You, Clark, have the choice not to let that happen.
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.
More Jojo Moyes Quotes
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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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But just as nature abhors a vacuum — so does the human heart.
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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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Do you know how hard it is to say nothing? When every atom of you strains to do the opposite?
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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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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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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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I could have told you. I hate horses, and horse racing. Always have. But you didn’t bother to ask me.
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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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​​​​​​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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When you put someone down all the time, eventually they stop listening to the sensible stuff.
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I 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?
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if you had your mother at your back, you’d be okay. Some deep-rooted part of you would know you were loved. That you deserved to be loved.
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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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How could you live each day knowing that you were simply whiling away the days until your own death?
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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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Just live well. Just live
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It’s complicated.’ ‘So’s quantitative easing. But I still get that it means printing money.
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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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A man who has always loved you and, to his detriment, suspects he always will.
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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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You only get one life. It’s actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.
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You have all grown up expecting things to go your way almost instantaneously.
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I thought anything might happen if I wasn’t vigilant. I didn’t eat. I didn’t go out. I didn’t want to see anyone. But I survived, Paul.
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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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“What if I’m tired when I get home? What if I don’t fill my days with frenetic activity?” “But one day you might wish you had.”
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