But just as nature abhors a vacuum — so does the human heart.
JOJO MOYESCheap as chips, cheap as chips, it’s a British expression. There’s no couture in their darling.
More Jojo Moyes Quotes
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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
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Nobody fights you like your own sister; nobody else knows the most vulnerable parts of you and will aim for them without mercy.
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I’m not going to try and change you mind.” “If you’re here, you accept it’s my choice. This is the first thing I’ve been in control of since the accident.” “I know.” And there it was. He knew it, and I knew it.
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You’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.
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You decided what you thought you’d like me to do, and you went ahead and did it. You did what everyone else does. You decided for me.
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I had practiced not saying anything the whole way from the airport, and it was still nearly killing me.
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Is that it forces you to rethink your idea of who you are. Or how you might seem to other people.
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I had that. I could almost feel the miles between us shrinking, as if we were at two ends of some invisible elastic thread.
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Knowing you still have possibilities is a luxury. Knowing I might have given them to you has alleviated something for me.
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Astonishingly, not all girls get dressed just to please men.
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All that counts is the truth. Without it you’re basically just juggling people’s daft ideas.
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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.
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You can only actually help someone who wants to be helped.
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Push yourself. Don’t Settle. Just live well. Just LIVE.
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Push yourself. Don’t settle. Wear those stripy legs with pride. And if you insist on settling down with some ridiculous bloke, make sure some of this is squirreled away somewhere.
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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,
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You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.
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“You cut yourself off from all sorts of experiences because you tell yourself you are ‘not that sort of person'” “But, I’m not.” “How do you know?
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You all expect to live the lives you chose. Especially a successful young man like yourself. But it takes time.
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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.
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If I don’t cry while writing a key emotional scene, my gut feeling is it’s failed.
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I 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.
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Sometimes 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.
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It overwhelmed me and tore at my heart and my stomach and my head and it pulled me under, and I couldn’t bear it. I honestly thought I couldn’t bear it.
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Cheap as chips, cheap as chips, it’s a British expression. There’s no couture in their darling.
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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.
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