All that counts is the truth. Without it you’re basically just juggling people’s daft ideas.
JOJO MOYESAstonishingly, not all girls get dressed just to please men.
More Jojo Moyes Quotes
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Do I do this to you?, he wondered, as he watched her eat. Or is this just the relief of being out from under the forbidden eye of that husband of yours?
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Sometimes life is a series of obstacles, a matter of putting one foot in front of the other.
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Do you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite?
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You have all grown up expecting things to go your way almost instantaneously.
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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.
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Most days now his loss is a part of her, an awkward weight she carries around, invisible to everyone else, subtly altering the way she moves through the day. But today, the Anniversary of the day he died, is a day when all bets are off.
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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.
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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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You make me happy, even when you’re awful. I would rather be with you – even the you that you seem to think is diminished – than with anyone else in the world.
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Try to write at least 500 words a day. You may ditch 499 of them tomorrow, but you will still be moving forward.
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You know, you spend your whole life feeling like you don’t quite fit in anywhere.
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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’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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This life that will take place almost entirely within a five mile radius and contain nobody who will ever surprise you or push you or show you things that will leave your head spinning and unable to sleep at night.
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