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 MOYESDo you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite?
More Jojo Moyes Quotes
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How could you live each day knowing that you were simply whiling away the days until your own death?
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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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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?
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Somewhere in this world is a man who loves you, who understands how precious and clever and kind you are.
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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.
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I know this isn’t a conventional love story.
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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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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“What if I like watching television? What if I don’t want to do much else other than read a book?”.
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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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We are all part of some great cycle, some pattern that it was only God’s purpose to understand.
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… if you’re going to wear a dress like that you need to wear it with confidence. You need to fill it out mentally as well as physically.
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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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