually became livable again.
JOJO MOYESHe 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 MOYESThey began to tune up, and suddenly the auditorium was filled with a single sound.
JOJO MOYES“I’m fine. I just…I don’t want to go in just yet. I just want to sit and not have to think about…I just…want to be a man who has been to a concert with a girl in a red dress. Just for a few minutes more.
JOJO MOYESYou’re going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone.
JOJO MOYESI 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 MOYES