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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?

Jojo 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 MOYES

Happen Happy Make Myself Trained Want Work
When you put someone down all the time, eventually they stop listening to the sensible stuff.
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All Day Done Listen Sensible Someone Stop Stuff Time
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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Brightness Content Energy Life Potential See Talent
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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Almost Between End Invisible Mile Shrink Thread
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.
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Bit Country Even Know Little Love People Person Reason Say Sort
But don’t blame me for the food. My wife knows a hundred and one ways to incinerate a cow, and as far as I can tell she’s still experimenting.
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Blame Cow Experiment Food Hundred Incinerate Know Still Way Wife
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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Back Even Father Mother Okay Rock Still Thrown Whole World
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.
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Against Back Become Breath Eys Kiss Mingled Salt Tear Try
You have all grown up expecting things to go your way almost instantaneously.
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Almost Except Grown Instantaneously Thing Way
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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Children Know Letting Okay Only People Really Rock Throw Whole
You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.
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Choice Clark Country Happen Let People Them
So this is it. You are scored on my heart, Clark. You were from the first day you walked in, with your ridiculous clothes and your bad jokes and your complete inability to ever hide a single thing you felt.
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Bad Cloth Complete Day First Heart Joke People Ridiculous Score Walk
If all we are allowed is hours, minutes, I want to be able to etch each of them on to my memory with exquisite clarity so that I can recall them at moments like this, when my very soul feels blackened.
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Able Allow Clarity Exquisite Hour Memory Minute Moment Recall
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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Ahead Decide Else Everyone Me Though
My nerve endings seemed to have come alive; they almost jangled with anticipation I was going to see Will. Whatever else,
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Alive Almost Anticipation Else End Jangled never Seem Some
Just live well. Just live
JOJO MOYES

Just Live Well

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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